[ April 17, 2024 ]
“Draw the Prophet”? That is not the name of the contest — he is not our prophet, but the media insists upon using it.
IBT weighs in on AFDI’s Muhammad Cartoon Art Exhibit. Why a fire is part of the headline is beyond all reason and logic. The two are not related, and frankly, we have seen those cases increasingly shown to have been committed by …. Muslims.
Shame on IBT.
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“‘Draw the Prophet’ Contest, Islamic Centre Fire Put Texas on Edge”
By Mugdha Variyar, International Business Times, February 14, 2015
The announcement of a Prophet Muhammed cartoon contest and a suspected arson attack on an Islamic centre building have put a Texas town on edge.
A makeshift memorial is seen outside the Consulate General of France during a vigil for the victims of an attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, in San Francisco, California. Reuters
The controversial ‘Draw the Prophet’ contest is scheduled to be held in Garland, Texas, in May, the organisers have announced.
The contest will take place at the same venue where the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) had held the “Stand with the Prophet” conference following the Charlie Hebdo attack in January.
Pamela Geller, the President of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), told Brietbart News that she will conduct the cartoon contest and an art exhibit at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland on 3 May.
“We’re holding this exhibit and cartoon contest to show how insane the world has become — with people in the free world tiptoeing in terror around supremacist thugs who actually commit murder over cartoons. If we can’t stand up for the freedom of speech, we will lose it — and with it, free society,” she said.
The contest will accept drawings online and the winning entry will receive a $10,000 cash prize.
Geller’s plan to hold the event has been criticised by Muslim leaders and many locals.
“While it is her right, it’s not really in good taste to be honest because it’s just a shameless attempt to get a reaction out of the Muslim Community, that’s how we view it. It’s not any attempt to promote free speech,” Alia Salem from the Council of American Islamic Relations told CBS Local.
“Things are quiet let them stay quiet. There’s no threat there. I’m not only concerned something will happen there, but that something could happen anywhere in our country,” a local told the channel.
Geller had held a rally in protest against the ‘Stand by the Prophet’ conference held by the Council on American-Islamic Relations after the deadly terror attack at Charlie Hebdo magazine’s Paris office.
The magazine came under a terror attack for its publication of controversial cartoons of Prophet Muhammad.
Islamic Centre Fire in Houston Suspected to be Arson Attack
An Islamic centre building was gutted in a massive fire in Houston, Texas, on Friday and the police suspect it is an arson attack, according to the institute officials.
The Quba Islamic Institute said that many of its contents had been destroyed in the massive fire, and that ‘investigators have made clear that the fire was not accidental’, according to AFP.
Another act of faked hate? We shall see.
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29 Comments
9 years ago
This is a good thing, you don’t bow down to terror.
9 years ago
Reply to
Perry
It only needs a few events like this to bring the whole Islamic house of cards crashing down: http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/needed-new-church-policy-toward-islam-pt-3
9 years ago
Reply to
Guest
Islam cannot stand any criticism. That is why the jihadis go nuts over a little cartoon.
Give them all the cartons they cannot handle. It will piss them off and make them look like the fools they are.
Moore cartoons please.
This is good.
8 years ago
Reply to
John Allen Dickinson
John, you look like a professional fool.
I see way too many asinine statements by you.
9 years ago
The fire in Houston was probably Islamic lightning … It happens when they briskly rub the mortgage note against the insurance policy.
8 years ago
Reply to
Pray Hard
And 9/11 was done by our government to start the war in Iraq. Some of you are idiots.
8 years ago
Reply to
John Allen Dickinson
“Some of you are idiots.”
Coming from someone who believes “9/11 was done by our government”.
Careful, don’t sprain your brain.
9 years ago
SCREW muhammed.
9 years ago
The Houston fire was probably insurance fraud. Moslems hate the west and should be expelled and sent back to their Islamic hell holes in the middle east.
9 years ago
If you let people silence you, you are just as guilty for the crimes they commit. Its your duty to speak up. If you won’t who will ?
9 years ago
Fantastic quote:
“‘We’re holding this exhibit and cartoon contest to show how insane the world has become — with people in the free world tiptoeing in terror around supremacist thugs who actually commit murder over cartoons. If we can’t stand up for the freedom of speech, we will lose it — and with it, free society,’ she said.”
Too bad it is too complete for a tweet.
9 years ago
the fire in Houston if not an insurance fraud was deliberately set to fuel “fire” of Muslims as victims, backlas. The prayer room was not touched by the fire. The first thing the imam said was he hoped it wasn’t a hate crime. BS it was set to emulate a hate crime. The area where the fire happened is infested with Muslims and not so far from the hwy 3 terrorist training camp in the Clear Lake area. If you live in Houston ISIS is on your door step.
9 years ago
I’ve been “on edge” since Black September Muslims killed the Israeli athletes in 1972.
I wonder how the hundreds or thousands of people beheaded by Muslims since July feel about being “on the edge”.
9 years ago
Do u get extra credit for drawing his naked 6 year old bride PEDO
9 years ago
You know the media never mentions the truth about CAIR. And of course, there is a chance that it’s insurance fraud or sympathy ploy.
9 years ago
You go girl free speech must remain free thank you for protecting our rights wish I lived near Texas to attend. God Bless.
9 years ago
Where did they ever come up with this “offense” at drawing Mohammad? How do they know HE wouldn’t have liked it??
9 years ago
keep the muzz on edge!
9 years ago
who should win– this should!!
9 years ago
Is the International Business Times a Muslim publication? Sure reads like it.
9 years ago
That Salem chick thinks “it’s a shameless attempt to get attention out of muslims”? Sorry chickie-poo, muslims just aren’t that important. That’s why the exhibit is happening. At least you acknowledge the right to have it. No one gives a damn about muslims and their opinions that way. According to the insistence of “peaceful muslims”, there’s no compulsion in religion according to islam. In that case, the exhibit is neither shameless nor muslim focused. MUSLIMS have the right to attend the exhibit or not as they choose and they can stay the hell home if they’re “offended”. My guess is any muslim who has any common sense and a sense of humor will go and see the exhibit. Muhammad ain’t OUR prophet so we’re under no obligation to deify him. If ISLAMISTS hadn’t shot cartoonists the exhibit just might not be happening. This is the predicament in which “peaceful Muslims” find themselves. Long past time to fix your own shit and stop complaining.
