February 23, 2006

• NOT AGAIN

  Never thought the day would come when I would be on the same page as
  the New Straits Times, the venerable Grand Dame of Malaysian press.
  Well, they've been hauled up by powerful politicos and authorities and
  slapped with a show cause letter. Police reports have been made too,
  primarily by opposition party PAS leaders who as we speak/write
  continue its weekly  'peaceful' Death to the Danes march after Friday prayers at the national mosque. Editors have been summoned by the Internal Security Ministry  and suspension of their printing license is in the works.

  All because of a Non Sequitur cartoon featuring a sidewalk artist with
  a poster saying, "Caricatures of Muhammad while You Wait."

  There's no offensive cartoon of the prophet to speak of, although it is
  a wry commentary on the ongoing Muslim fury unleashed over Danish
  cartoons worldwide. The NST put out a defiant editorial defending the
  cartoon (read it here) while naming names and detractors. 
  As always, we wait with bated breath while powers-that-be await a
  verdict from the all-wise Prime Minister Pak Lah, who's visiting Down
  Under currently.

  What in heck is going on?

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