Saturday, February 04, 2006

More on the Cartoon Jihad

TWELVE Danish cartoonists whose pictures sparked such outcry have gone into hiding under round-the-clock protection, fearing for their lives.

Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, head of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, proposed to raise the matter with the "U.N.'s concerned committees" and human rights groups. The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Arab League want the U.N. General Assembly to pass "a binding resolution banning contempt for religious beliefs and providing for sanctions to be imposed on contravening countries or institutions."

"UN to Investigate Racism of Danish Cartoonists".

Links thanks to Cori Dauber, the Rantingprof.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh come on. The UN is racist, always has been. They can investigate themselves.

MeaninglessHotAir said...

David,

I think the game being played is something like this:

Racism is always bad.
If I condemn something as racist, it will be bad.
Therefore, everything I don't like is "racist".