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March 30, 2006

Denmark: Muslim Groups Sue Over Cartoons

While the world takes a deep breath after the shocking case of the Afghan Christian and the attempts by 500 Muslim clerics to have him murdered in the name of Islam, the Muslims of Denmark are still whining about the issue of the "offensive" cartoons which were originally published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on September 30.

Instead of letting the issue drop, a coalition of 27 Islamic groups have decided to take the issue to court, states Associated Press via CNN.

And of course, the Muslims are trying to make money out of suing the newspaper. Michael Christiani Havemann, a lawyer representing the groups, has claimed that a sum of 100,000 kroner, equivalent to $16,100 is being demanded from the newspaper's editor Carsten Juste and its culture editor, Flemming Rose.

The suit was filed yesterday, and alleges that the drawings were "gratuitously defamatory and injurious", Havemann claimed.

The main prosecutor in Denmark had earlier said that there was nothing in the laws on racism or blasphemy which was violated by the newspaper's decision to piblish the pictures.

The issue would naver have caused the worldwide protests, and numerous deaths, had not a Muslim cleric, Abu Laban (below, right) and his associate Ahmed Akkari (above, left) gone on tours of Middle Eastern countries, carrying with them images of the Jyllands-Posten cartoons, and three additional fake images, which were never published by the newspaper. One of these was said to represent Mohammed with a pig's snout. In fact it was a photograph of the winner in a French "pig-squealing" contest.

Abu Laban and Ahmed Akkari have recently featured in scandals. Australia's Advertiser reported that a French television team have caught Ahmed Akkari on film, calling for a bomb attack to be made upon Naser Khader, a moderate Muslim lawmaker and Danish member of parliament.

Copenhagen Post gave more details. A French-Algerian journalist, Mohammed Sifaoui, had filmed Laban and Akkari joking about suicide bombings and making veiled death threats. Laban was also caught on film using a hidden camera saying that he knew of an individual who was willing to conduct a suicide bombing.

Six young people who attended Laban's mosque in Copenhagen were arrested at the end of October last year, accused of plotting a major bombing attack. Laban, as we mentioned said the young men had a colossal hatred of society, which made them introverted. The filming in which he claimed to know of another potential bomber took place after this statement.

When confronted with the accusation, 61-year old Palestinian-born Abu Laban showed his baser nature, saying: "If I ever heard a person say that, I would use my fist to knock his teeth out."

Mohammed Sifaoui stated to the Danish newspaper Politiken on Tuesday last week: "I have never stated that Abu Laban or Ahmed Akkari are terrorists in the sense that they are bombers themselves. They are something far worse: They are the ideologues who give young lunatics the necessary excuse for carrying out an act of terrorism in Denmark."

On Monday, Danish police questioned the pair over their controversial remarks. The threat against Naser Khader was condemned last week by the Danish prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who said to reporters: "It is truly shocking that an elected Danish politician can be the object of threats in this way. I take for granted that the police will investigate what happened and will deal with it."

According to Islam Online, the anti-immigration political group, the People's party has called for the revoking of the citizenship of three imams, including Akkari. Akkari was born in Lebanon in 1978.

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at March 30, 2006 4:03 PM

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