Monday, February 25, 2008

Motoon violence continues to percolate around the globe


I still say, "screw 'em, if they can't take a joke." But that's just me.

The Sudan and Jordan are now seething according to the Copenhagen Post.

The Danish flag was burned in Jordan and Sudan's president has ordered a boycott of Danish goods in the wake of the media reprinting the Mohammed cartoons

Violent protests against the Danish media's reprinting of the infamous Mohammed cartoons are spreading quickly, as demonstrations have taken place in Jordan, Sudan, Pakistan and Indonesia over the past few days.

A press release from Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir's office ordered a national boycott on Danish goods Saturday and further threatened to expel Danish aid organisations and their employees working within the African nation.

Despite the statement from the Sudanese government, neither the Danish embassy in Khartoum nor the Foreign Ministry has yet received any official confirmation of the threats. In Jordan, demonstrators burned the Danish flag outside the embassy Monday, and in Indonesia demonstrators marched in protest last week. Muslim organisations across the Asian continent have promised more unrest over the next several days.

On Friday, Sheik Youssef el-Qaradawi, one of the world's most influential Sunni Muslim leaders, ordered Muslims worldwide to boycott Danish goods.

Even the Hamas Bunny is getting in on the act. In addition, a youth football "friendship match" between Denmark and Egypt has been cancelled due to an "unspecified security situation" but in reality it was really because of the Motoons.
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