From Farrakhan to Danish Cartoons

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By Salim Lone

Two decades ago, the American Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan referred in an interview to Judaism as a "gutter religion." Ferocious condemnations from Western leaders and media commentators followed instantaneously, with most not only asking him to apologize and retract his slur but demanding also that other African-American leaders publicly disassociate themselves from Mr. Farrakhan.

The cartoons in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten which, among other things, portrayed the prophet Mohammed as a terrorist who also offered virgins to suicide bombers, were infinitely more explosive than Mr. Farrakhan's words. But no major Western figure has condemned their publication even though these have angrily united the Muslim world in a way no other issue has in recent times.

Such double standards aside, the absence of such condemnation by any Western leader is the principal reason that protests have continued to escalate and in a few instances turn violent.

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=021206222917

[malaise]

1. Classic example of double standards

They never fail.

[Fountain79]

2. Ummmm

Did the Jews violantly riot due to his words?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Does what happened because of the cartoons

make them less blasphemouse or anti Muslim? I don't think so. I don't condone the violence (which, I believe, has not happened just because of the cartoons; it is a complex issue), but I do feel that the cartoons were just as appalling as Mr. Farrakan's words about Jews.

[Fountain79]

4. Well...

It kinda reminds me of calling someone intolerant, having them beat you up for it, and then have them say, "That's for calling me intolerant!"

[tocqueville]

5. blasphemy doesn't equal to racism

besides it's exactly wahat the mollahs are telling the masses : in the name of Mohammed, go and blow yourselves and get some virgins.

talk about double standards. And the reason the protests escalated were due to political agendas and manipulation, more than real outrage from the masses... there is plenty of evidence for that...

It amazes me that some people still buy this "racist" theory. Farrakhan is both a nut and a racist, the Danish cartoonists aren't.