{"id":3482,"date":"2015-02-10T23:06:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T04:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2015-02-10T23:06:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T04:06:27","slug":"dear-british-muslim-protesters-please-continue-to-expose-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2015\/02\/10\/dear-british-muslim-protesters-please-continue-to-expose-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear British Muslim Protesters: Please Continue to Expose Islam!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3483\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/files\/2015\/02\/punch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3483\" src=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/files\/2015\/02\/punch.jpg\" alt=\"And I'll call the police and have you arrested.\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/files\/2015\/02\/punch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/files\/2015\/02\/punch-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And I&#8217;ll call the police and have you arrested. (Image: Reuter&#8217;s)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is hilarious to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/02\/08\/us-britain-protest-islam-idUSKBN0LC0VE20150208\">watch<\/a> throngs of Muslims in the heart of London finding time <a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2012\/10\/14\/muslims-mobs-are-revolting-this-time-in-england\/\">again<\/a> to defend the holiness\u00a0of the prophet, once they are done protesting child &#8220;marriages&#8221;, abusive treatment of women and children by <a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2013\/04\/23\/the-horror-movie-of-misogyny-and-perpetuation-of-violence-in-the-uk-through-sharia-courts-bbc\/\">Sharia courts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2013\/11\/12\/muslim-thugs-to-be-sentenced-for-enforcing-sharia-in-london\/\">imposition<\/a> of Sharia rule on non-Muslims by thugs, and <a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2014\/02\/23\/british-mosques-in-the-iron-grip-of-saudi-extremism\/\">hostile takeover<\/a> of mosques by Saudi Arabia&#8230;on freaking British soil .OK, they never protested any of that, but still, given all the talk of &#8220;Islamophobia&#8221;, you might think they could be a little more PR-conscious?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The crowds gathered near Prime Minister David Cameron&#8217;s office in London&#8217;s Whitehall government district carrying placards with slogans such as &#8220;Stand Up For the Prophet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s protest organizers condemned the Paris attacks, but said the magazine should not publish cartoons of the prophet.<\/p>\n<p>Imams delivered speeches and the crowds paused to pray before handing in an online petition to Cameron&#8217;s office signed by over 100,000 Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, organized by a group called Muslim Action Forum, denounced those who had produced cartoons of the prophet, calling them &#8220;an affront to the norms of civilized society&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A leaflet circulated by the event&#8217;s organizers said depictions of Mohammad by Charlie Hebdo and others was &#8220;a stark reminder&#8221; that freedom of speech was &#8220;regularly utilized to insult personalities that others consider sacred&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, that is kind of the point of having freedom of speech, you know?\u00a0Also, &#8220;civilized&#8221; does not exactly mean &#8220;subdued&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>But if you like their words, you&#8217;ll love their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/muslims-converge-downing-street-protest-against-charlie-hebdo-mohammed-cartoons-1487111\">actions<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many of those present carried placards quoting the controversial comment by Pope Francis in which he said: &#8220;Insult my mum and I will punch you.&#8221; Most of the protesters were divided into separate groups for men and women.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Incitement of violence, and <a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2013\/08\/23\/islam-the-only-acceptable-excuse-in-western-world-for-open-misogyny\/\">gender apartheid<\/a>! Very Islamic indeed. Also the &#8220;liberal&#8221; Pope is a godsend for the fascists, no questioning that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hilarious to watch throngs of Muslims in the heart of London finding time again to defend the holiness\u00a0of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}