Posted By: Joyce Dillenberger  on Tuesday, December 04, 2007

WONDERFUL!  You've nailed it.  So much insanity and ignorance in this world, and here's another shining example of the rush to backwardness.  Thanks for a great visual showing the insanity for what it is.

Posted By: T. Sylvan  on Tuesday, December 04, 2007

I wonder.. what are the teachings of patience and forgiveness in Islam? What does the Quran say? If love and patience was the muslem message that can be found in the Quran, it must have been edited out a long time ago.



While I agree, this picture nailed it, it's sad to see that this picture is so accurate.

Posted By: Devlan  on Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Damn skippy.  Like Joyce said, you nailed it on the head.

Posted By: Ted Holcomb  on Tuesday, December 04, 2007

How can muslem's ever thing they can be taken seriosly? They seem to completely lack any common sense. They are so backward in their thought and actions. How can you not distrust these people. The bullies of the world and they say such stupid things. A fine cartoon that quickly tells the story.

Posted By: Wolfgang P.  on Wednesday, December 05, 2007

What a boring life must these bloody idiots in Sudan have!

Posted By: Melissa  on Wednesday, December 05, 2007

BEAUTIFUL!!!

Posted By: John Lamb  on Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Does Muhammad Ali know that he is being disrespectful of his own religion by the name he chose for himself?  Maybe he should go to Sudan and explain reality to them.  After all, he is not the only one with that name.

Posted By: Gene Brady  on Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Who really cares if they were insulted, you reap what you sew.

Posted By: Susan  on Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Cartoon is very good, unfortunately.  MY Question is what the Sudanese reaction would have been if she had REFUSED to let the children name the teddy "Muhammed"?  I'll bet there would have been a bigger uproar(if possible).

Posted By: Adam Selman  on Wednesday, December 05, 2007

From all the names you can pick in Arabic, you pick the prophet's name to name a teddy bear!

I wonder what would my neighbors do if I name my dog Jesus or my son's toy pig Moses?

Tell me about your love, tolerance and forgiveness when you see me at an airport check point. I got my share of your love, tolerance and forgiveness everytime I have to fly.

Posted By: Bob  on Thursday, December 06, 2007

I think every pig farmer in the United states should name all their pigs Muhammad.

Posted By: Rob West  on Thursday, December 06, 2007

In answer to Adam Selman's question, NOTHING.  However to Christians Jesus is Devine.  I do not think that your Prophet is considerd Devine by Islam.  I have never heard of a toy pig named Moses but big deal.

Posted By: Jo Lavender  on Friday, December 07, 2007

   Your cartoon would have been far more effective if you had included the Muslim radical element, not just foaming at the mouth about the teddy bear and the teacher, but also showing them on suicide missions car-bombing and flying planes into the World Trade Center in New York.



     Religion of Peace, indeed.

Posted By: Ron  on Friday, December 07, 2007

Very apropos of this cartoon is the column in today's New York Times (December 7, 2007), entitled "Islam's Silent Moderates," available at:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07ali.html

Posted By: Glennis  on Friday, December 07, 2007

Bulls eye!  Makes me think of the description of these bloodthirsty mongrels that I saw somewhere....the Religion of Perpetual Outrage.  Don't they have anything better to do than to look for insults and offenses in everything under the sun?

Posted By: Terry White  on Friday, December 07, 2007

A true prophet is too big to be insulted by little people. A false prophet needs the protection of little men. The actions of a prophets followers speak far more loudly than all of the words the prophet ever wrote.

Posted By: Martin Keeny  on Friday, December 07, 2007

Great cartoon.  Will the real Muslims stand up and be counted?  Are you a religion of faith, love and caring for your fellow man  or are you a religion of hate and destruction.  Hate and destruction certainly are winning presently.?

Posted By: Daniel Cech  on Friday, December 07, 2007

The cartoon is very accurate.  ANYTHING that is preceived as a slur or threat to Islam riles them to an unbelievable degree, yet when other members of their faith commit atrocities against 'non-believers' it is shrugged off as not important.   A double standard for sure.

Posted By: Steve D.  on Friday, December 07, 2007

I lived and worked in Iran during the late 70’s and for the last several years a tourist through much of the Middle East.  From this experience I have made several personal observations concerning the differences between the general Middle Eastern and the Western cultures.  For cultural, historical, and environmental reasons each group generally defines the meaning of life and personal happiness differently.  Westerners are more interested in the here-and-now, while Middle Easterners are more concerned with preparation for death and the “here after.”  Middle Easterners therefore tend to be more serious and unquestioning about their faith and find it difficult, in the best of times, to interact with “Infidels.”  When an Infidel does anything that in the least way can be construed an insult to their faith, they are likely to be unforgiving—for it is looked upon as an insult to their way of life and the word of the Deity.  Religiously, they are “duty bound” by faith to object, immediately and appropriately.  The definition of appropriate may seem inappropriate to Westerners, but Western institutions and traditions seem equally strange, in general, to Middle Easterners.  So when traveling or living in the Middle East, it is best to have a working knowledge of  the prevailing religious driven law.  Unfortunately, many Middle Easterners do not give such credence to Western, “man-made-law.”  No matter where they are in the world, many such people believe their definition of Deity given law supersedes any and all man-made-law.  As the two great cultures continue to mingle, it is likely there will be additional intense confrontations.   It is difficult for a person who has a legal “man-made bill of rights” on their side to come to a resolution with person who has conflicting Deity given law on their side, especially when both would impose their rule of law on the other.  It has taken Western Civilization hundreds of years to move away from Biblical based law toward a man-made form of law, and I suspect if they try, it will take Middle Easterners just as long.  One thing I know for certain, if they are going to change, Middle Easterners don’t want such change rammed down their throats by some outsider.  It is a shame, so many people are intolorant of others, for what ever reason.

Posted By: bigeasy51  on Friday, December 07, 2007

You see I "read" this entire episode incorrectly!

I understood that a Teddy Bear had decided to convert to Islam, and had himself taken the middle name of Muhammed in tribute to the Muslim prophet! That's why you see the bear wearing a Muhammed t-shirt sometimes in a cartoon...he picked it up at the T-shirt rack at the local mosque. Just like I can pick up a t-shirt with the Pope's picture on it, or one that says Jesus saves!

Am I right?

Posted By: Duane Rhodes  on Friday, December 07, 2007

You hit the nail on the head! Or should I say you hit the radical muslim on the ragtop!

We can fight these extremists all over the world, (including here at home)but if the true peace loving Musims can't quell the fanatic teachings of a few of their own, then we can't do it either.

Posted By: A Marazas  on Friday, December 07, 2007

RIGHT ON !

Posted By: clark062  on Friday, December 07, 2007

Thanks Pat you nailed it again. We in Utah are fortunate to have an alternative voice. Your local and international cartoons are a real breath of fresh air here. It's about time you got the recognition nationally you deserve!

Posted By: Judy Smith  on Friday, December 07, 2007

Pat's cartoon has it right on!  Those radical muslims are the ones who should be drawn and quartered NOT that poor school teacher trying to do a fantastic job.  I am tired of Muslims always rioting and causing chaos throughout the world and then crying foul when someone objects or someone does some innocent thing such as the British school teacher letting her STUDENTS name a teddy bean mohammed.  Mohammed is probably rolling over in his grave over the idiots.

Posted By: Carolyn Gabriel  on Friday, December 07, 2007

Marvelous cartoon....shows the insanity in the world so clearly.

Posted By: Rosse Mcnail  on Friday, December 07, 2007

The only war in which the name of god means love is when making love. For centuries god was the cause of death and blood from inocents. We still continue that ignorant way of lies, Where is god? Have they seen him? Why that preposterous way of prevailing lies and fighting for them? Grow up!!

Ahhhh so ridicule! A teddy bear has more value because is real.

Posted By: Phil  on Friday, December 07, 2007

The Sudan has no mineral resources we need and the people there only breed more disease; so just lets nuke the place and avoid unseemly incidences like this one.

Posted By: dragonwings  on Saturday, December 08, 2007

How sad, so much hate. I was going to comment on the cartoon, but instead I will address this hatred I'm reading here.  Islam doesn't hold the patent on radicalism. There's quite a few,in other religions also. Oh and a message to Bob, you are a fool, and a pig............oh by the way, I don't follow any religion,

Posted By: dragonwings  on Saturday, December 08, 2007

Hey! I just got an idea, all the pig farmers should name all their pigs BOB......

Posted By: qnogard  on Saturday, December 08, 2007

THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!      We are all regressing to the stone age.....

Posted By: Mario Williams  on Sunday, December 09, 2007

I think it is pathetic to want to kill someone or have them kicked out of a coutry for letting a child name a teddy bear Mohammed. These people are redicolous they ned to get their ideals straight.

Posted By: Glynn Holleran  on Sunday, December 09, 2007

THis cartoon seems to be targeted at rednecks. It shores up the racism and religious intolerance that both sides show. I remember the furore over South park episodes with Mary. No one likes to be mocked. It even worse when the imperialist tendency to discount other cultures comes to the fore.

The rise of fundamentilist terrorists within Islam is as much a product of western action as muslim action. Getting you ideals straight as mario

requires seems to Americans to be more about doing what they say.

Posted By: Highestof7  on Tuesday, December 11, 2007

If you're really looking for an answer then it is both. I fail to understand why a teacher would reprimand a child for showing love for their religion. I would hate to think that someone would be critical of a child for naming their puppy Jesus. What was the harm really is his choice of a name? Let's have some balance here.  The answer is if you cannot appreciate someone else's culture then don't-- by any means-- go there!

Posted By: allah Is EVIL  on Tuesday, December 11, 2007

My name says it all.  islam is evil created by an even more evil man--muhammad.  All the pig farmers should name their pigs, muhammad 1, muhammad 2, muhammad 3 and so on.  I would rip out the pages of a terrorist manual--the quran, and wipe the pig's ass with them.

Posted By: andrew murray  on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

I rather that we refrain from giving the muslim issue as much as we do. I work with foreign people who are christian and whom I meet at church. Thse who have done things to improve the lot of their fellow beings should be discussed. The reformers of the 1830's get little press. What about the hard work being done by the ymca to help kids excluded from school.

  The news media are narrowing our perspective of history and our obsession with them only encourage them to forget our past.. so much of it so very wonderful

Posted By: Thomas  on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Muslims are assholes!  They should all be shot on sight and the world would be at peace without them instigating trouble all over the place.  Mohammed is an asshole, a rapist, and a sodomite.

Posted By: gale  on Thursday, December 13, 2007

The problem is in America no one is taking seriously that there is EVIL in this world. The Muslims goal is simple. World domination. Such peace....if you don't agree and convert to Islam, off comes your head. Such a tolerant "religion". I say, you are in America, deal with it. You hate us.....LEAVE THE COUNTRY.  (Remember Daniel Pearl!!)

Posted By: Ned Hopkins  on Thursday, December 13, 2007

Bravo!

Posted By: Hasan Masroor  on Friday, December 14, 2007

come on gays "its totally redeculous, why you people hurts muslims through these type of stupid things.

Posted By: Jack  on Thursday, April 03, 2008

It is a steriotype of Islam. Koresh was a Christian so all Christians are just like Koresh the extremist. Few of these respondents know little of Western Christian violence and oppression in the name of religion. We also have a wonderful history of human rights and progress. Yet this is not shown for Islam, just the negative gut level, simple, uneducated, moronic replies. Wake up! I