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Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won't Run 'Opus' Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam
by merrie | August 28, 2007 at 05:27 pm | 453 views | 2 comments | 0 recommendations
by merrie
A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim fundamentalists.The Washington Post and several other newspapers around the country did not run Sunday's installment of Berkeley Breathed's "Opus," in which the spiritual fad-seeking character Lola Granola appears in a headscarf and explains to her boyfriend, Steve, why she wants to become a radical Islamist.
The installment did not appear in the Post's print version, but it ran on WashingtonPost.com and Salon.com. The same will hold true for the upcoming Sept. 2 strip, which is a continuation of the plotline.
The Aug. 26 "Opus" strip about radical Islam.
Salon published the cartoon.
http://www.salon.com/comics/opus/2007/08...
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August 28, 2007 at 05:27 pm by merrie, 453 views, 2 comments
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at 19:17 on August 28th, 2007
What? They think Islamic Fanatics aren't on the net?
at 21:14 on August 28th, 2007
Rene,
Heaven forbid we should inflame their peculiar sensibilities. The weekly cartoon is published in Salon. The link follows:
Lola Granola's x-treme spiritual journey continues.
By Berkeley Breathed
http://www.salon.com/comics/opus/2007/08/26/opus/index.html
I don't think that's offensive in the least, but that's me.
merrie