snapped shot

now in ap-approved text mode

 

What happened to the pictures? Exhibit A, Exhibit B
Will they ever come back? Yes and no

Doing it for the Cameras

For those of you who have any doubt that most of the intense rioting "protesting" that goes on in the Islamic world is done purely for the sake of the media, I recommend taking a look at the foreground of this picture.

(I'd post it directly, but I still have a touch of the jitters.)

What the heck—I've cropped the relevant content from the photograph. Click here for the full frame.

Supporters of Jamat-e-Islami party chant slogans during a protest in Karachi March 14, 2008. Protesters in Pakistan are demanding for ties with Denmark to be severed over the republication of one of several cartoons of Prophet Mohammad that led to violence in Muslim countries two years ago. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN)


If the press weren't present in this picture, do you think the locals would still feel so compelled to march around in the streets day after day?

This does serve as a fine example of what Christopher Hitchens meant when he recommended that photographers take several steps back from the shot, incidentally.

Update: As I've pointed out before, Friday protests usually have a very specific origin.

Can you imagine a world in which your local Presbyterian pastor whips his congregation up into a carefully-orchestrated fury right after Sunday's morning church service?

And your local media studiously ignores the fact that the fury is, in fact, quite orchestrated?

Update: A carefully-orchestrated, very flammable protest?
 

Happy Denmark Day... of RAGE!

It looks like Pakistan is doing its best to prove that it is the world's Jihad superstar. I don't have much time for commentary on this little shin-dig, other than to point out that yes, these people flowed out of their mosque after Friday prayers, with hatred in their eyes, and fire in their hands.

Stay classy, Pakistan!

Pakistani Islamic students burn a Danish flag and an effigy of Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a protest rally in front of Faisal mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Angered over the reproduction of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in Danish newspapers last week, hundreds of Islamic students rallied in the Pakistani capital, setting fire to Danish flags and threatening a holy war. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)


But... but... I thought "a holy war" meant that they wanted to lower their calorie intake! Isn't that what CAIR keeps telling us?

Bonus: Looks like the "Death to Wikipedia" crowd will be pleased by this one.

Pakistani Islamic students rally in front of Faisal mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Angered over the reproduction of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in Danish newspapers last week, hundreds of Islamic students rallied in the Pakistani capital, setting fire to Danish flags and threatening a holy war. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)


I'll do my best to keep an eye open for other Denmark Days... of RAGE around the world. If you see something on the wires before I do, just poke me and let me know about it. Until later, feel free to peruse the ragerific rage there is—All neatly catalogued beyond the fold.

Greetings, fellow Malkin fans! This is becoming a regular season of rage, isn't it?

Update: Syria says that the Danish cartoons will lead to "religious war." Cool beans—Let me know when the crusade kicks off. ;-) Continue reading »
 

Happy Valentine's Day

... from the Religion of Peace:

Religious Jameat Ulmae Pakistan (JUP) activists burn a placard with a heart painted on while denouncing Valentine's Day celebrations during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)


Robert Spencer has the intellectual details over here. This not being a very intellectual blog, all I've got to share with you is more pictures of burnin' stuff, right beyond the fold!

See-also: Atlas Shrugs, Michelle Malkin, Ace o' Spades, Geenstijl, dogfight at bankstown, doubleplusundead, Nihil Obstat, Atheist Media Blog, Nice Deb.

What the? Robert Spencer refers to me by name now? If anyone needs me, you'll have to pick me up offa the floor...

Dare I say— is it time to kick off the Photoshop Contest? Continue reading »
 

Happy (Raging) Kashmir Day!

February 5 marks the day that Pakistan celebrates "Kashmir Day," which we're told is a day in which everyone marches in the streets in "solidarity" with the "freedom fighters" in Kashmir and their quest for "independence."

Activists of Pakistani religious party Jamat-e-Islami hold placards to condemn India and the United States for supporting Indian government, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Multan, Pakistan. Pakistan observed the 'Kashmir Day, to show solidarity with Indian Kashmiris struggling for their independence. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)


Of course, by "freedom fighters," we mean "terrorists."

Oh, and by "independence," we mean "annexation by Pakistan of a non-Muslim-majority territory." In fact, from what I understand from an Indian friend who grew up in Kashmir, it is some of the most fertile land in all of India—Which, of course, explains why the Islamic supremacist rabble in Pakistan feel so compelled to annex it.

With all of that in mind, let the day's festivities (and RAGE!) begin!

Aww shucks, linkage from The Anchoress? Always a pleasure, ma'am! Continue reading »
 

Swedish Cartoon Rage Rising

We're starting to see protests in Pakistan over Sweden's recent entry into the world of controversial cartooning. It could only be a matter of time before we see our old friend again.

Supporters of the Islamic Shabab-e-Milli youth group burn an effigy of the Swedish prime minister in Karachi August 31, 2007. About 20 members of a Pakistani Islamic youth group protested on Friday over a sketch of the Prophet Mohammad published in a Swedish newspaper, witnesses said. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN)


For the record, the cartoons were only published in an online newspaper. It's nice to see the Associated Press ratcheting up the ol' Angst a touch with their creative editing. As always, more yummy effigy goodness follows the break.

See-Also:

LGF, Michelle Malkin, Pirate's Cove
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"Sir" Salman Rushdie: Day Two

The saga continues...

Pakistan's protesters chant slogans to condemn the British government for awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Pakistan's government summoned the British ambassador Tuesday to protest the knighthood awarded to Salman Rushdie, denouncing the author as best known for 'offensive and insulting writings' against Islam. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)


"HAND OVER RUSHDEI TO PAKISTAN FOR TRAIL IN SHARIAT" (Bad Protest English-to-Regular English translation: "Hand Over Rushdie to Pakistan for Trial in Sharia!")

That's The Religion of Peace for ya, folks. Death is an appropriate punishment for writing a dreadfully boring book.

If this keeps up, I think we might have yet another DAY OF RAGE on our hands, and if it's going to rise to Day of Rage levels, it's bound to happen this Friday. Keep your eyes peeled for some Grade-A entertainment, folks!

Update: Eagle-eyed reader AMDScooter spotted a familiar face in the crowds! How'd I miss that??

See-Also:

Day Four, Day Three, Love Letter from Londonistan, "Sir" Salman Rushdie, Day 1
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