2 news articles. 2 religions. Same mindset.

[Duppers]

Morocco bans magazine for 'insulting' Islam

Cover story of this week's L'Express is titled 'The Jesus-Muhammad Shock'

Sun., Nov. 2, 2008
RABAT, Morocco - The Moroccan government has banned the most recent issue of the French magazine L'Express International for insulting Islam.

Information Minister Khalid Naciri said Sunday that he had no choice but to ban the issue because of the offensive nature of the articles it contained. The minister said that Article 29 of the kingdom's press code allows the government to shut down or ban any publication deemed to offend Islam or the king.

The cover story of this week's L'Express is titled "The Jesus-Muhammad Shock" and discussed the relationship between Christians and Muslims.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27505065/

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For many evangelicals, it will be the end of the world if Obama wins

The evangelical movement is fearful on many fronts, Mark Hennessy discovers in Colorado Springs

QUIETLY SPOKEN, religiously and politically conservative, and living in the heartland of evangelical Christianity in the US, Daniel Lopez pondered the end of time that could come if Barack Obama becomes president.

"When I think of it, it brings to mind the prophecies that the Bible tells us about," said Lopez, sitting in the shade outside Focus on the Family's headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

"On the one hand, it is exciting for us as conservatives because we can actually see what God prophesied coming about; but on the other hand, it is frustrating to see somebody become president who is a blatant liar."

Lopez and his family moved three years ago from California to Colorado Springs, which has over the past couple of decades become home to thousands of evangelical Christians, and more than 100 of their churches.

The most influential religious operation in the city is not, however, a church as such, but the sprawling Focus on the Family complex established by James Dobson, one of the US's most influential figures.

Each year, he broadcasts to 200 million religious conservatives at home and abroad, and he reigns supreme in Colorado Springs since pastor Ted Haggard fell from grace after he was found to have solicited a male prostitute for sex and drugs.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/1028/1225061111621.html

[amyrose2712]

1. They can't wait for the rapture...sick...

"On the one hand, it is exciting for us as conservatives because we can actually see what God prophesied coming about..."

[onager]

2. And from the other side...

I'm in Egypt, but the laws about "insulting Islam" seem to be pretty much the same in all Muslim countries.

One interesting twist--people accused of this are often tried before military courts. That's because the sentence of a military court cannot be appealed.

I see the word "hero" thrown around a lot on DU. IMO, THIS is a hero:

The Public Prosecutor told Kareem that if he did not abandon his views, even though personal, he may be imprisoned. Nevertheless, Kareem Amer insisted on his right to freedom of expression.

Consequently, Egyptian prosecutors ordered that Amer be held in a detention center in Alexandria until November 22 at least. His detention was renewed four times before his trial opened in an Alexandria court.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Kareem_Nabil

[Duppers]

3. wow!

Thanks, onager, you're always a source of enlightenment.

[LeftishBrit]

4. May the God we don't believe us help us all...

if the RW Christian fundies and RW Muslim fundies ever realize how basically similar they are, and join together.

[sarcasmo]

5. I will take Hatred for 100 Alex.

Oops, I mean Religion.