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Title: Row deepens over Danish cartoons
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BBC News
URL Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4567940.stm
Published: Dec 29, 2005
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2005-12-29 23:32:47 by robin
Keywords: cartoons, deepens, Danish
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Comments: 2
Arab foreign ministers have condemned the Danish government for failing to act against a newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. At the Arab League conference in Cairo, they said they were "surprised and discontented at the response". Islam forbids any depiction of Muhammad or of Allah. The Jyllands-Posten newspaper published a series of 12 cartoons showing Muhammad, in one of which he appeared to have a bomb in his turban. The Arab League's ministers council said the cartoons were an insult to Islam. The government's response "was disappointing despite its political, economic and cultural ties with the Muslim world", it added. Death threats Danish Muslim community leaders held talks with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen in July to complain about press coverage of Islam. At the time, Mr Rasmussen said he could not tell newspapers what to print - or what not to. Arab ministers also said they were unhappy that European human rights organisations have not taken a clear position on the issue. There have been street protests both in Denmark and in Muslim countries following the publication of the cartoons. The newspaper insists on freedom of expression and says it has the right to print whatever words and pictures it chooses. It said both the paper and the cartoonist had received death threats. Poster Comment: Question: Why do people emigrate to countries with cultures so different from their own that they have no real intention of ever becoming a part of that country?
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#1. To: robin (#0)
Because they want the benefits of a society that is different, and better, from their own without giving up customs or beliefs that favor them. I used to think that all the cultures of the world would mix togther as one, sluffing off things that don't improve one's quality of life while taking one ones that do. I now see that in reality it works the other way around.
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death" - Me.
But by not giving up some of their customs they are changing the society that was once better, to something worse. What initially attracted them (and even allowed them in) will no longer exist. (I'm just trying to spell it out here). I used to think that all the cultures of the world would mix togther as one, sluffing off things that don't improve one's quality of life while taking one ones that do. I now see that in reality it works the other way around. Maybe because America has a better record than other places. I always thought our nation was a pretty good melting pot; my English, Scot, German, Dutch & Welsh ancestors managed to get past their strongly held religious differences. Conflict is the criminals' paradise; it is the only time when killing is allowed, theft is tolerated, and rape is forgiven.Question: Why do people emigrate to countries with cultures so different from their own that they have no real intention of ever becoming a part of that country?
#2. To: Pissed Off Janitor (#1)
Because they want the benefits of a society that is different, and better, from their own without giving up customs or beliefs that favor them.
And, our nation removed the evils of slavery, over the objections of many. We may be considered intolerant by some, but we are far more tolerant than most of the world.
~Ramman Kenoun
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