From the burning of its flag to a boycott of its brands of butter and cookies, Denmark is feeling Islamic outrage over newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.Imagine that, not everyone is for free speech.No word yet if anyone in the Muslim world would be upset with Jesus being depicted in a cartoon.
Angered by the drawings, masked Palestinian gunmen briefly took over a European Union office in Gaza on Monday. Islamists in Bahrain urged street demonstrations, while Syria called for the offenders to be punished. A Saudi company paid thousands of dollars for an ad thanking a business that snubbed Danish products.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Outrage builds in Mideast over cartoons
The AP reports: