Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Fundamentalists
Seeing how my last post was about a crime that I was happy to see prosecuted, I decided to show my prejudice by posting one about a crime I don't want to see prosecuted.
The Miss Bangladesh contest was canceled in 1998 after Islamic groups protested. The prospect of a Miss World pageant in Nigeria led to riots sparked by Muslims that killed at least 215 people in 2002. An Afghan-American woman who wore a red bikini in the Miss Earth contest in 2003 was threatened with criminal prosecution if she ever returned to her homeland.
And don't take it that I mean to decry only Muslims here. I hate fundamentalism in any creed - that includes Christians and atheists as well.
