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January 10, 2007
Denmark: No Charges For Seditious Muslims Who Provoked Cartoon Crisis
The cartoon crisis, in which the Muslim world exploded in February 2006, leading to the deaths of more than 30 people, may never have happened, without the intervention of two imams from Denmark. The newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 images of the "prophet" Mohammed on September 30, 2005. But the reaction did not happen until the start of February.
The Palestinian-born imam Abu Laban (pictured) and his Lebanese accomplice Ahmed Akkiri sent delegations to the Middle East, to stir up anger and hatred. To add to the confusion, they also included three cartoons which had never been published by Jyllands-Posten.
Now, according to the Belfast Telegraph, it is announced that no charges can be brought against the two seditious imams. A prosecutor, Birgitte Vestberg, said earlier today that she found "no evidence" that the imams had tried to provoke "hostilities against Denmark", and found no grounds to suspect "that the reported persons have violated the penal code."
A spokesman for the imams, Kasem Ahmad, said he was pleased by the decision. He added: "Anything else would have been a disaster for the imams and their image."
The imams used disinformation, including showing a photograph which they claimed represented a drawing of "Prophet Mohammed as a pig". In fact, this was a photocopy of a photograph of the winning contestant in a French "pig-squealing" competition, who was wearing a porcine plastic face mask.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at January 10, 2007 11:07 PM
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