Word: muhammad
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...PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE VULGARITY. NOW ALL THEY TALK ABOUT IS THE SOCIAL COMMENTARY. T.P. We created a brand for ourselves, so that now people can't get mad at what we do, because then they're just making fun of themselves. We had an animated Muhammad five years ago. But people say, "Oh, yeah, that's just South Park...
...reaction of the Muslim world to the now infamous Muhammad cartoons continues [Feb. 20]. It is clear that reason will never play a role in that. Zealots and moderate Muslims alike continue to denounce the cartoons as an attack on Islam. What they fail to realize is that a handful of cartoons intended to be published only once is not a war. The horrible irony is that the real war--the terrorists' war--is not just a war against the West. In the end, the majority of victims will be Muslims killed by Muslims...
...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...
...member of a modern, moderate, educated and liberal sector of society, I have learned to respect other people's rights and feelings. And as a Muslim, I was not only hurt but also surprised and disgusted by the cartoons of Muhammad. When the world is on the brink of dividing into two deadly blocs, the Muslims and the West, such cartoons only serve as a catalyst to widen the gap. Even moderate Muslims who are against terrorism can't tolerate any mocking of the Holy Prophet, no matter how the joke is intended. Komal Mehreen Karachi...
...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...