Unas de las caricaturas eran falsas

Es interesante ver como los medios sólo repiten lo que las agencias de noticias les envían y no investigan, y es que sí, algunas de las caricaturas que han inflamado a los fundamentalistas islámicos fueran hechas por... otros islámicos. Y la BBC misma cayó en la trampa:

Twelve cartoons were originally published by Jyllands-Posten. None showed the Prophet with the face of a pig. Yet such a portrayal has circulated in the Middle East (The BBC was caught out and for a time showed film of this in Gaza without realizing it was not one of the 12).

This picture, a fuzzy grey photocopy, can now be traced back (suspicion having been confirmed by an admission) to a delegation of Danish Muslim leaders who went to the Middle East in November to publicise the cartoons. The visit was organised by Abu Laban, a leading Muslim figure in Denmark.

According to the Danish paper Ekstra Bladet, the delegation took along a pamphlet showing the 12 drawings. But the delegation also showed a number of other pictures, including the "pig" one. The delegation claimed they were the sort of insults that Muslims in Denmark had to endure. These also got into circulation.

Mucha de la controversia ha sido inflamada por clérigos fundamentalistas que necesitane enemigos para poder tener poder, es decir dinero, mucho dinero de los príncipes árabes. Y claro, Occidente es siempre una excusa fácil para disculpar la pobreza de muchas sociedades musulmanes, como en Egipto. ¿Empleos? No, mejor que los jóvenes griten contra Dinamarca...