[Foundation-l] Boycott in ace at wiki

[Oliver Keyes]

Actually, to clarify; it's a particular Islamic sect which has a problem. A
lot of the smaller groups really don't care.

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:11 AM,  <wiki-list at phizz.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > When why aren't they linking to the Mohammed article rather than the
> > specific articles that have piss taking images, or images of him
> > trampling on the 10 commandments, or being tortured in hell?
> >
> > Unless there is evidence to the contrary I'm inclined to believe that
> > *you* have taken a knee jerk islamaphobic stance climbed up a flag p[ole
> > and are currently waving your knickers in the air. I'm interested to see
> > just how you are going to get yourself back down with a modicum of
> dignity.
> >
> >
>
>
> The first link goes to the "depictions of Muhammad" article, which
> includes all kinds of images and not just obviously offensive ones.
> The idea of banning images of Muhammad is not limited to just this
> template on Aceh Wikipedia - they didn't invent it, it's an article of
> Islamic faith that *all* images of Muhammad are prohibited. On the
> English Wikipedia there have been many, many debates (and protests,
> boycotts, online petitions, etc.) about whether and how the
> [[Muhammad]] article should be illustrated with images of its subject.
>
> Nathan
>
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