IRAN TO HOLD HOLOCAUST CARTOON COMPETITION
What is Ahmedinejad playing at?
In "retaliation" for the publication and republication of cartoons of
the Prophet Muhammed Iran is holding an international competition in
cartoons of the Holocaust.
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From
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FCE073DD-7F1B-4714-95F0-DD1F354F1D9A.htm
Iran paper plans Holocaust cartoons
Monday 06 February 2006, 20:00 Makka Time, 17:00 GMT
Ahmadinejad says the slaughter of Europe's Jews is 'a myth'
Iran's largest selling newspaper has announced it is holding a contest
on cartoons of the Holocaust in response to the publishing in European
papers of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
"It will be an international cartoon contest about the Holocaust,"
Farid Mortazavi, the graphics editor for Hamshahri newspaper, which is
published by Tehran's conservative-run municipality, said on Monday.
He said the plan was to turn the tables on the assertion that
newspapers can print offensive material in the name of freedom of
expression.
"The Western papers printed these sacrilegious cartoons on the pretext
of freedom of expression, so let's see if they mean what they say and
also print these Holocaust cartoons," he asserted.
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This really is getting childish. The Islamic world has just been
rioting and burning over an abuse of free speech. And now an Iranian
paper is going to fan the flames even more and do the same thing! This
is bordering on hypocrisy.
When Ahmedinejad said that Israel should be wiped off the map a thought
crossed my mind that maybe he was a Zionist agent. This adds to that
feeling.
I'm no fan of Israel, but I'm no fan of Islam either. Both are being
incited to clash. That's why Israel was created in the first place.
--
Allan