"ARIEL BOLUDOVSKY" <boludovsky@hotmail.co.il> wrote in message
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> Thai Muslims Offended by Rap Song ç
>
> By ALISA TANG,
>
> Associated Press Writer
> 2 hours, 48 minutes ago
>
>
> BANGKOK, Thailand - A music distributor recalled two Thai rap CDs from
> stores Tuesday after Muslims complained the tracks insult their faith.
>
>
> An article on the Thai-language Muslim Web site
http://www.muslimthai.com
> said a song recorded on CDs in 1998 and 2005 "clearly insults the Quran,"
> the Muslim holy book.
>
> It said the CDs contain verses from the Quran and "the Quran strictly
> forbids the use of its verses in songs."
>
> The Council of Muslim Organizations of Thailand said rapper Joey Boy and
> songwriter Kamol Sukosol Clapp, also known as Suki, should not have used
> the Quranic verses.
>
> The song, "Maya," was released in 1998 on a Joey Boy CD called "Bangkok
> Boy" and appeared again on the 2005 compilation "The Conclusive
> Collection."
>
> Sony BMG Music Entertainment Thailand has recalled both CDs, and they will
> probably be destroyed, said Saharat Vanchompoo, the Sony marketing
> director.
>
> Joey Boy and Clapp apologized at a news conference to "all Muslims" for
> producing the song.
>
> "I did not intend to insult the Quran in any way," said Joey Boy, whose
> real name is Abhisit Opasiemlikit. "If I knew that there was an insulting
> sound or element in my song, Suki and I would not have created it."
>
> The rapper, the songwriter, and Sony BMG's Saharat said they have
> requested
> a meeting as soon as possible with Thailand's top Muslim leader to
> formally
> apologize.
>
> In Europe, drawings of the Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish paper
> have sparked violent protests in the Muslim world.
>
>
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OUTRAGED MUSLIMS! OH MY!We wake up this morning to see video on CNN showing
rampaging Muslims around the world. In Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific
Rim ... Muslim Mobs spreading mayhem. It seems that these mighty mad
Muslims are rioting and firing their ever-present AK-47s into the air
because of cartoons. Yup ... this latest epidemic of Muslim outrage comes
to us because some newspapers in Norway and Denmark published some cartoons
depicting Mohammed. In fact ... here is one of my favourites! Admit it,
this turban/bomb thing could be the next big fashion hit on the Muslim
street!Muslim outrage huh. OK ... let's do a little historical review.
Just some lowlights:
Muslims fly commercial airliners into buildings in New York City. No Muslim
outrage.
Muslim officials block the exit where school girls are trying to escape a
burning building because their faces were exposed. No Muslim outrage.
Muslims cut off the heads of three teenaged girls on their way to school in
Indonesia. A Christian school. No Muslim outrage.
Muslims murder teachers trying to teach Muslim children in Iraq. No Muslim
outrage.
Muslims murder over 80 tourists with car bombs outside cafes and hotels in
Egypt. No Muslim outrage.
A Muslim attacks a missionary children's school in India. Kills six. No
Muslim outrage.
Muslims slaughter hundreds of children and teachers in Beslan, Russia.
Muslims shoot children in the back. No Muslim outrage.
Let's go way back. Muslims kidnap and kill athletes at the Munich Summer
Olympics. No Muslim outrage.
Muslims fire rocket-propelled grenades into schools full of children in
Israel. No Muslim outrage.
Muslims murder more than 50 commuters in attacks on London subways and
busses. Over 700 are injured. No Muslim outrage.
Muslims massacre dozens of innocents at a Passover Seder. No Muslim
outrage.
Muslims murder innocent vacationers in Bali. No Muslim outrage.
Muslim newspapers publish anti-Semitic cartoons. No Muslim outrage
Muslims are involved, on one side or the other, in almost every one of the
125+ shooting wars around the world. No Muslim outrage.
Muslims beat the charred bodies of Western civilians with their shoes, then
hang them from a bridge. No Muslim outrage.
Newspapers in Denmark and Norway publish cartoons depicting Mohammed.
Muslims are outraged.Dead children. Dead tourists. Dead teachers. Dead
doctors and nurses. Death, destruction and mayhem around the world at the
hands of Muslims .. no Muslim outrage ... but publish a cartoon depicting
Mohammed with a bomb in his turban and all hell breaks loose.Come on, is
this really about cartoons? They're rampaging and burning flags. They're
looking for Europeans to kidnap. They're threatening innkeepers and
generally raising holy Muslim hell not because of any outrage over a
cartoon. They're outraged because it is part of the Islamic jihadist
culture to be outraged. You don't really need a reason. You just need an
excuse. Wandering around, destroying property, murdering children, firing
guns into the air and feigning outrage over the slightest perceived insult
is to a jihadist what tailgating is to a Steeler's fan.I know and understand
that these bloodthirsty murderers do not represent the majority of the
world's Muslims. When, though, do they become outraged? When do they take
to the streets to express their outrage at the radicals who are making their
religion the object of worldwide hatred and ridicule? Islamic writer Salman
Rushdie wrote of these silent Muslims in a New York Times article three
years ago. "As their ancient, deeply civilized culture of love, art and
philosophical reflection is hijacked by paranoiacs, racists, liars, male
supremacists, tyrants, fanatics and violence junkies, why are they not
screaming?" Indeed. Why not?