Daily Archives: February 9, 2006

Islam is rioting. Or, “How I discovered I had Islamaphobia”

Recently, Denmark flew into Islam’s radar by posting cartoons depicting Muhammed with ‘mishapen’ turbans.  It didn’t matter whether the turban was shaped in a funny way to make the cartoon humourous or to stereotype Muslims as terrorists.  Simply depicting their god in any fashion was the spark that lit their already gas-soaked fury.  Simply icing on the cake that there was a (heaven forbid) joke attached to it. Continue reading