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[NickTheCage]

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French Mag to Publish Cartoons of Prophet Mohammed

A French satirical magazine is set to publish several cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed on Wednesday, a move that is likely to inflame the Islamic faithful and militants who have already rioted in more than 20 countries over a movie mocking the prophet.

Depictions of the prophet are strictly prohibited and considered blasphemous by Muslims. Cartoons of Muhammad published in Denmark in 2005 and then reproduced in newspapers across Europe triggered riots throughout the Mideast and Africa. Churches and embassies were torched and at least 100 people died in the outbreaks and police crackdowns.

The magazine “Charlie Hebdo” has confirmed that it will publish the cartoons, but has not revealed what they will depict. French newspaper “Le Monde” reports that some of the cartoons show the prophet in “particularly explicit poses,” without providing any further detail.

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[Marc]

I've often wondered, are they [the cartoons, images, whatever] offensive because they bare likeness to what the collective thinks Mohamed looks like or because the caption says "This is Mohamed"?

[Gio7707]

ahhh ..just posted this and I told the Islami guy it's just a joke ...but he took it to serious ...

and now I have to hide ....ahhhhh

[NickTheCage]

France ups embassy security after prophet cartoons

PARIS (AP) -- France stepped up security at some of its embassies on Wednesday after a satirical Parisian weekly published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The prime minister said he would block a demonstration by people angry over a movie insulting to Islam as the country plunged into a fierce debate about free speech.

The government defended the right of magazine Charlie Hebdo to publish the cartoons, which played off of the U.S.-produced film "The Innocence of Muslims," and riot police took up positions outside the offices of the magazine, which was firebombed last year after it released an edition that mocked radical Islam.

France to close embassies in fear of cartoon backlash

France announced Wednesday it will close 20 embassies across the Muslim world on Friday after French weekly Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed naked, amid growing unrest over an anti-Islamic film that has left dozens dead.


The French foreign ministry announced Wednesday that France will close 20 of its embassies in Muslim countries this Friday following the publication of controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons by satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Major protests in the Muslim world generally take place after Friday prayers.

[Gio7707]

[Giavella Water]

DoesFrance think that just by closing their embassys all will be well? They have one of the biggest Muslim populations in Europe that will burn ALL of France down if they want to.

[2happy4u]

If this movie was so offensive, why no riots here in the USA? We have whole city's of Muslims. Here where protest is cool, they did nothing. I saw a few mins. of the movie ,it reminded me of the movie "The Dictator." Janet Napolitano said "we find the movie deplorable, who is the WE ?

[five apples]

We have whole city's of Muslims[/B].

I wonder what the world looks like through your eyes.

This is factually not true. Unless you meant we have cities with Muslims in them. The last time I saw they were around 1% of the total US population.

[NickTheCage]

We have whole city's of Muslims.

I wonder what the world looks like through your eyes.

This is factually not true. Unless you meant we have cities with Muslims in them. The last time I saw they were around 1% of the total US population.

And you call me nutz

I think the largest % of muslims in a city is 30%, Dearbourn, Mi

[Gio7707]