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JAKARTA - Denmark advised its citizens to leave Indonesia on Tuesday as anger over the drawings of the Prophet Muhammad in Western newspapers spread across the world's most populous Muslim nation, the ambassador said. "The Foreign Ministry recommends that Danes already in Indonesia leave and that those interested in coming postpone their plans," said Geert Aagaard Anderson, Denmark's ambassador to Indonesia, who said there was little security in place to protect his citizens.
Danish missions in the country have been temporarily closed.Protests have been held in the capital, Jakarta, and at least two other cities, with demonstrators throwing rocks and setting fires at several Danish consulates. Anderson said he did not know exactly how many Danes were in Indonesia. Close to 250 have registered at the embassy, he said, but the number was likely much higher. "My concern is that I have not seen any adequate security measures," Anderson said. "I have not seen any security measures at all to protect the Danish embassy or other places."
The 12 cartoons first appeared in a Danish newspaper in September, but have since been republished by media outlets across the world, most of which have done so in claiming to support free speech. One of the drawings shows Muhammad wearing a turban shaped as a bomb. Another portrays him holding a sword, his eyes covered by a black rectangle. Muslims were angered because Islam prohibits any depiction of the prophet to prevent idolatry.
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This cartoon-hype is getting crazier by the day 
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What a shame.... Suharto where are you??
Shall we make a guess: 2006, Tourist Arrivals Down by:
1) 10%
2) 20%
3) 40%?
This is the main problem of Indonesia: even though this country shows (slow but sure) progress in a lot of ways (civil rights, economy, press freedom), we shouldnt forget Indonesia is an islamic country so the question is if it can ever become a modern, open, tolerant and grown-up country.
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40% ?
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erwin
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Ik wil het hier niet hebben over de vrije meningsuiting. De moslims hebben wel het recht om zich beledigd te voelen. Maar de reactie is weer buiten alle proporties. Al 7 doden! Die brandstichtingen! En dat om een cartoon!!
Begrijpen zij nu echt niet dat ze zich op deze manier steeds onpopulairder maken?
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On 07-02-2006 12:39 erwin wrote:
Begrijpen zij nu echt niet dat ze zich op deze manier steeds onpopulairder maken?
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is geen contest.
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On 07-02-2006 12:39 erwin wrote:
Ik wil het hier niet hebben over de vrije meningsuiting. De moslims ............... hebben wel het recht om zich beledigd te voelen. Maar de reactie is weer buiten alle proporties. Al 7 doden! Die brandstichtingen! En dat om een cartoon!!
Begrijpen zij nu echt niet dat ze zich op deze manier steeds onpopulairder maken?
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Erwin yth.,
Ik heb je quote alleen bij 'moslims' benadrukt, je kunt niet van 'moslims' spreken er zijn óók gematigden onder hen en 'mensen waarmee je wel 'een tent' op kunt zetten' ......... vele radicale moslim-extremisten (mis-)gebruiken dit soort 'voorvallen' voor hun doeleinden ........ 
Melosevic, van Servië, staat erop een christen te zijn;  als christen verafschuw ik zijn methodes .......... reken maar dat 'de radicale extremistische moslim- fundamentalisten' bij SBY wéér voor het idee: INDOSnesos een moslimstaat te maken zullen pleiten ..... zoals ze gedaan hadden bij het conflict in de Molukken .
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Ja gelukkig zijn er ook gematigden, maar het beeld van een heel klein groepje dat problemen maken en zoekt wordt zolangzamerhand wel onzinnig.
Nee, binnen de islamitische wereld is er sprake van een grote groep die met alles dat met vrijheid/democratie of de seculaire wereld i.h.a. niets te maken wil hebben.
De beelden van fanatieke idioten die ambassades in de brand steken hebben mijn beeld over islamieten meer beschadigd dan die spotprenten uit Denemarken. 
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Back to English please 
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Dear Forum members,
are there any Danish citizens in Jakarta who are available for comments towards the current situation, concerning the prophet caricature? I badly need it for the news program. Yes, you'll be on television. Please kindly mail me at kinanti_pinta  yahoo.com or give me a call at the office number 021-5320830 extension 1621 and ask to speak to the Koordinator Liputan (Korlip) or if you happen to be available NOW ask to speak to Pinta.
Thank you very much. Look forward to your favorable replies.
Pinta, RCTI
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