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Muslim resentment over cartoons 'exploited', say experts
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| Last Edited | Guy Feb 07, 2006 10:30am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Monday, February 6, 2006 04:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | PARIS (AFP) - Outrage in the Muslim world over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed stems both from resentment over perceived double standards and from political exploitation by some regimes, experts say.
Haizam Amirah Fernandez, from the Royal Elcano Institute of International and Strategic Studies in Madrid, said he was "convinced" that most Muslims who had demonstrated against publication of the cartoons "had not seen them".
"They simply received reports that the prophet had been insulted," he said.
But "you have to see why the reports are coming out now, why they are spreading, (and recognise) the interests in play that want this publicity to grow.
"When internal social and political tensions rise, some regimes seek to direct it against an outside enemy," he said.
According to Antoine Basbous of the Paris Observatory of Arab Countries, "Regimes lacking legitimacy need this crisis to recover their purity."
He also cited Syria where he said the government "is in difficulty" and seeking "a diversion" as well as Yemen, which he called "the trailblazer in this affair". |
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