Protocols of the ELders of Copenhagen.
Sadly, this explains a lot about the Danish cartoon crisis. (Although it did give a chance for the Daily Show to run the graphic "Mohammed, Mo' Problems").
Cartoons of Mohammend as a dog and pig, and having sex with animals (I think), were circulated to Muslims as if they had been published in a Danish newspaper.
I had read rumours about this, and it is interesting/good to see it substantiated.
Basically, Danish Muslim activist, offended by original cartoons and unable to get appropriate response from mainstream Denmark, puts together a folio with the cartoons to show to leaders of influence in predominantly Muslim countries, in order to get some international outrage going (see: Canadian seal hunt).
He also includes PIECES OF PERSONAL HATE MAIL SENT TO HIM BY ANTI-IMMIGRANT NUT JOBS WHO OPPOSE HIS ACTIVISM, including crude, disgusting, anti Mohammed drawings. These hate mail drawings are also presumed to have been published in Danish newspapers, by the kinds of people who tend to form crazed mobs. Voila.
The 'net rumour cast him as a sinister agent provocateur (possible wearing same under the robes), distributing forgeries to bring about / inflame the Clash of Civilizations (TM).
Turns out he's just a well-meaning moron.
Cartoons of Mohammend as a dog and pig, and having sex with animals (I think), were circulated to Muslims as if they had been published in a Danish newspaper.
I had read rumours about this, and it is interesting/good to see it substantiated.
Basically, Danish Muslim activist, offended by original cartoons and unable to get appropriate response from mainstream Denmark, puts together a folio with the cartoons to show to leaders of influence in predominantly Muslim countries, in order to get some international outrage going (see: Canadian seal hunt).
He also includes PIECES OF PERSONAL HATE MAIL SENT TO HIM BY ANTI-IMMIGRANT NUT JOBS WHO OPPOSE HIS ACTIVISM, including crude, disgusting, anti Mohammed drawings. These hate mail drawings are also presumed to have been published in Danish newspapers, by the kinds of people who tend to form crazed mobs. Voila.
The 'net rumour cast him as a sinister agent provocateur (possible wearing same under the robes), distributing forgeries to bring about / inflame the Clash of Civilizations (TM).
Turns out he's just a well-meaning moron.