Yesterday, Muslim extremists shot and killed a maintenance worker,
two police officers, a proofreader, three journalists and five
cartoonists. You can read about this murder on Wikipedia. They were killed because they worked for the paper Charlie Hebdo, who published the Jyllands-Posten cartoons of Muhammed.
Anyone who believes that a cartoon can be worse than murder, and who then plans and executes the murder of people who draw and publish certain cartoons does not deserve a place in society. A religious community which tolerates this kind of extremism is a danger to all of us. Muslim organisations worldwide have denounced these murders, and any who have not done so are enemies of peace.
The "Banksy" instagram account (not the real Banksy) summed it up so well:
As Salman Rushdie said: "I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity, [-] religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today."
To remind anyone who thinks that violence will silence anyone, here are those cartoons:
Anyone who believes that a cartoon can be worse than murder, and who then plans and executes the murder of people who draw and publish certain cartoons does not deserve a place in society. A religious community which tolerates this kind of extremism is a danger to all of us. Muslim organisations worldwide have denounced these murders, and any who have not done so are enemies of peace.
The "Banksy" instagram account (not the real Banksy) summed it up so well:
As Salman Rushdie said: "I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity, [-] religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today."
To remind anyone who thinks that violence will silence anyone, here are those cartoons:
