Islamic Cartoon Controversy

joelbenjamin

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Thursday February 09, 2006 · 9:28 AM PST

2006/02/09 · 09:28

I believe that the news media have been passing up an important opportunity to communicate openly and honestly with the Moslim community.

In all the controversy and discussion of the Moslims' response to the Danish Islamic Cartoons depicting Mohammed with a turban in the shape of a bomb (and 11 other cartoons of this nature), I have heard no discussion of what the cartoon itself means. I can understand why the Moslims got lost in the form of the message rather than its content - but I am deeply disappointed that the news media, whose task it is to analyze and explain the meaning of current events, has neglected the straightforward message of the cartoons.

The cartoons are not criticizing Islam or Mohammed - they are criticizing the teachers of Islam who portray Mohammed as a prophet who preaches that blowing up babies is the glorious task of his followers. Read More

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