talian Minister Resigns After Libyan Protests Over T-Shirt Bloomberg -

[WhiteTara]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=anwjpxAC723Y&refer=europe
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli resigned after a mob attacked an Italian consulate in Libya yesterday over a T-shirt worn by the minister that was printed with a Danish cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad.

Calderoli, 49, had the T-shirts printed with the cartoons earlier this week and wore one on an Italian television talk show Feb. 14. He said the shirts weren't meant to provoke Muslims, but instead to invite ``real dialogue.''

``Senator Calderoli's position isn't that of the government and it's evidently incompatible with an institutional role,'' said Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a statement on the government's Web site today. ``I respect all faiths and support dialogue between religions and civilizations,'' he said.

The attack in Benghazi, Libya, involving about 1,000 protesters, was the latest outbreak of violence around the world in protest at the satirical drawings. Police killed eleven of the protesters in Libya, Corriere della Sera reported today.

It's amazing how so many people like to jab others with a sharp stick right in the eye.
:yoiks:

[Tom Joad]

1. Real dialogue.

It would be like a cabinet member of the US wearing a t-shirt saying "F** You N****" and saying it was a way to promote reconcliation.
The Italian govt, that is made up partly of the old fascist party, is allied with the United States in its war against Iraq. It is also supporting Israeli policies. It ain't just the cartoons.

[Kagemusha]

2. And it is therefore amazing this man resigned at all.

Modern governments just don't like all that rioting and death.

[Tom Joad]

5. Yeah, why can't they be like "modern" governments

When al jazeera prints and broadcasts material objectionable to the US govt, do they have US citizens riot at embassies? NO.
What the US does is have professional, well-trained, fighter pilots to a bombing run over one of their offices in Afgahnistan.
You see, that is "civilized".

[lumpy]

3. Good. He should resign.

Bastards who like to stir up hornets nests deserve to be stung. I can think of several in the so-called WH who need to be stung.

[951-Riverside]

4. Give me a break!

We go to war over lies kill, torture and imprison thousands of muslims and no one resigns, no one protests yet everyone goes batty over cartoons?

GIVE ME A BREAK!

[Dogmudgeon]

6. How To "Invite Real Dialog" with the Muslim World

1. Get the phone number of a local Imam or other scholar of Islam who has expressed an interest in Real Dialog.

2. Dial the phone number. Use good phone manners and let the phone ring 8-10 times if necessary.

3. Ask for the Imam. Again, good manners count. I think the proper honorific to use with an Imam is "The Honorable Imam (Given Name) (Family Name)".

For example, "Hello, my name is Guillermo-Raimondo Rednecchio. Is the Honorable Imam Ibrahim al-Jamaliya available to speak?"

4. When the Imam comes to the phone, politely greet him, and then say, "Imam, we need to talk ..."

If you got that far, you can take it from there.

--p!
Salaam, Imam, Baby!