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Submitted by 8 bit hero (View user info) at 2008-06-04 15:14:12 EDT
A Danish cartoonist and ten newspaper editors have been summoned by Jordan's public prosecutor on charges of "blasphemy" for reprinting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, it is reported.
According to the Copenhagen Post, prosecutor Hassan Abdullat has subpoenaed the 11 Danes for drawing and reprinting cartoons they say offend Islam, charging them with "threatening the national peace."
Under Jordanian law, reproducing images of the Prophet Muhammad inside — or even outside the country — is illegal under the Jordanian Justice Act, the newspaper wrote.
A lawyer representing "The Prophet Unites Us," a Jordanian group angling for the prosecution, said that if the Danish journalists did not appear in Jordan for legal proceedings, the next step would be to inform Interpol and seek their arrest.
But the Danish foreign ministry said that the journalists would not be forcibly deported, as the printing of the controversial cartoons is not a punishable offense in Denmark.
Jordanian courts have not issued an indictment, but lawyers are hoping the case will help establish an international law against slandering religion, according to Danish reports.
Abdullat has summoned Kurt Westergaard, a cartoonist facing death threats for his depiction of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban in the shape of a bomb.
Abdullat also subpoenaed the editors of ten newspapers that reprinted the infamous cartoon in March, the paper reported.
The summons came just one day after the Danish embassy in Pakistan was destroyed in a bombing that killed 6, apparently a reprisal for the reprinting of the cartoons.
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So, this group hopes that this will prevent the "slandering of religion". Does this mean that Muslims of other countries will be forced to, say, Isreal for slandering Jews? Of the Vatican for slandering Catholics? Utah for Mormons?
Oh, absolutely not. It only applies to them and their religion.
Unfortunately for most of the Middle East, the West has freedoms. Like freedom of speech. With said freedom, I can say Muhammad sucks Jesus' cock while VIshnu takes it up the ass from Odin and Yahweh.
Is it intolerent to mock a religion? Maybe.
Is it intolerant to think that somebody not of your country and not of your religion should be forced to come to your land and face your courts so you can kill him to make a point?
Fuck yeah.
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Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-06-05 07:21:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I wondered what the upshot of all that nonsense was going to be.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2008-06-05 05:56:35 EDT (#)
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Fucktards
Submitted by centaur (user info) at 2008-06-05 04:16:35 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/117060#2723258
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Jack made a funny.
Submitted by HateMudkips (user info) at 2008-06-04 23:37:53 EDT (#)
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this kind of reminds me of the Christian fundies in the U.S. trying to put their religious tenets on state/federal property, e.g. a courthouse, then also demanding that their doctrines regarding the formation of life to be taught in federally funded schools. next up we'll see fines, community service in a Proper Baptist Church, and jail time for those daring to portray their White Bread Blue Eyed Jesus God-Man Zombie as anything other than caucasian, even though simple geographic and genetic deduction points towards a Jesus of Arabic and African descent.
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2008-06-04 18:32:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hmmmm...
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2008-06-04 17:57:31 EDT (#)
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I always thought Vishnu was a little "light in the loafers."
Submitted by sadie73 (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:38:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:10:05 EDT (#)
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Jesus always struck me as the kind of guy who could take a joke. I bet after a long day of warning sinners about the pitfalls that lead to eternal damnation he'd loosen things up with anecdotes that involved piles of donkey shit.
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The Book Of Poop,
Ch 1-4
Submitted by MoPed (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:26:37 EDT (#)
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Anyone that thinks their religeon makes them better than someone else should definitely suck on the longest, dirtiest animal cock they can find. I can't stand people who hide behind piety just because they're too uneducated and small minded to stand a world without some made up phoney-baloney diety that will justify all the evil and stupidity committed in their short, uneventful lives.
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:24:51 EDT (#)
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They should stick with their old strategy of assassination. Using the legal system seems peevish and gay of them.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:19:28 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:10:47 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:10:05 EDT (#)
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Jesus always struck me as the kind of guy who could take a joke. I bet after a long day of warning sinners about the pitfalls that lead to eternal damnation he'd loosen things up with anecdotes that involved piles of donkey shit.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:07:24 EDT (#)
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sigh.
If there ever is an international law established that circumvents freedoms granted by a sovereign nation, I'll have my reproductive organs removed and invest in fertilizer.
Then again, why wait?
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-06-04 16:07:01 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-06-04 15:37:46 EDT (#)
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and in hell
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-06-04 15:35:55 EDT (#)
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With said freedom, I can say Muhammad sucks Jesus' cock while VIshnu takes it up the ass from Odin and Yahweh.
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thats slanderous. you are insinuating that Jesus is gay.
i'll see you in court.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-04 15:31:45 EDT (#)
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I will rape Mohammed with a pig's dick in Jordan's greatest mosque while drawing a picture of Allah giving free blowjobs and DAP to Jews in Hell in feces on the floor. Fuck Islam for the hypocrisy it expects the world to ignore. To misquote Patton: "Mo, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!"