Muslim Taxi Drivers Protest Mohammed Cartoon By Gridlocking Oslo
Translated from Swedish: Muslim taxi drivers blocked the entire Oslo
Actual Historical Photo of Mohammed
Muslim taxi drivers blocked the entire Oslo 1000 taxis were stopped in the night – in protest against the Muhammad cartoons
Notices went out last night on the taxi radio.
All drivers who opposed the Norwegian Dagbladet publication of the Muhammad cartoons would put the car between two and four at night.
At three o’clock had 1 000 Muslim taxi drivers gathered.
It was hard to get somewhere in the middle of Oslo between two and four at night.
A thousand drivers
When the Norwegian NRK was in place at three o’clock, almost 1 000 Muslim taxi drivers parked their cars inside the city center to protest against the Dagbladet printed caricatures of Muhammad.
It was last Wednesday that Dagbladet had caricatures of the Prophet on its front page, as an illustration to a text that security police had linked to the controversial cartoons on its website.
“Misuse of freedom of expression”
The publication aroused anger among the Muslim taxi drivers, who decided to show its position.
– It is the abuse of free speech, we are reacting against. We do not do anything drastic, but we want to show that we are opposed to what we hold sacred being misused, “said one of the drivers, Munir Rashad to VG Nett.
The protest was peaceful until the police confined themselves to ensure that there was a clear passage for emergency vehicles.
Thanks to Joakim for this story.
Feb 06, 2010 @ 14:58:34
Let me get this straight, drawing a cartoon is a “misuse of freedom of expression” but gridlocking a city for several hours is not a misuse of freedom of expression?
Feb 06, 2010 @ 15:53:01
Cool! A great new Mohammed pic. I’m not surprised that the Muslim cab drivers have a double standard regarding freedom of expression. Still, I’m pleased that they didn’t do something more destructive or harmful.
Feb 06, 2010 @ 18:58:41
Hello,
I am actually okay with this form of protest. I am not saying that I agree with their point of view. I am not. The very concept of graven images is absurd to me. Nevertheless, the blocking of traffic is a peaceful expression of their position.
“I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall.
Before you correct me and say this was said by Voltaire, do a little bit of research.
Regards and Best Wishes,
Donald Eric Kesler
Feb 06, 2010 @ 19:56:45
I don’t see a problem. I was a peaceful protest in the middle of the night, so as to cause the least amount of disruption. Abstaining from printing images of Muhammad is not a particularly restrictive request. It doesn’t interfere with the papers ability to cover the story. They were referring to a image linked to by the security police PST’s website. They could have included the link or provided enough information to find it without printing themselves.
Feb 06, 2010 @ 20:20:19
“Abstaining from printing images of Muhammad is not a particularly restrictive request.” In a free society, it is.
Feb 06, 2010 @ 21:27:51
I’m not advocating censorship. I’m talking about polite abstinence. Most respectable media sources abstain from printing certain things, not because its illegal or because they are not in a free society, but because its unnecessary to convey the truth. The New York Times and the Guardian do usually feel the need to print pornography when discussing prostitution or use the n-word when discussing race relations. I don’t know what you consider a free society, but my idea of a free society doesn’t require us to do things just because we can.
Feb 14, 2010 @ 01:13:01
It is all delibrate act to check out the patience of Muslim world,
But one thing those people forgot that never taste a synide, You will be Destroyed.
The day will come when people who call it as a Freedom to speak will be humilated and destoyed.
Anyone who dont respect other religions will be destroyed, Most people from western feel themselves free enough to speak anything they like.In actual sense they are more ignorent and will be Punished Insha-Allah.
Feb 14, 2010 @ 01:18:09
Eat a dick douchebag.
Feb 16, 2010 @ 17:43:40
Glad to see some discussion about this article.
There was no reason to organize a protest in these proportions. The strike didn’t lead to anything useful. In fact, some (drunk) people could actually have been raped or robbed because of the inability to find a cab. It is not violently unlikely to happen in the middle of the night. And what if an ambulance wanted to get through?
Why would muslims care so much about drawings made by people who don’t even belong to their religion?
Someone should fire these people immediately for failing to do their jobs. The respect demanded by these muslims is completely undeserved. Their actions are very inappropriate and will surely be looked down upon in a civilized country like Norway.
Feb 17, 2010 @ 12:16:28
Sorry for bumping, but perhaps you want to change the tag from “Sweden” to “Norway”?
Oslo is the capital of Norway. Us Swedes are just neighbours ;)
Feb 17, 2010 @ 12:18:52
*cough* whatever … do you mean…. *cough*
;)