Pat Condell – The Religion of Fear

OIC at UN: Don´t mention the Shariah

IHEU Representative Roy Brown was suddenly interrupted by Islamic representatives during a UN Human Rights Council debate March 13th.

Roy Brown was pointing out that the Cairo Declaration makes no reference to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, when he was brought to silence by representatives of the OIC (Organisation of The Islamic Conference).

“It is insulting for our faith to discuss sharia here in this forum”

-The ‘distinguished representative of Pakistan’

So UN cares for human rights?

The Cairo Declaration

Article 24
All the rights and freedoms stipulated in this Declaration are subject to the Islamic Shari’ah.

Article 25
The Islamic Shari’ah is the only source of reference for the explanation or clarification to any of the articles of this Declaration. The Cairo Declaration

Hat tip: Document.no, Uriasposten, Snaphanen

Fjordman Reviews ‘Fitna’

Fjordman Reviews Geert Wilders´islam-critical film “Fitna” at Gates Of Vienna:

“I liked it. It is impressive how much they managed to squeeze into just 15 minutes. I notice several of the comments at Jihad Watch say Geert Wilders could have made it worse. Yes, he could. He left out quite a few things, but what he kept was authentic and bad enough…”

Read the brief review at Gates Of Vienna

Danish cartoon: Arab f**** Camel

The danish left-wing newspaper Dagbladet Politiken brings a cartoon depicting an Arab and a camel in spoon position.

(Cartoonist: Wulff Morgenthaler. Click to enlarge picture)

“I know well, that you love the spoon position, but it is to hard for my back. I´m sorry, Honey…“

Dagbladet Politiken was among the strongest critics of the 12 mohamed drawings originally printed by Jyllands-posten. While Jyllands-Posten´s drawings made fun of a a long dead religious figure, the left wing Politiken has obviously no problem with a derogatory, racist, chauvinistic and stereotypical caricature of a bestialistic Arab.

Hat tip: Monokultur

Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused

Mohamed-drawer Kurt Westergaard is not happy with Geert Wilders´ “misuse” of his famous drawing in the movie ‘Fitna’.

But who is misusing who? And if this is misuse, then how do we use a Mohamed drawing properly?

Kurt Westergaard:

“My cartoon has been misused again. It has been pulled from its original context and set in a completely different one”

“It is a drawing aimed specifically against Islamic terror that uses interpretations of the Koran and Islam as spiritual ammunition,” Westergaard said.

“Wilders has not asked me for permission, so it is simply a case of violation of copyright rules,” Expatica.com

Kurt Westergaard has described himself as a “cultural Christian, a culture-liberal Atheist“.

The culture-liberal atheist´s reactions to the recent development of the Mohamed crisis tend to a surprisingly sympathetic, almost regretful view upon the religion Islam.

That the drawing wasn´t meant as a critique of Islam as such, and his strong emphasising of the context rest on the premises that clear distinctions between islamism and Islam, between Islam as religion and Islam as a political ideology do exist are are self explanatory.

The cartoonist thereby walks away from the drawing desk and is now navigating the muddy waters of vaguely defined concepts of islamic terror, islamism, religious fundamentalism, moderate Islam etc.

Using a copyright lawsuit the ‘islamic-terror-critic’ (not to be confused with ‘islam-critic’) cartoonist is re-branding himself by criticising what he calls “radical right-wing forces”.

According to Jyllands-Posten March 28th Westergaard´s lawyer is currently trying to close down the website SIAD.dk (Stop Islamiseringen Af Danmark). SIAD has made use of parts of KW´s Mohamed drawing during a recent protest demonstration against Sharia loans. SIADs website also hosts the Fitna movie.

The Danish Union Of Journalist (DUJ) supports Westergaard´s case and DUJ is preparing a lawsuit against Geert Wilders.

To defend a drawers copyright is understandable and reasonable. But on the other hand it is quite ironic that a journalist union is opposing what essentially is a common interest; a struggle for freedom of speech, which makes copyright issues a completely irrelevant detail.

Grave abuse of Danish cartoon in Dutch film

The Danish Union of Journalists (DUJ) and Kurt Westergaard take vigorous exception to the use of Westergaard’s drawing in the Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ film. DUJ intends to take legal action against the politician for grave violation of Westergaard’s author’s right (copyright). It was never the intention of Kurt Westergaard that his drawing should be used in the manner and context it is used in the film “Fitna” by the Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Therefore, DUJ is now taking the first steps towards filing suit against the politician for his unauthorized abuse of the Danish drawing.

DUJ Press release in english (opens PDF)

UN Secretary-General condemns ‘Fitna’

A press release from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemns Geert Wilders´Islam-critical film ‘Fitna’.

UN thereby acknowledges state censorship to protect the religion of Islam against criticism. UN has once again lost its trustworthiness and cannot be relied on as a protector of human rights.

To postulate that this is only about a conflict between small minorities of extremists – and at the same time condemning a 15 min. footage of quranic hate-speech is an intellectually dishonest stance, a treason against fundamental western values and the western and non-western victims of Islam. It is an obvious attempt to kill the messenger of an inconvenient truth.

Following is the text of the statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the film Fitna:

I condemn, in the strongest terms, the airing of Geert Wilders’ offensively anti-Islamic film. There is no justification for hate speech or incitement to violence. The right of free expression is not at stake here. I acknowledge the efforts of the Government of the Netherlands to stop the broadcast of this film, and appeal for calm to those understandably offended by it. Freedom must always be accompanied by social responsibility.

The United Nations is the centre of the world’s efforts to advance mutual respect, understanding and dialogue. We must also recognize that the real fault line is not between Muslim and Western societies, as some would have us believe, but between small minorities of extremists on different sides with a vested interest in stirring hostility and conflict. UN

Buddhism more popular than Islam

An increasing number of Danes choose other religions than Christianity. No official statistics exist, but Theology Professor Mogens S. Mogensen estimates, based on scientific research, that 4.000-5.000 Danes converted to Buddhism 1970-2005 while Islam got only 2.100-2.800 danish converts. According to Mogensen, Buddhism is seen as more congruent with western life-style and with Christianity.

24 Timer “Buddhisme mere populær end islam” [Danish]

Muslim anti-mohammed-drawing protesters praying at the Parliament Square in Copenhagen March 7, 2008.

Ehsan Jami anti-islam film to be released April 20th

NETHERLANDS. New dutch anti-Islam film to be released April 20th by Dutch-Iranian politician Ehsan Jami. The new movie is an animated story about Mohammad as a child, and the movie seems to have the potential for keeping a lot of protesters occupied with flag burning and embassy raids for a long time.

The anti-Islam film announced by Ehsan Jami last year is an animated film that will be released on 20 April, Jami said Wednesday evening on current affairs programme Netwerk.

Jami’s production is bound to come up against opposition. The Contact body for Muslims and the Government has already announced it will take legal steps against the film.

Netwerk showed a drawing from the film, which is entitled The Life of Mohammed. The drawing shows the prophet Mohammed in the company of his 9-year-old wife Aisa. The prophet is on his way to a mosque to deflower his bride.

Themoviefitna.com

Ehsan Jami was interviewed by Weekendavisen last year (in danish).

Fitna movie released

Geert Wilders´movie about the Quran, Fitna has finally been released.

Watch Fitna at RuTube (Hat tip: Hodja)

Themoviefitna.com

Download Fitna (English version) at Pirate Bay (Movie size 38 MB.)

Download Fitna (Dutch version) at Rapidshare

Danish, German, and Swedish versions: Gates of Vienna:  A Rosetta Stone for “Fitna”

“Freedom of speech at any price?” Islamic propaganda campaign in danish media

“Freedom of speech at any price?” The question is raised by a large announcement in danish newspapers today. The saudi financed organisation behind calls themselves “The Global Program for Introducing the Prophet of Mercy“.

The so-called “prophet” needs no introduction. Especially not in Denmark – after the burnings of the danish flag, burning of danish embassies in the Middle East, after the boycott of danish products and after the murder attempts on one of our noblest citizens, danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. All this done by followers of the the “prophet of mercy”.

But of course they could all – theoretically be Misunderstanders of Their “Peaceful” Faith.

The aim of the campaign is to force the danish authorities to give an excuse because of the Mohamed drawings. And what at first glance seems to be a open-minded and honest initiative, is followed by threatening statements insinuating, that the violent protests won´t stop before they get such an excuse.

These people have yet not learnt, that their usual suppressive methods are useless outside the borders of their own brutal regimes.

Via Snaphanen

Update

For an english translation of the advertisement please visit Sheik Yer’Mami: Denmark: Islamic Mafia Puts Ad’s in Papers