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If you think you can avoid the wrath of the Islamist masses simply by not publishing cartoons, you obviously don’t know the people who’ve declared war on Western civilization. According to this report:
Aliye Cetinkaya, a journalist from the Turkish daily Sabah newspaper, who was reporting on the recent protests over the offensive caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, was stoned in Konya for reasons demonstrators said were provocative - as she did not cover her head. Cetinkaya was taken away by male colleagues after stones hit her head and shoulders. The female journalist was attacked for being ’sexually provocative’ for not wearing a head scarf at the demonstration [...]
A group of protestors insisted that Aliye Cetinkaya get off the bus where she was reporting the march, as they claimed she was provoking the crowd. At this moment, somebody started reciting the Koran into a microphone.
Approximately 30 people then started throwing stones at Cetinkaya, seated with her legs dangling from the back of the vehicle and taking notes. They claimed that her clothes and way of sitting was inappropriate while the Koran was being read, and shouted words of abuse at her.
Better start buying your headscarves, ladies! Cartoons aren’t the only thing that can provoke these folks. Lack of proper headgear can, too. Maybe The New York Times should stop showing pictures of unveiled women out of respect for Islam.
