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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:00 AM

'Tooning out humanity

Triggered by cartoons, the latest round in the bogus "clash of civilizations" reduces complex cultures to empty caricatures.
By Hani Shukrallah

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  • Tuesday, February 14, 2006 02:22 PM

    The problem in Islam

    is that they don't even see what has happened to themselves. The point of not creating an image of Mohammed was so that the Muslim population would not idolize him. It is clear from the reactions to the cartoons that this has failed. The reaction has been so strong because Mohammed has indeed become idolized. Unless they can reverse this they will always be on a hair trigger, and it has nothing to do with the West.

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