Palestinian gunmen Thursday shut down the European Union's office in Gaza City, demanding an apology for German, French and Norwegian newspapers reprinting cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammad, Palestinian security sources said.
The gunmen left a notice on the EU office's door that the building would remain closed until Europeans apologize to Muslims, many of whom consider the cartoons offensive.
Muslims consider it sacrilegious to produce a likeness of the Prophet Mohammad. CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons out of respect for Islam.
Masked members of the militant groups Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian's former ruling party, Fatah, fired bullets into the air, and a man read the group's demands.
Palestinian officials said the gunmen were threatening to kidnap European workers if the European Union did not apologize.
^ That is the single dumbest fu*cking image I have ever seen. It is an insult to real holocaust survivors, the people it's threatening and sane Islamic people not going crazy over this cartoon.
Walking over Danish Flag.
"Syria protesters set Danish embassy ablaze over cartoon"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060204/...toons_syria_dc
This is getting worldwide and serious. How weird and rather unbelievable. I find it pretty insane that people would freak out over a cartoon, I don't see Christian extremists burning things down over someone makeing fun of jesus..
