Iran presents: Holocaust cartoon contest

Leading newspaper presents contest in response to cartoons disparaging Muhammad
Roee Nahmias

Iran's most popular daily newspaper, Hamshahri, is set to initiate a Holocaust cartoon contest in what it says is a response to cartoons disparaging Islam's prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper.


"This will be an international cartoon competition on the topic of the Holocaust," said Farid Mortazawi, the paper's graphic editor.


The editor added the newspaper intends to fight back by claiming the publication of Holocaust cartoons is done in the name of freedom of expression.


"Western newspapers published these caricatures, which constitute desecration, under the pretense of freedom of expression," he said. "Let's see if they mean what they say once we publish Holocaust caricatures."


Meanwhile, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a leading Muslim Brotherhood cleric, has condemned the harsh reactions to the cartoons among Muslim
communities around the world.


Speaking on al-Jazeera's Sharia program, Qaradawi said: "The acts of destruction carried out by a minority of people in capitals around the world are unacceptable as a response to what European newspaper published. We never called on people to burn cars. We call on you to show the fury in an intelligent way as to avoid unthinkable damage."


"We condemn those who are attacking us when we do not attack them. We are bound by the laws of Allah and to his instructions," said Qaradawi, who has a major influence on the Arab Muslim community and on Muslim communities in the West


Qaradawi attacks freedom of speech


Responding to a question about churches damaged in Beirut by rioting masses, Qaradawi said: "This is unacceptable. We have seen Muslim imams preventing people from doing this, but it seems there are those who will exploit the rage of the people to pour fuel on the fire."


Qaradawi has called for "sanctions on countries that published the cartoons in their newspapers. We demand an international law forbidding religions from being humiliated, and we held a rally as a response to these injuries. These are the ways to respond."


Qaradawi also condemned freedom of speech, saying: "No one has this freedom. When you drive in a car, you can't swerve right and left because there are other people on the road with you. You must drive according to traffic laws."


Meanwhile, 400 Iranian protesters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at the Danish Embassy in Teheran. Earlier, the Austrian Embassy in the Iranian capital was attacked.

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LETS BURN THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2/7/2006 11:41:09 PM

so many problems would be solved if israel just went away.

2/8/2006 12:31:38 AM

i was gonna post this, but then i got bored with the issue.

2/8/2006 12:50:55 AM

actually... what if an iranian cartoonist drew a picture of Mohammed denying the Holocaust? now THAT would be funny AND worth fighting over.

2/8/2006 12:52:01 AM

LOLercaust

2/8/2006 1:08:41 AM

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"so many problems would be solved if israel just went away."

that is such a retarded point

2/8/2006 1:12:49 AM

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"so many problems would be solved if israel just went away."

Why stop there? Let's just get rid of all the Jews!

Oh wait. . .

2/8/2006 1:29:49 AM

time for photoshop projects.

Im gonna do: Jesus talking with Buddha, who is denying the Holocaust, when then they both walk in on Mary and Mohammed (pbuh) having buttsex.

2/8/2006 2:54:23 AM

hahahaha

the funny thing about that is

buddha'd probably deny the holocaust, too

and pretty much everything else that anyone said

contrarian motherfucker

2/8/2006 2:58:40 AM

Why doesn't Ahmadinejad just paste a sign on his chest saying "We want the western world to destroy us all?"

2/8/2006 7:28:47 AM

^of course, that's expected from you!

Iran presents: Holocaust cartoon contest

oh noes, destroy them all!!!

so much for freedom of expression.

of course, freedom of expression entails tolerating views one does not like, but who am i talking to? a chrsitian fundie us soldier...

2/8/2006 9:36:05 AM

^what a hypocritical moron

2/8/2006 9:49:59 AM

^^ its just not the same without you making fun of someones name in your post

quick! call dick cheney penis cheney!

2/8/2006 9:55:26 AM

dick and bush

i mean, how did that happen?

2/8/2006 9:58:18 AM

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"^what a hypocritical moron"

i am a hypocrite?

europe says you can insult prophets

but if you deny the holocaust, you will go to jail

and none of you have spoken against that blatant hypocrisy (either both should be legal, or both illegal)

but still, i am the one who is a hypocrite!

if you say so...

2/8/2006 10:47:36 AM

He has a point ^

2/8/2006 10:50:12 AM

he does have a point. but so do a few other people as to how iran is kinda going about this the wrong way by talking about the holocaust. that's a bit worse than drawing a cartoon of some religious dude with a bomb for a head.

nonetheless, the logic is sound, and europe SHOULD print these cartoons.

colbert last night: "I'm sure all those blonde haired, blue eyed jewish norwegians will be very offended by this." The talking points on the right read "yeah, both of them."



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2/8/2006 10:53:31 AM

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"i am a hypocrite? europe says you can insult prophets but if you deny the holocaust, you will go to jail and none of you have spoken against that blatant hypocrisy (either both should be legal, or both illegal) but still, i am the one who is a hypocrite! if you say so..."

maybe so

but youre the only piece of shit that will take a shot at a us soldier and their beliefs when it has nothing to do with the fucking topic.

2/8/2006 11:19:29 AM

it would be great if they jsut made fun of jews instead of trying to kill them.

2/8/2006 11:40:39 AM

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=nation_world&id=3886997

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" Danish editor behind Prophet drawings says he'd publish Iran's Holocaust cartoons AP February 8, 2006 (NEW YORK) - The Danish editor behind the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that ignited deadly riots in the Muslim world said Wednesday he's trying to coordinate with an Iranian paper soliciting cartoons on the Holocaust. "My newspaper is trying to establish a contact with the Iranian newspaper, and we would run the cartoons the same day as they publish them," Flemming Rose said Wednesday in an interview on CNN's "American Morning." The Iranian newspaper Hamshahri said Tuesday it would hold the competition to test whether the West extends the principle of freedom of expression to the Nazi genocide as it did to the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Those cartoons were first published by Rose's newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September. As Muslim protests mounted, numerous European newspapers have reprinted them in recent days in the name of free expression, provoking wider and angrier protests. Rose, Jyllands-Posten's culture editor, told CNN he came up with the idea after several local cases of self-censorship involving people fearing reprisals from Muslims. "There was a story out there and we had to cover it," Rose said. "We just chose to cover it in a different way, according to the principal: Don't tell it, show it." The drawings -- including one depicting the prophet wearing a turban shaped as a bomb -- have touched a nerve in part because Islam is interpreted to forbid any illustrations of the Prophet Muhammad for fear they could lead to idolatry. "I do not regret it," Rose said. "I think it is like asking a rape victim if she regrets wearing a short skirt at a discotheque Friday night. In that sense, in our culture, if you're wearing a short skirt, that does not necessarily mean you invite everybody to have sex with you. As is the case with these cartoons, if you make a cartoon, make fun of religion, make fun of religious figures, that does not imply that you humiliate or denigrate or marginalize a religion." The Iranian newspaper said its contest would be launched Monday and co-sponsored by the House of Caricatures, a Tehran exhibition center for cartoons. The paper and the cartoon center are owned by the Tehran Municipality, which is dominated by allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, well-known for his opposition to Israel. (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) "

[Edited on February 8, 2006 at 11:44 AM. Reason : .]

2/8/2006 11:42:51 AM

The mountain will come to...

2/8/2006 12:24:21 PM

I think this is all gonna end badly.

2/8/2006 1:50:05 PM

"....so how did World War III start granddad?"

"A cartoon."

2/8/2006 1:55:14 PM

Good god.

Is it really THAT important?

Oh wait...Muslim News media has finally discovered sensationalism.

2/8/2006 2:01:00 PM

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"so many problems would be solved if israel just went away."

So many of our problems would simply go away if we simply stopped supporting Israel.

2/8/2006 3:17:39 PM

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"that's a bit worse than drawing a cartoon of some religious dude with a bomb for a head."

careful DG, that's the exact kind of justification used by the protesters to burn down buildings. what you said is your opinion. you can't use it to make laws or curtail or limit freedom of speech. both should be classified as free speech, or as illegal speech.

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"but youre the only piece of shit that will take a shot at a us soldier and their beliefs when it has nothing to do with the fucking topic."

i am sorry but him being a US soldier and itching to destroy iran are intimately related. strange how these devout christians in power and their minions are hell bent on destruction and killing!

2/8/2006 3:55:17 PM

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"Why doesn't Ahmadinejad just paste a sign on his chest saying "We want the western world to destroy us all?""

Funny, I didn't say "I am itching to destroy Iran" up there.

All I see is an intimation of how provocative Ahmadinejad is being towards the west.

Yes, I am a US soldier.
Yes, I am a christian fundamentalist.

2/8/2006 4:08:00 PM

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"i am sorry but him being a US soldier and itching to destroy iran are intimately related. strange how these devout christians in power and their minions are hell bent on destruction and killing! "

you have absolutely NO idea what you are talking about....not a clue....this is how you perceive soldiers and how you perceive christians...but you have no clue what you are talking about

2/8/2006 4:15:38 PM

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"strange how these devout christians in power and their minions are hell bent on destruction and killing!"

yes, they are strapping vests and belts on laden with explosives! ...oh wait.

yes, they are driving cars packed with explosives into markets and blowing up civilians! ...oh wait.

yes, they are burning down embassies and violently demonstrating over daffy duck! ...oh wait.

it's not just christians that are hell bent on destruction and killing, there mohammed.

2/8/2006 4:18:12 PM

^^^ thanks for proving your hypocrisy and your lies.

when iran makes holocaust cartoons or denies the holocaust, you think it should be destroyed by the west (or at the very least, it would be ok if it was destroyed by the west).

but of course the destruction caused by muslims when their lands are seized and their prophet mocked, is terrorism, right? (which it is, but you are two-faced)

^^ no that's not how i perceive all christians, just the christians in power (who all happen to be zionist christians), and others like them. they are just like bin laden and zarqawi. both sides want to kill. and what are the soldiers? instruments those in power use to do the killing. so they are guilty as well, whether they agree with what they are doing or not. they have a choice.

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"yes, they are strapping vests and belts on laden with explosives! ...oh wait. yes, they are driving cars packed with explosives into markets and blowing up civilians! ...oh wait. yes, they are burning down embassies and violently demonstrating over daffy duck! ...oh wait."

no, they are only attacking and destroying a country (30K-100K civilians dead?) that posed no threat to them! i am sre that's a small thing compared to all the ones you posted!

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"it's not just christians that are hell bent on destruction and killing, there mohammed."

i never said that. there are people on both sides that are bent on killing.

[Edited on February 8, 2006 at 4:25 PM. Reason : ]

2/8/2006 4:21:28 PM

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"europe says you can insult prophets but if you deny the holocaust, you will go to jail and none of you have spoken against that blatant hypocrisy (either both should be legal, or both illegal)"

I completely agree with this, though I think it's clear both should be legal. Nazis and such should get freedom of speech too.

2/8/2006 5:08:47 PM

Please tell me, what other kind of Christian is there besides a zionist christian?

You do know that Yeshua Ben Yosef (that is, Jesus son of Joseph), or Yeshua ha-Mashiach (that is, Jesus the Messiah), or Yeshua ha-Notzri (that is, Jesus of Nazareth), is a Hebrew, a Jew?

2/8/2006 5:23:50 PM

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"when iran makes holocaust cartoons or denies the holocaust, you think it should be destroyed by the west (or at the very least, it would be ok if it was destroyed by the west)."

Of course not. Lots of people make holocaust cartoons and deny the holocaust right here in America (Salsburybot could provide you with ample links).
I didn't read what he said, but I think you misunderstood. Odds are, he thinks Iran should be destroyed because it is eagerly developing Nuclear Weapons (in violation of international treaty) and the destruction of its neighbors (I guess Israel, not sure) and the support of terrorists (In Iraq, I suspect).

Any one of which would be fine, probably any two of which would also be fine, but all three is just not going to work out and will not be tolerated.

2/8/2006 6:18:03 PM

When Amadinejad denied the Holocaust, how many jews burned Iranian flags and set fire to embassies in protest?


Yeah, I'll be surprised if this amounts to anything, especially considering that I've never met a muslim who actually has a sense of humor. Their attempts at cartoons will be lame, I'm sure.


The good thing that will come out of this is that Europe will realize how stupid and hypocritical their laws are regarding the holocaust and maybe scrap them.

[Edited on February 8, 2006 at 6:34 PM. Reason : 2]

2/8/2006 6:33:05 PM

The Daily Show - Mohammad Mo' Problems, Looney Toons, Cartoon Controversy

The Colbert Report - Kidding

2/8/2006 11:44:58 PM

muslims

2/8/2006 11:57:31 PM

MCNUTS^

2/9/2006 1:17:20 AM

so what was the offending cartoon?

2/9/2006 1:59:30 AM

^ you must have seen these by now: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/sarticle.php?id=12146

2/9/2006 2:21:22 AM

Yes, people should, legally, be allowed to question the the Holocaust.

But if someone, ah, handles the people the do question it...I personally don't have any problem with that. I would probably try to get such a person out of jailtime if I were on their jury, but that doesn't necessarily mean I don't think they should go to jail.

Yeah, it's complicated, but that's how I roll.

2/9/2006 2:40:17 AM

YAAY

2/9/2006 3:18:58 AM

What's the difference between a jew and a pizza?
A pizza doesn't scream in the oven.

2/9/2006 3:51:34 AM

this one... i find it too repugnant, so i am posting a link:

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/images/DutrouxHitler.jpg

2/9/2006 5:15:19 AM

they're really taking the moral high ground on these

2/9/2006 8:12:28 AM

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"strange how these devout christians muslims in power and their minions are hell bent on destruction and killing!"

2/9/2006 10:37:32 AM

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"i am sorry but him being a US soldier and itching to destroy iran are intimately related. strange how these devout christians in power and their minions are hell bent on destruction and killing!"

fixed your quote you stupid fuck.

you are about as fucking hypocritical as they come.

OMG YOURE A SOLDIER FOR THE US YOU TRASH.

HEY WAIT DONT YOU STEREOTYPE US TOWLHEADS.

2/9/2006 11:31:00 AM

can americans send in cartoons for the contest?

2/9/2006 12:54:02 PM

^go ahead it's a free country.

2/9/2006 1:20:31 PM

i can't wait to see all the Westerners going crazy, burning Iranian flags and attacking Iranian embassies.

OH WAIT. We're civilized and aren't religious extremist nutjobs. Almost forgot

2/9/2006 1:21:47 PM

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2/9/2006 2:04:32 PM