I feel the same, that Christianity and Islam has been used in a political way to keep power and control of people in the name of God. The Old Testament is really brutal. The women are suppressed in every relegion - where the rules is made by men. So we should be very careful not to lose the Free Press and Humour and Cartoons - it create discussions - and dialogs - and that is good. Ingegerd --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've always felt that Islam was more of a political movement than a > religion but then many people think the roots of Christianity were > actually a political movement. Mohamed was concerned with the tribal > wars in the region and that many of the war lords were doing rituals to > "pagan" gods to achieve power. So he dreamt up this religion with "one > true God" to try to calm the tribal wars. There is an excellent > documentary on this (mostly Iranian produced) either from PBS or > National Geographic (I don't remember which and maybe it was both) on DVD. > > Ingegerd wrote: > > >The start of the cartoons - was that someone wanted some pictures > >for a book for children, explaining also about the Prophet. > >According to Walid al-Kubaisi, a writer, some parts of the Muslim > >World allow cartoon about the Prophet, some not. A cartoon of the > >Prophet was printed in an Iranian Newspaper in June 2001, showing a > >feminine Prophet. No reaction at all. This is not only Religion, it > >is a mix of Politic and Relegion, special in countries where the > >Relegion govern the Politic. Denmark and Norway is small countries - > >and weak military - so it is very easy to threaten us. Norways has > >4.5 million people - the Muslims 1 milliard. David against Goliat. > >Ingegerd > >--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > >wrote: > > > > > >>--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > >>wrote: > >> > >> > >>>--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> > >>>> > >>>> > >wrote: > > > > > >>>>>The cartoons were first published in September so why are > >>>>> > >>>>> > >they > > > > > >>>>>rioting now? Maybe it *is* staged: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >http://infowars.com/articles/ww3/danish_muslim_riots_staged_psyop.ht m > > > > > >>>>>CIA business as usual? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>That is the general consensus in the French papers, > >>>>that the whole thing is being staged as a part of > >>>>the US selling the world another war, this time > >>>>against Iran. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>That could very well be. It also occurs to me that after you've > >>>bombed, shot, assassinated, tortured and jailed a culture long > >>>enough, it doesn't take much more to set them off. > >>> > >>> > >>You bet. And as I understand it, now it's not so much > >>about the cartoons themselves as the callous response to > >>the original, much more restrained complaints about the > >>cartoons. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >To subscribe, send a message to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Or go to: > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > >and click 'Join This Group!' > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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