Word: danishes
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...Free-Speech Lessons Re "A Right to Offend?" [Feb. 13], on the controversy over the Danish newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad: As a liberal Muslim practicing medicine in Britain, I am very much integrated into the Western world. Still, I know that the Prophet is so close to every Muslim's heart that you could probably not hurt Muslims as much as by caricaturing God. The Muslim world has unfortunately been hijacked by its real enemies, the Islamic terrorists. While moderate Muslims are trying to find their voice and salvage their religion, the Western media help the radicals...
...Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. See what damage the Danish indiscretion has caused? We in South Africa have come to appreciate that other religions and cultures should be respected. We have the impression that white Europeans are unable to appreciate fundamental differences between peoples. Consequently, harmful remarks arise from ignorance. Algernon Loxton Cape Town...
With most of the world focusing on the Danish cartoon controversy, the upset victory by Hamas, and Iran’s defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea’s celebration of the 64th birthday of its “Dear Leader,” Kim Jong Il, last week went largely unnoticed. But although many think that the North Korea crisis has passed because all six parties announced last September that they had reached a preliminary agreement, the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula is far from settled. No progress has been made in carrying out the agreement...
...Musharraf's insurgent problems have multiplied as well with the sharp escalation in operations by secessionist fighters in the southern province of Baluchistan, which stretches the resources available to the Pakistani military. In the cities, too, the pressure is mounting: Recent protests in Pakistan's cities over Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad were mostly directed at the U.S. and Musharraf's alliance with Washington, and the resulting deaths have inflamed anger...
...Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. See what damage the Danish indiscretion has caused? We in South Africa have come to appreciate that other religions and cultures should be respected. We have the impression that white Europeans are unable to appreciate fundamental differences between peoples. Consequently, harmful remarks arise from ignorance. Algernon Loxton Cape Town...