You're right Nancy, peace is not their goal...but if they knew the Prince of Peace, that would be different.

I don't believe they have been taught peace. What do you think?

I agree with you, Dotsie. It makes me very sad, but they have been taught the opposite of peace.

I just read an article that was a link on Catholicity.com, about a 16 year old Muslim boy who killed a 61 year old Italian Catholic priest, while he was praying. This happened in Turkey, where there are many millions of Muslims and only tens of thousands of Christians, but the Turkish gov't. came out and condemned this and the other violence. The Vatican has also been condemning the disrespectful nature of the cartoon. This is true respect for other people's religious beliefs. I applaud the Turkish officials and the Vatican ones.

Smile, I couldn't agree with you more.
Like attracts like, I pray and cry for the world.

Good point about the media, smile. They do tend to instigate sometimes.

I was just saying to my husband this morning that printing the cartoon in the first place was really a bad decision. I'm beginning to wonder if the words peaceful and protest have become mutually exclusive these days.

It makes me cry too, Brenda.

What really makes me sad is that our country is so divided we will be fortunate to survive the future. This is over a cartoon printed by 1 newspaper in Denmark and yet they are now protesting against US - go figure!

Daisygirl

Okay. Let's get some of the facts straight. I'm following this story because I'm researching some of the issues. The news reports are over-simlifying the story. It's not merely about the publishing of some cartoons. Yes, many of the cartoons were published. But other highly offensive ones were sent in the mail. These included depictions of Mohammad as a pig and Mohammad having sex with an animal. Now, imagine that you're a religious minority in a country that isn't exactly thrilled to have you there. Let's say you're a Christian in a Moslem country and you get pictures in the mail of Jesus depicted this way. Would you be upset? Or would you say it's all about freedom of speech? This is about respect and about cultural sensitivity as much as anything.