From a top Afghani muslim cleric: "We condemn the cartoons but this does not justify violence. These rioters are defaming the name of Islam."
So in other words, he wants muslims to behave the way that christian nuts do in the US. ... though I believe that the christian nuts in the US have advanced to a level where they would not stage mass demonstrations against a cartoon of Jesus.
I wonder why this cleric doesn't adopt Nadir's postion: Don't lecture or admonish the murdering protesters, instead lecture and admonish the publishers of the cartoons that the violent creeps want nobody to see. So who are we to side with here, Nadir or this muslim cleric?
Meanwhile last night on one of the cable gabberies, one journalist did promote a justification for halting these mohammad cartoons that made sense to me: in time of war, the press should not broadcast images or words that will help the enemy.
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It's about time.
Yes, it's interesting that in the name of not harming the US war effort, the journalist would promote banning cartoons that make muslim mideavilists go violently kookoo, but does not advocate banning other broadcasts that harm the war effort (like maybe: the images of kooky muslims protesting cartoons?).
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