Danish Newspaper Cartoons

[Bald Student]

http://www.unison.ie/breakingnews/index.php3?ca=33&si=87116

Iran renames Danish Pasties in honour of Prophet Mohammad
19:25 Thursday February 16th 2006

Iranians love Danish pastries, but now when they look for the flaky dessert at the bakery they have to ask for ``Roses of the Prophet Mohammad.''

Bakeries across the capital were covering up their ads for Danish pastries after the confectioners union ordered the name change in retaliation for cartoons of Islam's revered prophet first published in a Danish newspaper.

``Given the insults by Danish newspapers against the prophet, as of now the name of Danish pastries will give way to Rose of Mohammad pastries,'' the union said in its order.

``This is a punishment for those who started misusing freedom of expression to insult the sanctities of Islam,'' said Ahmad Mahmoudi, a cake-shop owner in northern Tehran.

One of Tehran's most popular bakeries, named Danish Pastries, covered up the word ``Danish'' on its sign with a black banner emblazoned ``Oh Hussein,'' a reference to a martyred saint of Shiite Islam.

[hamish]

sir hamish and everyone else

This is my first posting on this topic. What people have missed in this whole issue is the nature of philosophical thought underpinning the three religions and how long these take to evolve into something mature in tolerant.
JUDAISM... According to their Calender 57hundred and something
CHRISTIANITY It is 2006 according the calendar we use.
ISLAM It is not even 1500 in their time frame.

Question what were the Jewish and Christians up to at 1500 in their respective time frames?

Having said that the reaction of the Islamic radicals is over the top akin to The Anti-Abortionists firebombing and killing doctors!

The Harryville Church boycott, and protest outside the school in Belfast are on a par with that as is The Seventh Day Observance societies opposition to sportsfields being used on Sundays. But at least nobody dies if you can't use a sportsfield

Interesting angle DieITillCollege. But are the different calenders really a factor? I'll have to think about that point.

BTW, why single me out in your post??:p :D :confused:

[Roverstillidie]

i think he means that as islam is the youngest of the 3 major world religions, its worth noting how christians behaved around the same 'age'.

[hamish]

i think he means that as islam is the youngest of the 3 major world religions, its worth noting how christians behaved around the same 'age'.

Yeah. RoversTillIDie, I get that part but does it really square, IYKWIM??

I mean, wasn't Arabic/Islamic advances in Science/culture etc made before we in the West and doesn't much of our numbering, sciences, art etc derive from that (then) progressive culture? Doesn't this make the calenders unimportant?

I've put the above very inarticulately but hopefully you'll get an idea of what I'm trying to say.:o

[CollegeTillIDie]

Yeah. RoversTillIDie, I get that part but does it really square, IYKWIM??

I mean, wasn't Arabic/Islamic advances in Science/culture etc made before we in the West and doesn't much of our numbering, sciences, art etc derive from that (then) progressive culture? Doesn't this make the calenders unimportant?

I've put the above very inarticulately but hopefully you'll get an idea of what I'm trying to say.:o

Ok Hamish
Well you are one of the best posters on this issue... and some others too .
Ghana was a cradle of enlightenment, education and innovation in the 12th and 13th Centuries. Now those self same people's descendants use their intellects to scam tourists !:(