What can prompt people to respond to freedom of expression as this woman does to Lars Vilks?
“One Swedish Muslim woman … said she hopes to make good on the al Qaeda threat and slaughter Vilks like a lamb.
"I can do this in the name of Allah, and I will not fail. I could slaughter him in the name of Allah," says the woman who identified herself only as Amatullah.”
“Dressed in a black burqa from head to toe and uttering death threat after death threat, the woman -- a wife and mother -- says she is defending her religion and her prophet if she manages to kill Vilks.”
Why is it that responses like this seem to come from Muslims, and no one else?
“Vilks, a self-described atheist, points out he's an equal opportunity offender who in the past sketched a depiction of Jesus as a pedophile.”
Why could this man draw something so much more insulting about Jesus Christ, and be perfectly safe, yet something much less insulting elicits such a violent response from Muslims?
Thoughts please
2007-10-16
12:26:05
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