Another casualty in the ongoing cartoon intifada: the term “Danish pastry.” Not content with pelting European embassies with petrol bombs to protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Iranians have decided to rename the “Danish pastries” relished by this nation of cake lovers. From now on, the sweet, flaky pastries which dominate the shelves in [...]
At some Mohammed cartoon protests in Pakistan, protesters decided to take revenge on a symbol of Western culture – McDonalds. “Let’s destroy the red-haired clown!” A few minutes later.. “Hey, let go of me! You’ve got the wrong man!” “Now we have you, accursed infidel clown. But, oh, how you taunt us with your smiling!” [...]
In Germany, a Muslim cultural institute has spoken out against Gorilla Boy: A Muslim cultural institute in Germany on Monday criticized Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad for disparaging the Holocaust, daring him to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp. “In this place of horror he can again deny the Holocaust, if he has the courage,” a spokesman [...]
