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On Sep 16, 2010, at 17:40, [email protected] wrote: > Mr. Fefer wrote that Ms. Norris had likened her situation “to cancer — it > might basically be nothing, it might be urgent and serious, it might go > away and never return, or it might pop up again when she least expects it.” > > Molly, it is #2 and #4 which defines Islam and what the future holds for you. > > Unfortunately this view she has, Islam is like cancer with many > possibilities, some of which are benign and harmless(mostly) is indicative > of how most Americans view something which they refuse to truly > understand. I think you missed her point. She takes it seriously enough to give up her life, but nobody really knows how many Muslims will act on that threat with any competence. Islam as a whole may be terrifying, but with so many fatwas, she really might get lost in the shuffle. > I fear for Molly, but my anger at Obama and the left for NOT > standing up for free speech eclipses the fear of her death. Hey, he is at least trying to assassinate the guy who called for her death. That should count for something... > > One mans opinion > > Barry > > > > > Muslims are so-o-o-o-o-o misunderstood. Their religion really is peaceful >> and loving.. >> Everyone knows that Muslims are very tolerant and good. >> >> And I am the King of France. >> >> Guillaume de Rojasemont >> >> >> =================================================== >> >> NY Times >> >> Cartoonist in Hiding After Death Threats >> By _BRIAN STELTER_ >> (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/brian_stelter/index.html?inline=nyt-per) >> Published: September 16, 2010 >> >> >> >> A cartoonist in Seattle who promoted an “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” last >> spring is now in hiding after her life was threatened by Islamic >> extremists. >> The cartoonist, Molly Norris, has changed her name and has stopped >> producing work for a local alternative newspaper, Seattle Weekly, >> according to the >> newspaper’s editor, Mark D. Fefer. >> Mr. Fefer declined an interview request Thursday, citing “the sensitivity >> of the situation.” But in a _letter to readers_ >> (http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-09-15/news/on-the-advice-of-the-fbi-cartoonist-molly-norris-disappears >> -from-view/) about Ms. Norris on Wednesday, he said that “on the >> insistence of top security specialists at the _F.B.I._ >> (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_bureau_of_investigation/index >> .html?inline=nyt-org) , she is, as they put it, ‘going ghost’: moving, >> changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity.” >> The F.B.I. declined to comment on the case. >> Ms. Norris attracted attention after she published a poster on the >> Internet >> in April satirically proposing that people draw figures of the Prophet >> Muhammad on May 20. >> She indicated that the proposal was a protest of censorship by Comedy >> Central, which edited out references to Muhammad from an episode of “South >> Park” >> that month. That episode also triggered threats from extremists. Islam >> forbids depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. >> In 2005, a Dutch cartoonist named Kurt Westergaard published a depiction >> of >> Muhammad that led to multiple death threats and alleged assassination >> attempts. He was presented an award this month for freedom of speech by >> Chancellor _Angela Merkel_ >> (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/angela_merkel/index.html?inline=nyt-per) >> of Germany. >> The poster by Ms. Norris spread on the Internet and spawned _Facebook_ >> (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html?in >> line=nyt-org) groups both for and against the idea. She quickly tried to >> tamp down the controversy, apologizing to Muslims and at one point joking >> that the event should be renamed “Everybody Draw _Al Gore_ >> (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/al_gore/index.html?inline=nyt-per >> ) Day.” The protest movement continued in the spring largely without her >> involvement. >> In July, _Anwar al-Awlaki_ >> (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/anwar_al_awlaki/index.html?inline=nyt-per) >> , the radical >> Yemeni-American cleric who is accused of ties to _Al Qaeda_ >> (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/al_qaeda/index.html?inline=n >> yt-org) , said in a document published on the Internet that Ms. Norris “ >> should be taken as a prime target of assassination,” according to the >> NEFA >> Foundation, a private group that monitors extremist Web sites, which >> translated the document. >> Mr. Awlaki stated that Ms. Norris and other unnamed people in the United >> States and Europe “are expressing their hatred of the Messenger of Islam >> through ridicule.” In a controversial step, the Obama administration this >> year >> authorized the _Central Intelligence Agency_ >> (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/central_intelligence_agency/index.html >> ?inline=nyt-org) to kill Mr. Awlaki, who is in hiding. >> Seattle Weekly started to publish cartoons by Ms. Norris about two months >> ago. Her last cartoon appeared in the Sept. 8 issue. >> Ms. Norris did not respond to e-mail messages on Thursday. Her personal >> Web >> site has been taken offline. >> Michael Cavna, a writer for Comic Riffs, a Washington Post blog about >> comics, said that he contacted her on Thursday and that she verified Mr. >> Fefer’s >> version of events. >> Mr. Fefer wrote that Ms. Norris had likened her situation “to cancer — it >> might basically be nothing, it might be urgent and serious, it might go >> away and never return, or it might pop up again when she least expects >> it.” >> >> -- >> Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community >> <[email protected]> >> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism >> Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org >> > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
