Rumors - Right or Wrong - Muslims or War, What War?

First off, it was NOT a "Religion of Peace" demonstration, but a protest over the depiction of the prophet Mohammad in some Danish political cartoons.

Second, I believe I read that London Police estimated between 500-700 protestors marched through London. Now, London, England, and Great Britain, in general, have thousands of Muslims. And even then, if you'll notice, it's only a few with the signs, and only a few shouting things (see the video, below).

Why is it when a minority of people of any religion or race raise a big stink about something, the media is there, wholeheartedly reporting their plight, but when the majority makes any statement at all, it is totally ignored by the media?

There are MILLIONS of Muslims in this world, but when a couple of hundred extremists throw up signs and chants like the above, THAT'S what's reported? Where are the pictures of the people who were PEACEFULLY protesting? Where are the pictures of those who quietly protested at home? Where are the stories about them?

Remember Vietnam? The "Silent Majority"? Very little was reported on them. But get a handful of students taking over a university's administration building, and suddenly, THEIR cause is heard. Then, rather than families meeting their returning soldiers at airports, it was the ass-hole kids, spitting at them, throwing things at them, yelling at them, calling them "Baby-Killers". And they kept this up, long after we left the war.

In the process of things like this, innocent people get lumped into what's seen on TV and in newspapers (the loud-mouths... the rabble-rousers... the sensational...), and because AMERICAN news is one of the major news sources in the world, now the world believes that this is the way ALL Americans believe and act, when it just ain't so.

NOTE: The following links are simply examples of the items mentioned. There are thousands of pages all over the web. Simply search for:

moslems protest cartoons

If you'd care to do a little research rather than simply react with fear and forward emails like the above on, possibly adding comments as seen above, you'd know that these pictures were taken on the ONE day that a Muslim cleric declared would be a day of anger in at least London, over the political cartoons of Muhammad.

• Muslim Day of Anger to Respond to Cartoons » Outside The Beltway | OTB

You'd find videos and articles on the protest... Look close at the video on the first site... There are MANY people there... There are a few signs, and a few ... shall we say "rabble-rousers"? It also appears to be directed at the Danish Embassy. But the majority are just there:

• American Renaissance News: Video of Cartoon Protest in London on Feb. 3 (BTW: This site appears to be a "rabble-rouser" against Muslins and others.)
• BBC NEWS | World | Q&A: The Muhammad cartoons row

You'd know that many Muslim groups and governments of all types condemned the actions of a few of the protestors:

• (UK) News | Telegraph - Arrest pedlars of hate, police urged
• (UK) News | Telegraph - Extremists in demonstration face inquiry by police squad
• BBC NEWS | UK | Muslim leader condemns protesters
• BBC NEWS | UK | Cartoon protest slogans condemned

You'd run into articles by educated Muslims who, while disliking the cartoons, do NOT react with the fervor and anger of the protestors; and how numerous Muslim organizations asked for peaceful demonstrations and apologized for the people in those protests causing havoc:

For example:

• Agora :: DeMos: Danish Moslems: Arise and Protest :: April :: 2006
• Daled Amos: The Denmark Cartoons and Moslem Moderation
• Islamic organization calls Muslims to react in civil way against prophet blasphemy
• More and More Moderate Muslims Speak Out in Denmark | The Brussels Journal

And you'd find numerous discussions, on the links above, and in the following:

• BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Are protests over cartoons justified?
• Snopes.com: Muslim march in London (discussion)
• The Peking Duck: Moslem cartoons, Japanese skits
• JimmyAkin.org - The "Religion Of Peace" Gets Offended

As in all cases, don't blame a whole religion, race, color or ideology for the actions of a few.