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[[File:Ahmed Abu Laban.jpg|right|150px|thumb|'Moderate' Palestinian-born Danish Muslim leader, Ahmad Abu Laban, was expelled from Egypt and Kuwait for his involvement in the Muslim Brotherhood,<ref name="Middle East Quarterly">Pernille Ammitzbøll and Lorenzo Vidino - [http://www.meforum.org/1437/after-the-danish-cartoon-controversy After the Danish Cartoon Controversy] - Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2007, pp. 3-11</ref>]] | [[File:Ahmed Abu Laban.jpg|right|150px|thumb|'Moderate' Palestinian-born Danish Muslim leader, Ahmad Abu Laban, was expelled from Egypt and Kuwait for his involvement in the Muslim Brotherhood,<ref name="Middle East Quarterly">Pernille Ammitzbøll and Lorenzo Vidino - [http://www.meforum.org/1437/after-the-danish-cartoon-controversy After the Danish Cartoon Controversy] - Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2007, pp. 3-11</ref>]] | ||
The ''Jyllands-Posten'' [[Muhammad]] Cartoons, which resulted in more than 200 deaths and hundreds of injuries since their initial publication in September 2005,<ref name="cartoon 2">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,547572,00.html Yale Removes Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad From Forthcoming Book, Citing Fears of Violence] - Fox News, September 08, 2009</ref> is one of the most well-known examples of Islamic intolerance. However, this article discusses the lesser-known '''Muhammad Cartoon Hoax''' and its role in making the cartoons a world-wide issue. | The ''Jyllands-Posten'' [[Muhammad]] Cartoons, which resulted in more than 200 deaths and hundreds of injuries since their initial publication in September 2005,<ref name="cartoon 2">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,547572,00.html Yale Removes Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad From Forthcoming Book, Citing Fears of Violence] - Fox News, September 08, 2009</ref> is one of the most well-known examples of Islamic intolerance. However, this article discusses the lesser-known '''Muhammad Cartoon Hoax''' and its role in making the cartoons a world-wide issue. | ||
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Abu Laban created the ''Committee for the Defense of the Honor of the Prophet'', which primarily consisted of extremist Imams<ref name="Middle East Quarterly"></ref> and issued a press release which appeared to be a threat towards Jyllands-Posten, "We are not threatening anybody, but when you see what happened in Holland and then still print the cartoons, that's quite stupid."<ref>Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Oct. 9, 2005.</ref> Abu Laban's statements, however, did not stifle the press. | Abu Laban created the ''Committee for the Defense of the Honor of the Prophet'', which primarily consisted of extremist Imams<ref name="Middle East Quarterly"></ref> and issued a press release which appeared to be a threat towards Jyllands-Posten, "We are not threatening anybody, but when you see what happened in Holland and then still print the cartoons, that's quite stupid."<ref>Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Oct. 9, 2005.</ref> Abu Laban's statements, however, did not stifle the press. | ||
In December 2006, a delegation of Danish Muslim leaders, headed by Ahmad Abu Laban and Ahmed Akkari (a Lebanese-born theological student), travelled to the Middle East to publicise and garner opposition to the offending cartoons. Ahmad Abu Laban, who was also the head of The Islamic Society of Denmark, called upon the Muslim world to "internationalize this issue so that the Danish government would realize that the cartoons were not only insulting to Muslims in Denmark but also to Muslims worldwide."<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-11/18/article02.shtml Danish Muslims "Internationalize" Anti-Prophet Cartoons] - IslamOnline, Nov. 18, 2005</ref> However, the number of images | In December 2006, a delegation of Danish Muslim leaders, headed by Ahmad Abu Laban and Ahmed Akkari (a Lebanese-born theological student), travelled to the Middle East to publicise and garner opposition to the offending cartoons. Ahmad Abu Laban, who was also the head of The Islamic Society of Denmark, called upon the Muslim world to "internationalize this issue so that the Danish government would realize that the cartoons were not only insulting to Muslims in Denmark but also to Muslims worldwide."<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-11/18/article02.shtml Danish Muslims "Internationalize" Anti-Prophet Cartoons] - IslamOnline, Nov. 18, 2005</ref> However, the number of images they took to the Middle East had risen considerably from the number oringally published in the Jyllands-Posten. | ||
==The additional images== | ==The additional images== | ||
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The second image allegedly depicts Muhammad having sex with a dog. Dogs are also generally considered najis,<ref name="najis"></ref><ref name="najis2"></ref> and while, according to the hadith, Muhammad [[Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Muhammad#Muhammad_the_Rapist|raped his sex slaves]] and had [[Pedophilia|child brides]], there is no hadith that suggests he partook in bestiality. | The second image allegedly depicts Muhammad having sex with a dog. Dogs are also generally considered najis,<ref name="najis"></ref><ref name="najis2"></ref> and while, according to the hadith, Muhammad [[Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Muhammad#Muhammad_the_Rapist|raped his sex slaves]] and had [[Pedophilia|child brides]], there is no hadith that suggests he partook in bestiality. | ||
The third image depicts Muhammad as a pedophile demon. <ref>Malcolm Barber, p. 321</ref> Muhammad is reported to have allowed his child bride Aisha to play with dolls.<ref>"''Narrated 'Aisha: I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)''" - {{Bukhari| | The third image depicts Muhammad as a pedophile demon. <ref>Malcolm Barber, p. 321</ref> Muhammad is reported to have allowed his child bride Aisha to play with dolls.<ref>"''Narrated 'Aisha: I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)''" - {{Bukhari|||6130|darussalam}}</ref> Islamic sources likewise report that his wet-nurse believed he was possessed by a demon,<ref>"His [Muhammad's friend's] father said to me, "I am afraid that this child has had a stroke, so take him back to his family before the result appears. ..... She [Muhammad's mother] asked me what happened and gave me no peace until I told her. When she asked if I feared a demon had possessed him, I replied that I did." - The Life of Muhammad", by A. Guillaume, Oxford University Press</ref> and at one time even he himself believed he was possessed by a demon.<ref>Silas - [http://www.answering-islam.org/Silas/demons.htm Muhammad and the Demons] - Answering-Islam</ref> | ||
==The aftermath== | ==The aftermath== | ||