Jim Michaels of USA Today acknowledged the news value of the cartoons but he believes offensive nature has overshadowed the news value. Since when are cartoons made to please someone? It’s been a tradition of all USA newspapers for 100 years to mock its political parties and the president. Are they intended to praise or ridicule the subject? The truth is that cartoons are made to irritate someone with an intention to point out the shortcoming. It works effectively and many political parties, as well as the president, learn from these cartoons to better themselves.  

Why is it hush-hush about these cartoons? Are these editors afraid of something? I heard a rumor that sheikhs and princes of the Middle East are planning to buy most of the news media of the US . The Arabic word ‘Al’ means ‘the’. Imagine, the new name of The Washington Post would be Al Washington-Jazeera and USA Today will be called Al USA. Most likely, The L.A. Times will keep the same name with a different abbreviation, i.e., Literature of Allah. Maybe editors are scared of losing their jobs and preparing themselves to appease their new owner. Just to hide their cowardice, they are talking about respecting the religion.  

The biggest mistake in life for anyone is considering Islam as a religion. These people will never see the true color of Islam until they wake up one day after being poked by a sword and forced to pay Zijya tax.   

Did these learned editors ever read the Quran? Do they know how Mohammed established this cult? Do they have any idea how Islamic countries respect other religions? It’s their shortsightedness that has blinded them from understanding the danger of Islam. They shy away from the truth, complaining any point of view against Islam is extreme. Those who are fighting Islam intellectually do not have any extreme view; it’s the subject itself that is extreme.  

Isn’t psychological warfare better than physical warfare? The way everything is shaping up, it’s evident that a physical war is unavoidable. Iran ’s nuclear capacity, Osama’s desire to have a piece of nuclear arms, the win by Hamas in Palestine all lead to the possibility of a horrendous clash.  

Why are they afraid of offending Muslims? As if Islamic countries are in love with the USA and they will be sending tons of flowers on Valentine’s Day. The truth is all Islamic countries hate the USA ; although respective governments maintain a typical liaison for the sake of their economy. However, devoted citizens of all Islamic countries hate the US more than anything else. As a matter of fact, the unofficial national anthem of Islamic countries is “Death to America .” So, the news media of the US has nothing to lose and nothing to fear. The mentality of those countries will not change unless everyone decides to convert to Islam. Only solution is: exposing Islam through psychological warfare, if they prefer to do it.  

The US government should not get involved in religious business. In fact, all governments must stay away from religion, be it in a positive aspect or negative. I don’t expect any Western country to declare Jihad against Islam, but the media should act responsibly. Of course, hiding the truth is not a sign of responsibility, exposing the truth is.   

If freedom of speech carries any value to the media, if they feel the responsibility to seek the truth, they should start digging into Islamic books. They should do it for the sake of civilization and the free world. If humiliating Islam helps to cure this disease, they should start publishing the true picture of Islam and have professional cartoonists make more caricatures similar to the Danish cartoons. 

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