Munza Mushtaq in Colombo,  Thu Feb  9 08:46:05 EST 2006

    Amnesty International (AI) has stressed upon the need for media
personnel to work with sensitivity and responsibility. The
organization's request comes amidst growing protests against the
controversial cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed."Events of recent
weeks have highlighted the difficult question of
what should be the legitimate scope of freedom of expression in
culturally diverse societies.While different societies have drawn the
boundaries of free speech in different ways, the cartoon controversy
shows how, in today's increasingly global media space, the impact of
actions in one country can be felt way beyond its borders. Today, more
than ever, societies are faced with the challenge of asserting
universal human rights principles in an area where there has
traditionally been a tendency to defer to the domestic laws of a
particular state and the values they enshrine.

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I feel sorry about all these.  I condemn insulting a religious leader by cartoon.  Not only once they have reproduced it several times.
But the way muslims reacting to it also owfull.
I can remenber several years ago when they(Thaleibans) bombed and blasted Buddha statues, they never thought this type of things no. Buddhists protested little bit. Donot no whether Buddhists were incapable of acting like muslims.  
Some muslim leaders were unkind enough to justify it telling that "worshipping statues is prohibited in Islam, so no need to have any statues in Muslim countries".
Buddhists tolerated is peacefully.

Just within few months Thsleibans got he results, in whatever way, they lost.
It is called "Ditta Dhamma wedaniya Karma"

How many Cartoons comes about Jesus every year.  Cristians just enjoy  it.  That is all.

Why Muslims donot beliew on their God?  Do they think their god is simply incapable of punishing his enimies?
Let the God to solve his problem him self. If he cannot do it,  how the hell he solve your problem even you pray?

The people who do good will get good.  Who do bad will get bad too.

Anyway the respect of all religions should be protected from media Mafias.


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I feel sorry for you.
Demolishing temple is also a an issue. But one can say that If no one is following Buddhism in Afghan, they can use the space for some other purpose (and also what you have said 'worshipping statues...' is an acceptable answer).
The major point here is that after 9/11 problem there was a huge pressure on Muslim community all over the western world in many ways. So, this is an outcome of that issue. If this has happened before 9/11 sometimes it might not have been noticed as huge as this.
Also everyone has to understand the other culture when they have responsibility (like media and politicians..). Say for example if a young lady helps a young man in US he can kiss her to say thank you. But can you do this in SL/India? This is where the cultural background is based and people like to live their own world. So, someone want to kiss a girl in SL has to be careful. I think you might have got my point.

And you do not have to go so far to check the issues. Here in SL there were many temples have been bombed by SLA (where the tamils are worshipping). So, you can now feel the anger of the Tamils, coming out in a different way (or else in your words GOD is punishing...).
You should understand that these are the outcome of a collective issues, it just can't happen in one day for a simple reason.

Justifying the destruction of the Bamiyan statues by saying that "no one is worshipping them and we can use the space" is simply dumb. You may as well say ..... blowup Stonehenge or Angkor Wat based on the same fact - or blowup the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids because no one is coming by to remember the deceased. Or maybe tear down the Great Wall because there are no more Mongol Hordes to repel.

As for your feeble attempt to turn this topic to the miserable Sinhala/Tamilian struggle, might I remind you that Buddhist pilgrims were massacred in Anuradhapura while they were praying as well.

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I feel sorry for you.
Demolishing temple is also a an issue. But one can say that If no one is following Buddhism in Afghan, they can use the space for some other purpose (and also what you have said 'worshipping statues...' is an acceptable answer).

Your two points are contradictory.  If no one follows Buddhism in Afghanistan, that means no one was worshipping the statues, so the Taliban had no reason to destroy them. Also, as far as I know, the Taliban didn't use the space for any other purpose, so both your arguments have no substance, which is actually quite typical of most of your posts.


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There is no excuse for demoloshing and vadalising invaluable ancient constructions.  Bhamian statue, Piramids, Tajmahal, Great wall etc. can not be considered as properties of individual countries.  You cannot replace those by any means.  One of the western journalists has put the same argumet as  THE ACA USR put - he indirectly asks muslims to leave the non muslim western countries if they cannot tolerate their religion being humiliated.  There was nobody in Afganistan to warship the statue or protest against the demolision.  This doesn't mean that Afganistan was a 100% Muslim country. Didn't you know about Taliban rules? Those who practice other religions got the death penalty.  One of the greatest Hindu Kings, Elara did everything he could to protect anything related to Buddism.


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THE_ACA_USR wrote:

I feel sorry for you.
Demolishing temple is also a an issue. But one can say that If no one is following Buddhism in Afghan, they can use the space for some other purpose (and also what you have said 'worshipping statues...' is an acceptable answer).

Above  is a classic case of developing vocal cords in ones posterior and  actually using them in public!!


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The cartoon issue is a continuation of the West's aggressive and destructive policies against Muslims starting with their staged 09/11 affair.  The West is resposible for the destruction of the Bamiyah statues.  When the whole of Afghanistan was burning due to the irresposbile attacks on its citizens by the West the UNO sent a team of experts to renovate the cultural sites in Afghanistan including the Bamiyah statues.  This was what infuriated the Talaban.  The great Bamiyan Buddhas were standing tall and proud throughout the centuries under Muslim rulers unharmed.  Even though there are no Buddhists in Afghanistan there are quite a few Hindus in Afghanistan who are still enjoying the freedon of worship and their temples are still there.
Coming to the cartoon issue the west very well knew the consequences of this issue since they planned it.  They know this is the best way to insult 1.5 billion muslims who hold their prophet in high esteem.  This is another 9/11 to provocate their 'rogue statues' of Iran and Syria to retaliate and then give them an excuse to attack and destroy them the same way they destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan.
Where will all this end.  Wait, don't be in a hurry.  There is still India and China?  They need to break them up.  Norway is entrusted the job of breaking up India through his proxies AB & VP. Well for China, god forbid let them not try.
Whatever it is the cartoon issue will for sure misfire.  Thousands and thousands of muslims will enrol as human bombs and you will definitely see the repurcussions.  Boy, didn't they play in to the hands of Bin Laden and Zarqavi.

if a young lady helps a young man in US he can kiss her to say thank you. But can you do this in SL/India? This is where the cultural background is based and people like to live their own world. So, someone want to kiss a girl in SL has to be careful. I think you might have got my point..[/quote]

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So dear friend, Are you going to protest  "Boys kissing girls in America"?  I donot understand.  But I donot surprize even if it is done by Islamic Fundementalists.

Like the kissing, do you mean "Dannish media has their right to express what ever they want".  It may be correct.  Dannish media can joke to Propet Mohmed, but not in Afgan or Arabic media.
You fools just burn yor petral for it.  Isn't it funny.
Let the God to solve his problem.

What is there in the place of Bamiyan Buddha statues now?  Have they built a castle?  
Iddiotic religious fundamentalists have distroyed a world heritage, just for blind faith to incapable God.


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The cartoon issue is a continuation of the West's aggressive and destructive policies against Muslims starting with their staged 09/11 affair.

Which particular loony website are you going to link to to prove 9/11 was staged.

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When the whole of Afghanistan was burning due to the irresposbile attacks on its citizens by the West the UNO sent a team of experts to renovate the cultural sites in Afghanistan including the Bamiyah statues. This was what infuriated the Talaban

There was no attacks on Afghani citizens by the West at the time. In fact the West had bankrolled the Mujadaheen to fight the Soviets.

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Coming to the cartoon issue the west very well knew the consequences of this issue since they planned it.

Who's "the West, and how did they plan it?  It is the latest protests that were directly planned at the latest OIC conference in Makkah in December. Syria and Iran have seen a golden opportunity to deflect attention from their own oppression of Muslims and to garner support against the West. In Syria, where the government orchestrated the destruction of the Danish embassy, the head of state is the son of the man who immolated 50,000 + Islamist alive in Oms in 1982. His government was under pressure for murdering the Moslem Prime Minister of Lebanon with a car bomb. To add to the fun,  President  Putin of Russia has demanded the Danes apologize, no doubt because publishing some cartoons in a newspaper is a much greater offense to Moslems than murdering half a million of them in Chechnya. And of course, Sunnis and Shias in Pakistan and Iran are merrily bombing each other and killing dozens every day.

I don't believe the original cartoons was a planned anti-Islam event. However, the apparent eagerness of other newspapers to print the same cartoons tells me that there seems to be an inexplicable eagerness on the part of some European publications to add more fuel to the fire..

I even read of a retarded academic in Halifax, Canada , who taped up the offending illustrations on his door - in the expectation of being able to conduct a "philosophical discussion" on the topic ! Personally, I think it would be difficult to discuss the philosophy of slapping someone in the face, especially after you slap them. This guys is obiously just a schmuck just looking for his 15 minutes of fame

That being said, a certain degree of restraint is called for on the part of those reacting so angrily to this. Far better to fight this smartly - because the only people who have died over this happen to be Moslems and most ironically, at the hands of other Moslems.

Simply because one belongs to what one believes to be the One True Faith, this is not an automatic permission to go about abusing other faiths or people - because pretty much every faith claims to be the One True Faith.

I can't help wondering what reaction could be expected from Christians, were someone to draw an equally rude caricature of Jesus or Mary or God.....  Would it be shrugged off with a "oh well... freedom of speech., freedom of the press" or will the reaction be somewhat different....?

Stephen Jones wrote:

Which particular loony website are you going to link to to prove 9/11 was staged.

I wish you hadn't dignified Lankikaya's delusional rantings with a response.


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