Al-Zawahri Blasts Cartoons

Yep, If it was not for people drawing cartoons the ROP would really be the "religion of peace". No 9/11 or suicide bomber pun intended.

By OMAR SINAN
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri criticized the West for its insult to Islam's prophet, complaining in a video broadcast Sunday on Al-Jazeera that the Prophet Mohammed and Jesus ``are not sacred anymore.''

Referring to the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have been printed in a number of European newspapers, al-Zawahri said: ``They did it on purpose and they continue to do it without apologizing, even though no one dares to harm Jews or to challenge Jewish claims about the Holocaust nor even to insult homosexuals.''

Al-Zawahri, wearing a black turban and seated in front of a curtained window, spoke insistently and waved his right hand to emphasize his words.

``The insults against Prophet Muhammad are not the result of freedom of opinion but because what is sacred has changed in this culture,'' he said. ``The Prophet Mohammed, prayers be upon him, and Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, are not sacred anymore, while Semites and the Holocaust and homosexuality have become sacred.'' Read the rest if you care too.