Posted on 04/02/06
Their wild overreaction
Angry demonstrations in the streets. Official protests to European governments. Boycotts of Danish goods. Death threats against journalists. Over what? Twelve cartoons in a Danish newspaper.Whether or not you agree with decision by Jyllands-Posten to publish the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the reaction in the Islamic world has been far out of scale to any offence given. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian gunmen besieged the offices of the European Union. In Jakarta, Muslim activists protested outside the embassy of Denmark and burned a Danish flag. In Pakistan, mobs of students shouted, "Death to Denmark."
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