Reader reactions to ‘Graven
images and poor reflections’
Solving the world
I would just like to
say how very good I found your article… I found your comments on the
possibility of ‘proxy conflict’ very insightful, whilst the ‘holy joke’
paragraph sums up exactly how I feel on the issue and will probably be used in
my drunken ‘solve-the-world’ rantings in future (with correct attributions
naturally).
S Roberts
Australia
August
2006
Balance and moderation
Thank you for such a well thought out piece on the
issue. I only wish that such balance and moderation could be shown by both
sides over these cartoons, and the greater issues at hand.
T Coughlin
United
Kingdom
February
2006
Egyptian reprints
About the cartoons – is it a hoax or is it true
about their publication in el-Fagr? This newspaper is not widespread
here in Cairo, I know nobody who saw the real newspaper except for some
pictures on the internet.
J Antheunis
Cairo, Egypt
February 2006
DD Response Apparently six of the 12 cartoons
were published in el-Fagr's 21st edition in October. If
you go to the newspaper's very basic website which carries the front page of
each edition, issue no 21 is
conspicuously absent. That leads me to conclude that they did publish it but,
either due to the censor or self-censorship, they removed it. However, the
current edition has a special 16-page supplement on the depiction of prophets,
including Mohamed.
Buddhas and Islam
I read your nuanced article on the cartoons and
the reactions to them. Have you got any idea what these Muslims who are now
reacting violently thought of the destruction of the Buddha statues by the
Taliban in Afghanistan? What’s their view on the symbols of other faiths?
F Maes (Comment translated from Dutch)
Campenhout, Belgium
February 2006
Opinions and rear-ends
Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one,
especially when it comes to cartoons and those ‘crazy’ Muslims… But thanks very
much for your views on ‘de prentjes’. I’ve been reading so much crap in newspapers
and on websites these last days that it is driving me crazy. Your clever piece
makes for a nice change! Keep’em coming…
B Vancraeynest
Brussels, Belgium
February 2006
“Absolutely brilliant article – I hope it gets
wide circulation.”
C Woolfson
Lithuania
February 2006
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