Friday, the Day of Prayer and Rage
Charles Johnson
Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 8:58 am PST • Views: 450
It’s Friday, the Islamic day of prayer, and “youths” in Denmark are rioting in the streets again because of the latest publication of the dreaded cartoons of blasphemy: 17 arrested after youths riot in Denmark.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Bands of youths set fire to cars and trash bins overnight in a fourth consecutive night of vandalism mostly in immigrant neighborhoods of the Danish capital, police said.
Seventeen people were arrested, Copenhagen Police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch said, adding police were not sure what sparked the violence.
Some observers said immigrant youths were protesting against perceived police harassment and suggested the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers Wednesday, may have aggravated the situation.
“They feel provocations and discrimination by the police that stop them now and then to check them,” Copenhagen social worker Khalid Al-Subeihi said. “It doesn’t make it easier when the cartoons come back again.”
The youths set dozens of fires in several districts of Copenhagen, torching cars and trash bins and in some cases hurling rocks at police.
Newspaper Jyllands-Posten said one of its photographers received minor injuries when he was attacked by vandals in the Noerrebro district.
And yes, Rage Boy is getting into the act too.
Frank says: