It’s interesting to note that the vast majority of signs being held by these so-called outraged Muslims are in English. Clearly this is being orchestrated by an organized hierarchy intent on a marketing campaign to incite violence and evil. It is being cast as the popular image of jihad. It is designed to get publicity in the western press; to elicit both sympathy and fear.

What isn’t readily known, at least by this observer, is how many of these so-called “protesters” are being forced to participate in this protesting. I have personally seen this kind of forced participation in a communist culture. It is characteristic of tyrannical regimes. And I think it is fair to characterize the Muslim adventure, if you will, as a tyrannical regime of a religious hierarchy.

As has been noted by others, this is not just a simple exercise of protest because of some hurt feelings. This is marketing; one course in the attempt to conquer all those who won’t bow the knee to religious fanaticism.

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UPDATE by MZ 2/6: CHT picks up on this theme of coordination and marketing.

I have seen photos of signs with slogans written in exactly the same handwriting–in both London and Istanbul. Also, hundreds if not thousands of Danish flags have been burned. Where did they come from? You can’t exactly go to an Arab market and pick up a Danish flag along with your bread and meat. Someone has been supplying the flags. Someone has been mass-producing the signs. These aren’t random acts of protest–there is serious logistical work going on behind the scenes. This is organized on the international level.