Islamic Priorities
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I've been watching as this 'controversy' has bubbled up in Europe. A newspaper in Denmark published a number of political cartoons which depict the religion of Islam and Muhammed their prophet in a bad light. This has of course outraged the Muslim community, a great rising 'moral outrage' by this otherwise silent community when it comes to all of the murder and killing done in the name of Islam. A poll over at MSNBC shows that over 80% of people think that this sort of outrage over political cartoons is misplaced and frankly it's absurd. There isn't even a level of moral equivalence here, they simply ignore the murder, torture and killing done in their name. This outrage is coming from a religion that does not suffer any other religion. This coming from a religion that destroyed an ancient Buddha in Afghanistan a few years ago. This coming from a religion that puts people in jail for having a Bible out in public. And this coming from a religion that sponsors Madras schools throughout the world where young Muslims are taught to hate nonmuslims and who are taught a human rights stifling strict interpretation of their Koran. A full list of Saudi horrors is here Saudi realities
There is also now a online Dutch photoshop contest with tons of Muhammed images guaranteed to upset many many people. Dutch Response