Japan Appeases, Muslims Still Threatening
Charles Johnson
Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 8:18 am PST • Views: 153
Riding Sun reports that the Egyptian Ambassador to Japan has issued a not-very-veiled threat against Japan if the cartoons are published there:
Attacks like the ones on the Danish embassies in Syria and Lebanon last weekend could take place in Japan if the media here insult Muslims by reprinting cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, Egyptian Ambassador to Japan Hisham Badr warned Friday.
“This is not a question of freedom of expression… This is a question of blaspheme of religion,” Badr said in an interview with The Japan Times. “It touches a very raw nerve” with Muslims worldwide.
Badr praised both Tokyo for urging media not to reprint the cartoons and news organizations for complying.
…“Reprinting (the images) is a provocation,” the ambassador said. “It is as if they are saying ‘we don’t care about your feelings.’”
Frank says: