CARTOONS AND SACRED SYMBOLS

Saturday, February 11, 2006


To:     The Detroit News
Re:     “Stop making fun of sacred symbols”, Feb.11



Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi calls the Danish cartoons of Muhammad irresponsible, unethical and unacceptable. I call the violent reaction of some Muslims to those cartoons as uncivilized and also unacceptable.

For too long, so called leaders of Muslim nations have kept their populations mired in poverty and ignorance so as to better control them. The violent over-reactions to mere satiric cartoons shows us that the chasm between our cultures is very wide and will continue to widen unless Muslims, worldwide, are allowed the opportunities available to the rest of us to improve their lot in life.


Janusz M Szyszko