[IslamCity] Arabs Demand Punishment for Danish Cartoonists; "Actions Speak Louder Than Words"

[Islahonline]

If they [Danish/French] want to defend their freedom of _expression_, then Muslims should also be able to exercise their freedom by boycotting products of French, Danish [please add to this list], withdrawal of ambassador, cancel trading agreement etc. After all, they are facing uncontrollable forces !!       From: Media Watch Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:14 PM Subject: Arabs Demand Punishment for Danish Cartoonists; "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" Arabs Demand Punishment for Danish Cartoonists By Foreign News Desk, Istanbul - Published: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20060201&hn=29270   “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” The Islamic World has shown no signs of giving up hope that “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” calling for a boycott of all Danish and Norwegian products following the publication of 12 insulting cartoons of Prophet Mohammed. The interior ministers of Arab countries gathered in Tunisia Tuesday to ask the Danish government to “seriously punish” the cartoonists responsible for creating the insulting images of the Prophet Mohammed for the Danish newspaper, Jyllands Posten. Like the Saudi Arabian government, other Arab countries should also withdraw their ambassadors from Copenhagen, said Nayef bin Abdelaziz, the Saudi Arabian Interior Minister. Both Saudi Arabia and Libya recalled their ambassadors from Denmark in protest. “The European news media are afraid to be accused of being anti-Semitist; however, it is not a problem when the Islamic values are made a subject of ridicule, because there the freedom of press comes to their immediate assistance,” said Amr Mousa, the Arab League Secretary-General. The Sudanese government declined to accept the demand from Danish Minister of Defense Soren Gade to visit Sudanese officials. Sudanese Foreign Ministry officials also called on all companies and organizations to boycott the import of Danish goods. Iran made its reactions very clear when it demanded the Danish ambassador to Tehran send a letter to Danish officials demanding they rethink the issue: “The Danish government and newspaper officials should apologize to the world’s entire Muslim population.” The Iraqi authority also sent a warning to the Danish ambassador to Bagdat (Baghdad). A group led by the Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr went on a hunger strike in central Baghdad in reaction to the insulting cartoons. There were other demonstrations in Gaza City, Damascus, and Tel Aviv to pressure the Danish government to apologize to all Muslims. Fallout spreads over images Muslims consider insulting     Danish Paper Apologizes, but Reactions Snowball http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20060201&hn=29269 In Denmark again, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said they will not apologize as the government. Former US President Bill Clinton had labeled the cartoons as "insult to Islam" and warned that anti-Semitic prejudices are being replaced by anti-Islamic prejudices. Kuwait may ban Danish medicine http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/01/31/1330211.htm *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "islamcity" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.