Muhammed cartoonist dead

[CFLarsen]

Erik Abild Sørensen, one of the Muhammed Cartoonists, has died. He was 89.

Story here.

As a consequence of the death threats against the cartoonists Danish police showed up at Mr. Soerensen’s apartment in Aarhus offering security instructions. Soerensen replied:

”I have passed the age of 85, I am sick and I have just lost my wife. Can it get worse? I don’t think so.”

His cartoon.

 

[Frozenwolf150]

Okay, so it wasn't because of what I thought it was when I first read the topic title. I second what the first commenter on the article page said.

 

[LTC8K6]

I wonder if there will be celebrations among radical muslims?

 

[Beerina]

Apparently God loved him because he lived to a ripe old age, far beyond average. Would that God hated most of us that much.

 

[gtc]

Indeed. Living to 89 is not really compatable with a vengeful, proud and omnipotent God. I wonder if any of Allah's followers question this.

 

[Pardalis]

His cartoon.

That's his cartoon?

I'm not sure at this point you can call it a cartoon, it's more like a doodle (and I'm being kind here).

 

[sumwatt]

That's his cartoon?

I'm not sure at this point you can call it a cartoon, it's more like a doodle (and I'm being kind here).

I would have agreed until I saw the point along with the english translation. Then it made sense. At first I thought it was just a bunch of talking heads but rather, it's a tracing of his thumb being covered by doctrine.

 

[Mycroft]

That's his cartoon?

I'm not sure at this point you can call it a cartoon, it's more like a doodle (and I'm being kind here).

I don't really get it either, but I give allowances to 89 year olds.

 

[CFLarsen]

That's his cartoon?

I'm not sure at this point you can call it a cartoon, it's more like a doodle (and I'm being kind here).

That's his cartoon.

It sure doesn't take much to piss off some people, eh?

 

[gtc]

I know. I suspect many if not most of the rioters had never seen the cartoons. I have tried to engage our resident Muslim/Troll (strike out as applicable) on this issue. He claims to be terribly offended by the blasphemy in the cartoons and claims they were all designed to inflame violence but he has never responded to my questions about what exactly was so offensive about the cartoons that they deserve death.

 

[CFLarsen]

I know. I suspect many if not most of the rioters had never seen the cartoons.

That's precisely what Danish journalist Karsten Kjær decided to find out in his documentary "Bloody Cartoons".

He went to Iran and Egypt and met with two people. The Iranian was a professional protester, a war veteran, who was photographed with a bloody hand outside the Danish embassy in Teheran during the riots. The other was a very important Egyptian televangelist who had advocated violence against the cartoonists.

In each case, Karsten Kjær interviewed them about their role in the riots and showed the cartoons to both.

No, they hadn't seen them before.

The Iranian's response was pure brilliance: He expressed surprise over the bomb-head cartoon. "No, that can't be Muhammed. It looks like a Sikh..." He wasn't enraged at all - he had protested because someone else told him to.

The Egyptian televangelist refused to acknowledge any responsibility in the riots. At the end of the interview, he looked as if he regretted to agree to be interviewed.

The documentary is one of 10 in the WhyDemocracy project. I'm bringing a copy of the documentary to TAM, if people want to watch it.