The infamous Prophet Muhammad cartoons.

Indonesia is not immune to the silliness of Muslim reactions to the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published in an edition of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. On a visit to Indonesia the Danish Minister of Development and Cooperation Ulla Torneas received word of the Indonesian government’s displeasure, as if it were any business or concern of the Danish government what Denmark’s newspapers published.

Prophet Muhammad Cartoons.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs spokesman Yuri Thamrin, obviously a confused man, said that freedom of expression should not be used as a reason to insult sacred symbols of a certain religion. He added that Indonesia and 12 other countries grouped in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) had lodged a formal protest with the Danish government in December when the organization met in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Such a condemnation should be considered a high-profile protest which is not merely describing anger of one Muslim country, but many Muslim countries in the world

said Thamrin clearly striving to make a fool of himself. He also complained that the OIC disliked the Danish government’s response, or lack of it.

Chiming in also, as if to make it clear to any doubters how dense Indonesians are, was Ichwan Sam, the secretary-general of the fatwa-issuing Indonesian Ulema Council.

This insult against a religious symbol revered by other communities displays their foolishness and stupidity.

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