SubscribeUK Student Hiding, Posted Mohammed Cartoon
From an outraged Cambridge Evening News:
Fears magazine could fuel racial tension
A Cambridge University student is at the centre of a race-hate probe after printing anti-Islamic material in a magazine.
The 19-year-old second year student at Clare College was in hiding today (Friday, 09 February) after printing the racist cartoon and other vile material.
The article is said to be so inflammatory the undergraduate has been taken to a secret location for his own safety.
Today (Friday, 09 February), senior college officials were locked in urgent talks about how the material came to be published and what action to take against the student at the centre of the scandal.
A university spokesman said police had been made aware of the incident.
A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Police said: "This is a matter for the university authorities to deal with."
He added that an investigation was not yet in progress.
The student magazine, Clareification, printed a cropped copy of the cartoon of the prophet Mohammed next to a photo of the president of the Union of Clare Students.
The cartoon was captioned with the president’s name and vice versa.
There was also comment suggesting one was a "violent paedophile" and the other was "a prophet of God, great leader and an example to us all."
The cartoon was the same one which caused riots across the world when it was printed in a Danish newspaper.
For his own safety and that of others, the student, who is British, has been taken out of his current accommodation and put in a secure place.
The paper had been renamed Crucification for a special edition on religious satire.
The front page included headlines stating: "Ayatollah rethinks stance on misunderstood Rushdie".On page six, pictures were shown of Muslims holding placards reading: "Behead those who insult Islam" and "Freedom go to Hell."
Enraged students have bombarded the Union of Clare Students with complaints and vice-president of the university’s Islamic society described it as "hugely offensive" and "crude unabashed prejudice."
In a rare move, Clare College fellows have called a Court of Discipline which will sit in judgment on the youth responsible for sparking what is being regarded as one the most embarrassing incidents for the university in years.
The College chaplain has also been involved in talks aimed at trying to ease racial tension and is known to have met members of the Islamic Society and a local Imam to discuss how best to quell fears over potential racial clashes.
In a statement issued by Clare College, senior tutor Patricia Fara said: "Clare is an open and inclusive college. A student produced satirical publication has caused widespread distress throughout the Clare community.
The college finds the publication and the views expressed abhorrent.
Reflecting the gravity of the situation, the college immediately began an investigation and disciplinary procedures are in train."
The Union of Clare Students also tried to quell the furore provoked by the publication.
Calum Davey, the union’s president expressed his "deep regret" over the publication and offered his sincere apologies for the offence caused.
He said: "This material does not reflect the views of Clare students."
An insider at the college said the probe into the racist material had "gone to the very top".
"This has caused the biggest stink imaginable," he said.
"Some of the most senior staff are utterly distraught and disgusted at the thought of what has happened.
"It’s the first time in living memory a Court of Discipline has been set up.
"The stuff this chap printed is very inflammatory indeed. The college fears the material in the publication could be considered as causing racial incitement. It’s causing real abhorrence among the staff."
The cartoon of Mohammed was first published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten in September 2005 and led to the death of four people after Muslims reacted in violent protest…
Ah, academic freedom. We knew you well.
But isn’t it funny how this young man has to hide while Anjem Choudary, the man who made those two signs, who later threatened to kill the Pope, and who has founded several terrorist organizations is still at large in England.
In fact, Cambridge would probably love to have him come lecture.
Apparently Cambridge University agrees.
The cartoon of Mohammed was first published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten in September 2005 and led to the death of four people after Muslims reacted in violent protest…
Four? At least 139 people were killed in the Muslims world’s trumped-up outrage at this nonsense.
Apparently the Cambridge denizens’ abilities at math have disappeared along with their regard for the truth.
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February 13th, 2007 at 1:02 am
Just a quick observation on society: “racist” is now the official epithet of the New Intolerance. In our castrated, overly-politically-correct culture, it is literally the worst thing you can call someone. The “progressives” hurl it as an insult against anyone they disagree with, regardless of the context. This article is a perfect example. Someone remind me which “race” Islam is again. Some mohammedans are black, others Asian, others white, others Persian, and others Arab. There are also Christians and athiests in those races. Race could not have less to do with this situation, and yet phrases like “racial tension” are peppered throughout the article as if the author were writing about South African apartheid. The author clearly just wants to call the student a butthead, but uses instead the word that carries with it the biggest stigma among his fellow travelers. I expect soon people that aren’t bad enough to warrant being called “racists” will instead be called “racist lovers.”
And I would be very interested to see what else was in this special “religious satire” issue of the school paper. I can’t even imagine the vile things they probably said about Christianity. The paper was even called “crucification.” Yet any mention of other religious groups satirized in the paper is conspicuously absent from this article.
Maybe the source of the outrage is that the paper was supposed to feature religious satire, and the things said about mohammedans are actually true. Mohammed was a violent peophile, and his followers have faithfully followed the violent example he set for them from the invention of the religion all the way until today. Since Jesus never had sex with any nine-year-olds, maybe there just wasn’t enough material for a piece on Christianity?
February 13th, 2007 at 1:14 am
You are very right about “racism” being the top of the charts of insults from the PC/left. Yet it’s also usually the first epithet they throw.
I remember having a conversation with a person I had known for a few years. I mentioned in passing that I had voted for Reagan. She immediately called me a racist. It is their first and last line of defense.
“And I would be very interested to see what else was in this special “religious satire” issue of the school paper. I can’t even imagine the vile things they probably said about Christianity. The paper was even called “crucification.” Yet any mention of other religious groups satirized in the paper is conspicuously absent from this article.”
That had crossed my mind too. And, lest we forget, Cambridge was founded to teach youths to become Christian ministers. Indeed, the colleges there were created for the students to pray for the souls of their founders.
But all that is forgotten now. In fact it’s worse than forgotten, as Christianity is ridiculed and reviled in a way no one would ever dare to treat the cult of Islam.
“Maybe the source of the outrage is that the paper was supposed to feature religious satire, and the things said about mohammedans are actually true. Mohammed was a violent peophile…”
Yes, maybe that was where he went wrong. Introducing actual facts. Or maybe they thought he photoshopped the photos.
Though, to be fair, even this article says the caption “only suggested” that Mohammed was a violent pedophile.
February 13th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Islam is too a race!! They are in a race to eradicate western society and culture and they mean to do it! Look again, at those “horrible” photos of that prick muhammad. What are they thinking? THEY ARENT THINKING!!!! This is what the promise of a new direction the democrats plan for all of us. They are stupid and ignorant enough to actually believe this politically correct drivel….call a religion a “race”, and mean it. They think they will be able to rule once the muslims have rid this country of ….well….me! Well, people like me, who wont sit idly by and allow elected officials try to “talk” to murdering thugs with no compassion for human life.
Look hard at those posters. Our freedom of speech is terrorism to them for a good reason. The truth always puts terror in the minds of those who mean to subjugate an entire society…er wait….the western “race”. ? somehow, when westerners are called a race…..those pesky hyphenated folks get their panties in a knot…..but islam is a race? WTF????? Cambridge is supposed to be a university. It used to be too, just like ours were back when education was sought after and valuable….and not the indoctrination of the masses by the prolatariat that passes for educators today.
I think that cartoons of muhammed cant be drawn, because there is nothing funny about a murdering psychopathic pedophile who’s entire life was spent murdering and raping. That just has zero humor. Muslims react with embarassment at his image because they realize they have been duped into following a criminal psychopath…..and they have no way out except to die themselves. And die they will..
February 13th, 2007 at 1:55 am
That’s the problem with what occurred - the idiots besmirched Islam.
If they had stuck to belittling Christianity, the Cambridge officials would still be laughing about the issue.
February 13th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
More reason for Muslim outrage (not that they ever need a reason), via the UK’s Guardian:
February 13th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Observe Cambridge’s response to this satire… And compare it to what they had to say about Ms. Marcotte, who actually was engaging in bigotry….
February 13th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Gee, them there Muslims seems like a swell bunch of folks. Where do I sign up…..er, who’s head do I gotta’ lop off to join the club?……..do I have to stop watching Bullwinkle and Rocky???
February 13th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
kucharsk:
If they had stuck to belittling Christianity, the Cambridge officials would still be laughing about the issue.
Actually the issue was about religion so my “guess” is that they actually did belittle Christianity but no one has objected to THAT!
Only the Moose-limbs are angry, upset, etc. — whatever the word of the day is to express their displeasure.
I’m truly sick of them and their anger.