Hinar raunverulegu ástæður fyrir uppþotunum út af Múhammeðsmyndunum
Samkvæmt heimildum mínum á DailyKos sem lesa má um á http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/5/13149/60748 var ekkert óvenjulegt við þessar myndbirtingar. Það sem var hins vegar óvenjulegt var hvernig Sádi-Arabíu tókst að vekja athygli allra múslima á myndunum þegar þær voru orðnar næstum því hálfs árs gamlar.
Og hvers vegna gerðu þeir það?
Til að draga athyglina frá vandamálum heima fyrir:
The most recent Hajj occurred during the first half of January 2006, precisely when the “outrage” over the Danish cartoons began in earnest. There were a number of stampedes, called “tragedies” in the press, during the Hajj which killed several hundred pilgrims. I say “tragedies” in quotation marks because there have been similar “tragedies” during the Hajj and each time, the Saudi government promises to improve security and facilitation of movement to avoid these. Over 251 pilgrims were killed during the 2004 Hajj alone in the same area as the one that killed 350 pilgrims in 2006. These were not unavoidable accidents, they were the results of poor planning by the Saudi government.
Svona var nú það.