What’s significant about the following interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali is that it was aired on CNN, presumably in prime time. Anderson Cooper talks about the threats to Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park, and Ms. Hirsi Ali relates it to the larger problem of Islamic violence and intolerance:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali makes an important point here: if enough people caricature and ridicule Mohammed, “there will be too many people to threaten.”
Which reminds me: May 20th is Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. For this stratagem to work, a lot of famous people will have to contribute — cartoons by insignificant people like me won’t do the job.
Gary Trudeau: are you listening?
Hat tip: TV.
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In all fairness, herroyalwhyness posted a link to this Anderson Cooper report in the original thread about Comedy Central's cowardly retreat when faced with Islam's usual bullying.
“There is one religion that is claiming to be above criticism.”
Actually, the verbatim quote is,
“There is one group of people, one religion that is claiming to be above criticism.” [emphasis added]
Although this is a seemingly small distinction, it's a significant point because of how vital it is that Muslims begin to take some responsibility for the doctrine
The majority of Muslims do not want to act on the scripture but they are silent when fellow Muslims do.
As Robert Marchenoir noted in GoV’s “The Circumstances of Our Oppression” thread:
"Islam" does not exist. Unless your aim is to entertain a purely academic debate with no practical implications, "Islam" actually means what real Muslims think and do. [emphasis added]
It is absolutely crucial to comprehend this statement at its most basic level. We are not at war with a hate-speech filled book called the Qur’an. We are at war with a people who, either tacitly or overtly, subscribe to a triumphalist doctrine that advocates unending war with the lands of dar al harb until Islam reigns supreme around the entire world.
This is why Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s distinction is so important. It is not just “one religion” (or, more appropriately, "ideology") that claims to be above criticism, it is an entire people that follow this ideology who claim to be above criticism, reproach or scrutiny.
This is all part and parcel of a very necessary campaign to begin holding Muslims collectively accountable for what is done in the name of Islam. We hear faint, sporadic cries of “not in my name” but they are just as frequently drowned out by a much louder and persistent chorus of “freedom go to Hell” or “behead those who insult Islam.”
Muslims know damned well that they are willfully allowing Islam to be commandeered − not “hijacked” − by its jihadist faction. They are doing nothing about it and − by way of their thundering silence − are giving tacit approval for each new atrocity and every last shred of Islamic terrorism.
So long as shari'a law holds dhimmis collectively accountable for any crimes against Muslims and collectively punishes dhimmis for those crimes then so, too, must Muslims be held collectively accountable for jihad and begin to get a taste of what devastation awaits them in the form of collective punishment for Islam's terrorist atrocities.
Stinko, I missed some unfinished intermediate comments in the above text:
Although this is a seemingly small distinction, it's a significant point because of how vital it is that Muslims begin to take some responsibility for the doctrine they continue to uncritically support.
As Hirsi Ali goes on to note:
The majority of Muslims do not want to act on the scripture but they are silent when fellow Muslims do.
There is no longer any room left to tolerate the intentional confusion (kitman), that Muslims sow by remaining silent in the face of such wide spread discontent with international Islamic terrorism. Either they actively combat it as an entire group or they begin to bear the brunt of punishment for their tacit approval.
For the second time: Where so we send the cartoons?
What’s significant about the following interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali is that it was aired on CNN, presumably in prime time.
There was a debate (last January or February) on al-CNN's Amanopur between Hirsi Ali, Danish member of parliament Naser Khader and Tariq Ramadan where, of all things, Hirsi Ali was allowed to say that the whole issue of veiling in mahoundianism was about how mahoundian males aren't expected to restrain their sexual urges before unveiled women. No bleeping, no tape delay, no editing.
I wonder why these TWO bits of truth have been allowed to slip through al-CNN's PC/MC filters/censors...
For all of the artists out there who might not know exactly what features Muhammad actually had, here is a short list based on reputable sources:
1. Muhammad suffered from acromegaly, and his symptoms described in the ahadith of Bukhari and al-Tirmidhi include: heavy and thick fleshy hands and feet, large head, spaced teeth, odorous sweating (which he masked with perfume), stiffness, involuntary lip movement, and impotency in later years. ("Understanding Muhammad," p. 155, and Al-Tabari, Vol. IX, para. 1789) 2. Muhammad's battle injuries left him with scars on his face and a missing tooth. (al-Tabari, Vol. VII, para 1403)
3. Muhammad dyed his hair with red henna and katam. (al-Tabari, Vol. IX, para. 1793)
4. There was a huge mole -- "the Seal of the Prophet" -- a protruding lump of flesh on his back. (Ishaq, para. 141, and Al-Tabari, Vol. IX, para. 1791)
No wonder Muslims become enraged at attempts to depict their Prophet.
Agree with you Baron. If a bunch of unknown bloggers are the ones participating on May 20th this stratagem will flop. All the big name blogs need to participate. It will be interesting to see who will participate and who just talks a good game.
Concerning where to send entries -- the only info I have is at what seems to be the original news source, MYNorthwest.com.
The woman says she never expected it to go viral. It looks like there is no place to send entries.
My recommendation: Post 'em yourself, or send to famous people.
Hi.
About the story: "Catholic Nuns Also Abused Children"
I've been in one of their institutes in 1961.
They tried their best to break me ,finally as they couldn't break me they send me home as i "was obsssed by the devil".
I think looking back i should say thank God.
But it still angers me thinking back at those days.
Doesn't Trudeau sometimes use an assterisk to represent people?
Jeffery Hodges
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The MoBomb cartoon lurks in every keyboard.
Jedilson - perhaps it slipped through because the only "censors" or "filters" are in your blinkered, fevered, fetid imagination.
How delightful. Nodrog has turned his deft wit to ironic comedy. Oh joy!
Gordon, do you honestly, in your NuLabour-voting mind, believe that thare is any fair, islamophilia-free and truthful reporting at al-CNN?
I could use a few more adjectives and expletives to describe your imagination, but I won't condescend to the level of your Huff-Po nonsensical and baseless rhetoric.
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