The cartoon jihad rages on, and now an Iranian cleric is encouraging that jihad be directed at the United States. From a story in Iran Focus:
A senior Iranian cleric called on Muslims on Friday to direct their fury over cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad at the United States, rather than Denmark.
When crowds of worshipers in Tehran chanted “Death to Denmark” during his fiery sermon, Tehran Friday prayers leader Ahmad Khatami told them, “We shouldn’t say ‘Death to Denmark’. Denmark is nothing! We must say, ‘Death to America’. It’s the Americans who set up the likes of the Danes”.
The Muslims are employing a double standard which it is okay for them but not for anyone else to use political and editorial cartoons. The Muslim world is trying to force their ways on the non-Muslim world by attempting to thwart freedom of speech.
From a post on Tell Children The Truth, the path to genocide against the Jews is spelled out in Arab anti-Jewish cartoons. Examples of these cartoons can be viewed at their website.
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The main recurrent motif in Arab cartoons concerning Israel is “the devilish Jew.” This image conveys the idea that Jews behave like Nazis, kill children and love blood. The similarity with themes promulgated by the Nazis is evident. Many Arab cartoons praise suicide bombing or call for murder. The collective image of the Jews thus projected lays the groundwork for a possible genocide.
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A caricature may have as much influence on public opinion as an editorial.
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Palestinian cartoonists often place emphasis on the anti-Semitic accusation of “ritual murder” of children. This is underscored by their claim that Israelis target Palestinian children. To dehumanize Jews, Arab cartoonists often depict them as malevolent creatures: spiders, vampires or octopuses.
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Several Arab hate motifs also have permeated Western society as they resonate with the long-standing anti-Semitic prejudices of the Christian world.
The Muslims will take this cartoon jihad to the fullest extent they can, yet no one in the West is calling them on their rather inappropriate cartoons of the Jews and other non-Muslims.