Calling All 'Tooners
IRAN'S MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER has decided to host a contest on cartoons covering the Holocaust, according to an Al Jazeera article.
Iran, sure, hold your contest, publish a whole bunch of obsene political cartoons depicting the atrocities of the Holocaust. But a) the Western media will not publish them outside the context of this issue and b) you will not see Jews rioting and trashing embassies for revenge.
This response from the Iranians only dictate that Middle Eastern Muslims' core values are honor, pride, and revenge. Their religious values are not based on spiritual self-reflection, only of what others perceive of them. This explains why the concepts of "martyrdom" in the name of suicide bombings and jihad are pervasive throughout the Arab-Muslim world.
One last note: recall that it was not Israel nor the United States that published the cartoons: it was Denmark. This Iranian revenge tactic is not directed specifically at the Danish, but rather Israelis and the Jewish community. No doubt the Arab world blames Israel and America for the so-called blasphemy against the Muslim religion.
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i agree
good string of posts here... enjoyed reading them all.
Hey Bri,
Agreed, the cartoons while offensive, ARE FUCKING CARTOONS! I think what this very, very scary reaction to the cartoons shows is that even if the riotors are not "terrorists" or "Muslim extremeists," there is a huge problem with ethnocentricity in the Muslim community (which correlates to their anti-Semitism, anti-West, and suicide bombing tactics). The idea that because it is against Islamic law to depict the Prophet Mohammed in art makes it okay to riot, burn builidings, etc., shows not that revenge is apart of their beliefs, but rather they believe that their religious laws should dictate the proper way to live for everyone (after Israel is destroyed, of course).
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