A VIDEO by an al-Qaeda member posted on the Internet overnight calls on Muslims to attack Denmark, Norway and France for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
"Muslims avenge your Prophet .... We deeply desire that the small state of Denmark, Norway and France ... are struck hard and destroyed," said Libyan Mohammed Hassan, who escaped from US custody at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan last July.
"Destroy their buildings, make their ground shake and transform them into a sea of blood," said Hassan, dressed in military fatigues and a black turban, and holding an assault rifle.
Give me that old Islam religion,
Give me that old Islam religion,
Give me that old Islam religion,
It's good enough for me.
It was good enough for Allah...
It was great for dear Mohammed...
It's been good for Sheik Bin Laden...
It commands us to do jihad...
It beheads apostate infidels...
It will bring the world shar'ia...
It keeps lowly women veiled...
We can swim in seas of blood,
We can swim in seas of blood,
We can swim in seas of blood,
To the Islamic Caliphate
Give me that old Islam religion,
Give me that old Islam religion,
Give me that old Islam religion,
It's good enough for me!
Meanwhile, reader OhBloodyHell sends me this link about Christians rioting in India over The DaVinci Code, and comments, "Ya see, even when they over-react -- ridiculously -- Xtians do things like "Do what I want, or I'll kill myself". Contrast with the Islamic "Do what I want, or I'll kill YOU."
Hundreds of Catholic stalwarts yesterday gathered outside a convent school in the city in a bid to stop the film's release next week , blasting it as an attack on their faith. Members of the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) have taken offence to the movie's depiction of Catholic group Opus Dei as corrupt, out-dated and at the centre of a cover-up of the truth about Jesus Christ. Csf general secretary Joseph Dias says, "Activists will go on a fast unto death if the government fails to take action against anti-Christian movies. You can't make fiction on a religious figure.
Ahhhh. But you can. And freedom of religion only gives you the right to practice your beliefs as an individual; it doesn't give you--or your religion-- the right to impose those beliefs on all of society. As far as freedom of speech goes, it give me or anyone the freedom to mock what we choose even if it hurts your feelings or is insensitive; or even downright historically inaccurate.
In the case of the DaVinci Code, it may be downright historically inaccurate and insensitive, but it's a damn good story. You are free not to read it or watch the movie.
In the case of depictions of Mohammed, it's a matter of historical record that his image is already all over the place in both Islamic and Western society. You are free not to look at them.
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