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Danish-Muslim leader lampoons latest prophet cartoon
A far-right Danish political party controversially depicted the prophet Muhammad on election material yesterday. Now a high-profile Danish-Muslim politician has hit back with a poster lampooning the move.The ad by the Danish People's Party, the country's third largest political force, showed a hand-drawn picture of the Islamic prophet under the slogan "Freedom of expression is Danish, censorship is not". The ad was condemned as a "provocation" by at least one Danish-Muslim group, as Islam forbids representation of its most important prophet. Now Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, a Danish-Muslim politician who could become the first MP to wear the hijab in the Danish parliament if elected in next month's poll, has hit back with a poster showing a hand-drawn picture of the DPP leader, Pia Kjaersgaard, under the slogan "Freedom of expression is Danish, stupidity is not". "It is ridiculous [of the DPP] to do that kind of thing," Ms Abdol-Hamid told Guardian Unlimited. "It's not clever, there is no point to it." "You have to think before using freedom of expression," said the town councillor for Odense, and a member of the leftwing Red-Green Alliance. Ms Abdol-Hamid believes the current controversy will not reignite the Muhammad cartoon crisis, when 12 caricatures of the Islamic prophet published in the daily Jyllands-Posten in 2005 caused anger across the Muslim world. "People won't react to it because they have decided not to. Nobody wants to talk about [the Muhammad cartoons crisis]. It is no longer an issue," she said. Posted by: ryuge 2007-10-26 |
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