Cartoons and the Makkah stampede
February 04, 2006Staying on the cartoon subject matter. Alhamedi has an insightful and funny post about this not so funny subject.
Paydirt indeed, for a Saudi government in late January 2006, anxious to divert attention from its most recent Hajj self-styled “Success”, when it demonstrated once more its ability to corral several hundred Muslim pilgrims, mostly from poor nations, to yet another death by stampede. A diversion is needed, and what better diversion than Danish cartoons?
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