Danish Imams Urge Calm as Islam-o-tantrum grows...

Why do I have a hard time believing this? Seriously. Why do I think the al' Reuters reporters get told one thing, meanwhile back at Friday prayers it's a whole different story? Wait a minute. Who am I kidding? The al-Reuters reporter is probably just making it up for his good buddy, the Imam.

Danish Muslim preachers sought to soothe Muslim anger on Friday after newspapers reprinted a drawing of the Prophet Mohammad which caused outrage in Islamic countries two years ago.

Danish papers republished one of the drawings of Mohammad on Wednesday in protest against what they said was a plot to murder the cartoonist who drew it.

Mostafa Chendid, an imam at the Islamic Faith Community, said Danish media had confused freedom of expression with the freedom to insult others.

But he called for all Muslims to "cool down" and "turn "the other cheek," rather than pursue a violence, saying this would harm Islam the same way the cartoons had.

"We are trying to dampen the anger," he said at Friday prayers at a mosque in northern Copenhagen.

About Mostafa Chendid. He has a history:


Chendid's group was at the centre of the first controversy after the cartoons were first published in 2005, helping organize a delegation to the Middle East to present a dossier of alleged Danish insults against Islam.

And remember the Tunisians that participated in the plot to murder Motoon artist, Kurt Westergaard? They are being deported and this is what Chendid has to say about that.

Chendid deplored the planned deportation of the Tunisians, saying there was no proof of their guilt.