The Mohammad Cartoons

There is very little I can add to this weeks outrage brought to you by the Muslim Street. Below are a series of links which put the incident into perspective. Starting with an editorial by Mark Steyn which drives home the problem of when multi-cultualism is used as a weapon against the "tolerant".

The Cartoons were first run in a Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September and were met resentment by the local Muslim community. Some local imams unable to incite the uprisings locally took their show on the road late last year through Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Included in their portfolio of offensive cartoons were the original 12 that had run in the Danish newspaper and 3 others more pornographic in nature that no one seems to know the origin of.

Several European newspapers republished the Jyllands-Posten cartoons this week in a support of feedom of speech. As far as I know no major US papers have. CNN and other networks do not show the cartoons "Out of respect for the Muslim community". Somehow I don't remember this same standard when a crucifix immersed in a jar of urine was called art.

Throughout the week protest spread throughout the middle east and Europe.

This weekend the violence has intensified. Yesterday after the burning of embassies in Lebanon a Christian church was stoned. Today a Catholic Priest in Turkey was gunned down in church.

For more complete coverage of the controversy visit Michelle Malkin and Little Green Footballs. Lest I forget here are the offending cartoons themselves.