Does it strike anyone as odd that Muslims can burn synagogues, desecrate symbols of Israel and Judaism, burn the American flag, malign and brutalize Christianity and no one seems to care? Such activity is even applauded.

Does it strike anyone as odd that Muslims can send their young children as bombs to blow up other innocent young children and no one seems to care? Parents even revel in such possibility reaping cash rewards from the likes of Saddam Hussein for enrolling their children as suicide bombers.

Silence… Even at times an apologetic from the liberal media.

Does it strike anyone as odd that Muslims can brutally murder “hostages” they take, torture them on television, and no one seems to care? Just part of the struggle we’re told.

Silence, more silence.

Does it strike anyone as odd that Muslims can shoot up schools full of young children like was recently done in Afghanistan and no one seems to care?

The silence is growing louder.

And yet some cartoons are published in Denmark which in some strange way exposes Islam and the Muslim hierarchy stirs up the masses to, not only protest, but to become violent and destructive. Their behaviour underscores the truth about the current state of Islam.

‘Dare not anyone expose Islam to the world or else,’ so the message goes. The ironic thing is that Muslims, by their behavior, are doing that very thing.

The sad thing, the really tragic thing, is that many, many people wearing the banner of Islam are doing so only because of force, coercion, intimidation, and brain washing. If Islam were true, as its proponents claim, then why are they afraid of other ideas and viewpoints? Why are they afraid of falsehood if their way will prove to be true? Or do they inherently know something else and are petrified of being exposed? Are they afraid their way will not stand up to scrutiny? What is it that explains their strange behaviour?

It would seem to this observer that Islamists are exposing themselves. The media may be intimidated or fooled or willingly blind, but to the average person Islamists appear to be who they are; madmen bent on tyranny. To the observer it seems they will not be satisfied until they have killed or subjugated everyone they consider an infidel. Peaceful co-existence is not in their vocabulary. And if they have to use their own children as bombs to achieve that end they will, and gladly. If they have to desecrate and destroy the icons of others they will do so, and gladly. If they have to maim, torture, and kill innocents in public view to instill fear and intimidate they will do so, and gladly.

But just don’t you dare publish a cartoon that reveals that. Now that is really evil.

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UPDATE: Others commenting include:

Mary Madigan: “Muslims armed with assault rifles and grenade launchers rallied outside the European Union headquarters in Gaza City and fired shots in the air, demanding an apology for cartoons that dissed Islam by relating it to terrorism. ”

Radio Free Mike:

Right now Danes and Norwegians and Swedes have to fear for their lives in the Middle East because of something in a “Danish newspaper”; sales of “Danish goods” have all but come to a halt. This is just ignorant nasty nationalism. I don’t care whose religion is offended. (You can look at the cartoons here.) “We call on Muslim nations to boycott all Danish products because the Danish people supported the hateful racism under the pretext of freedom of expression,” Hamas wrote in a statement. It’s hateful enough that these racists are now in charge of a government; even worse that the boycott is working. But western leaders have stepped up to defend our traditions of free speech, right? They won’t let fundamentalists in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq, the Palestinian territories, Pakistan, or anywhere else dictate what European newspapers publish. Right?

Um, no.

ZombieTime posts an image archive of pictures of Mohammed through the ages. Ian Miller at LiveJournal is scared by this: “Meanwhile pan-Arab organisations have begun efforts to reach a UN resolution, backed by possible sanctions, to protect religions from insults.”

Collission Commentary adds: “It’s simply part of life in a globalised world that other people have an opinion about you. Western countries get their fair share of critisism (much of it deserved), and most have learned to deal with it. Why should there be an exception for the Arab World? There are good reasons for critisism against the region that’s the worlds prime exporter of religious violence and hate. ”

Otto Praline: “It is certainly not the paper’s fault that irrational devotees of Islam have taken it upon themselves to speak for their entire faith and threaten death to those who drew the cartoons and demand that their countries and citizens boycott Danish goods. […] Our politically correct sensitivity sours the vigor of our ideals and gives the impression that anyone can demand that we shut up because their feelings get hurt.”

Winds of Change: “All of [the cartoons are] more innocuous than the typical editorial cartoon about Ariel Sharon, back when he was the most hated politician in the world.”