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Muslim Militants Threaten Christians and Europeans "ISLAM IS A TERRORIST
RELIGION"
By Julie Stahl
CNSNews.Com Jerusalem Bureau Chief
February 02, 2006
Jerusalem (CNSNews.Com) - Palestinian militants angry over the publication
of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in European newspapers issued threats
against Europeans on Thursday, while a Christian group said there may be a
link between the Danish cartoons and a recent wave of attacks against Iraqi
Christians.
A dozen caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, originally published in a
Danish newspaper in September and recently reprinted in six other European
countries, have sparked protests and an expanding Muslim boycott of Danish
goods.
Aside from the fact that one of the cartoons depicted Mohammad as a
terrorist, Muslims consider any depiction of the seventh century figure to
be blasphemous.
Attacks on Iraqi Christians
A British-based advocacy group that monitors Christians living in the Muslim
world released a statement on Thursday saying that the beating of Christian
students and the bombing of at least four churches in Iraq on Sunday could
be linked to protests over the cartoons.
Muslim students beat Christian students at Mosul University on Sunday.
Several days earlier, sheiks in the city had issued a number of fatwas
(Islamic religious decrees) calling for Muslims to "expel the crusaders and
infidels form the streets, schools and institutions because they insulted
the person of the prophet in Denmark," the Barnabus Fund said in a press
release.
In separate incidents on the same day, at least three people were killed and
more than a dozen injured in near-simultaneous bombings outside at least
four churches in Iraq. The attacks apparently were timed to happen during
worship services.
"Many Christians in Iraq are connecting this week's church bombings with the
growing furor across the Muslim world caused by the publication of some
cartoons caricaturing Mohammad in a Danish newspaper on 30th September
2005," the Barnabus Fund said.
Churches in Iraq have been attacked previously, but some Christians believe
that this new wave of attacks was ignited by the by the issue of the
cartoons, one source said.
A Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Wednesday that Islamic cleric Sheikh Nazem
Mesbah issued a fatwa calling for people who insulted Mohammed to be killed,
but the fatwa reportedly was rejected by other Islamic clerics.
In another development, an al-Qaeda-affilitated group Abu Hafez al-Masri
Brigades reacted to the cartoons by threatening "blood war" on Denmark.
In a message sent to the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi on Wednesday, the
group threatened to carry out September 11-type attacks on Denmark, the
Israeli website YNet reported on Thursday.
A number of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Syria, have recalled
their ambassadors from Copenhagen in protest.
Palestinians jump on cartoon bandwagon
In the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian gunmen surrounded the office of
the European Union, firing guns into the air and demanding an apology for
the cartoons within 48 hours.
A spokesman for the two groups -- Islamic Jihad and the Yasser Arafat
brigade of the Fatah faction -- said they would keep the E.U. Offices closed
"until the government makes an apology."
One European Union source said the office was closed on Monday anyway,
following the first protest outside the building earlier this week.
Two other Palestinian militant groups, the Popular Resistance Committee and
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, threatened to harm all nationals and diplomats of
countries involved in the controversy.
In a joint statement the groups said the diplomats and nationals "can be
considered targets."
A spokesman for the two groups said the threat was serious. The statement
demanded that the offices and consulates of the countries involved be closed
-- "Otherwise, we will not hesitate to destroy them."
European Commission spokeswoman Emma Udwin said security measures had been
taken following the threats but she did not offer details.
"We support the freedom of expression but respect [the differences] between
cultures," Udwin said.
Speaking by phone from Brussels, Udwin said she had not been authorized to
make any apology but stressed that those who profit from newspapers where
the cartoons were printed do so in their own name and are not government
organs.
"Europeans in the region are generally there to improve the living
conditions of Palestinians," said Udwin. "Those who make threats should bear
that in mind," she added.
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