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Iran gets laugh out of Holocaust August 16, 2006 TEHRAN: An exhibition of more than 200 cartoons about the Holocaust opened yesterday as part of Iran's response to last year's Muslim outrage over a Danish newspaper's caricature of the prophet Mohammed. The display, showing 204 entries from Iran and abroad, was strongly influenced by the views of Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who drew widespread condemnation last year for calling the Holocaust a "myth" and saying Israel should be destroyed. One cartoon, by Indonesian Tony Thomdean, shows the Statue of Liberty holding a book on the Holocaust in its left hand and giving a Nazi-style salute with the other. Masoud Shojai, director of the host, Caricature House, said a jury looked through 1200 entries received after the contest was announced in February by the co-sponsor, the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri. "We staged this fair to explore the limits of freedom Westerners believe in," Mr Shojai said. "They can freely write anything they like about our prophet, but if one raises doubts about the Holocaust he is either fined or sent to prison. "Though we do not deny the fact that Jews were killed in the (second world) war, why should the Palestinians pay for it?" The competition came after worldwide protests by Muslims against the Mohammed cartoon published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Many Muslims considered the cartoon offensive and a violation of traditions prohibiting images of their prophet. Hamshahri said it wanted to test the West's tolerance for drawings about the Nazi killing of six million Jews in World War II. The entries on display came from nations including the US, Indonesia and Turkey. About 50 people attended the exhibition's opening. The exhibition runs until September 13 and the winner will receive $US12,000 ($15,680). The exhibition hall is next to the Palestinian Authority's embassy, which was Israel's diplomatic site in Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. AP, AFP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
