Irish president condemns Danish cartoons.

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The 8th Irish President Mary McAleese (Máire Pádraigín Mhic Ghiolla Íosa).

RIYADH (Reuters) - Irish President Mary McAleese on Sunday condemned the publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad but said violence was unacceptable as a way of protesting.

"We abhor the publication of those provocative cartoons, they were designed to provoke, they were designed to be rude, they were designed to inflame, they did all of those things," she said.

"Muslims have every right to feel angry," she told reporters in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah where she took part in an economic forum.

"But equally, I would say our Muslim community share with the Irish community generally an abhorrence of the use of violence in the expression of anger and hurt."

The cartoons, which first appeared in a Danish newspaper in September and were then reprinted across Europe, have triggered a storm of protest from Muslims around the world.

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[#juan]

So Arabs were insulted. They were insulted by cartoons in another country. Extrordinary measures were needed for Arabs in Saudi, to even view the cartoons. It is my opinion that the Arabs were insulted because the Mullas told them to be insulted. Every time some person in authority stands up and proclaims the cartoons to be wrong, or evil, or insulting, it just fans the fires. The Irish President should give her head a shake, and tell the Muslims to start acting like grown-ups.

 

[Mogz]

So Arabs were insulted. They were insulted by cartoons in another country. Extrordinary measures were needed for Arabs in Saudi, to even view the cartoons. It is my opinion that the Arabs were insulted because the Mullas told them to be insulted. Every time some person in authority stands up and proclaims the cartoons to be wrong, or evil, or insulting, it just fans the fires. The Irish President should give her head a shake, and tell the Muslims to start acting like grown-ups.

Here, here.

That said, i'm surprised the Irish President was sober long enough to make a statement in the first place.

 

[Jersay]

So what Mogz, you can't just get after the Arabs you have to get after the irish too.

That is rude. And that is cruel.

 

[Doryman]

So what Mogz, you can't just get after the Arabs you have to get after the irish too.

That is rude. And that is cruel.

Stop being offended on behalf of others Jersay. I'm from an Irish family, and I wasn't offended. It was kind of funny.


And the Irish PM is just doing what almost every world leader, sending forth a message "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". She talks, and manages to agree with every group and no group..hurrah for courageous leadership..