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Friday, April 30, 2004

Arthur? No. Bedevere? No again.

Shabana Rehman, actually. Bjørn Stærk has the story of this female Norwegian comedian who seems to have discovered a straightforward way of "taking the measure" of Muslim extremists and finding the limits of their tolerance. (Hat tip: King)

...Who would have thought that Krekar's carefully manufactured image as a member of the Norwegian multicultural rainbow, a pious Muslim persecuted because he's different, would crack over his fear of being touched by a woman? I'm reminded of the Simpsons episode where Monty Burns runs for office, but fails because he can't eat the mutant three-eyed fish Marge has prepared for a televised dinner at their house. He has lost before the piece he spits out hits the floor. There's something similar happening here - or I hope so. Yes, it was crude and childish, but when all other ways of showing that Krekar isn't the cozy grandfather he claims to be has failed, when stories of abuse and fanaticism are shrugged off as American and PUK propaganda, this simple test proved .. well it didn't prove that he is an evil fanatic, or a terrorist. It just pricked a hole in his tolerance balloon...

While you're at Bjørn's, be sure to see the next entry on some absolutely outrageous behavior on the part of the Norwegian media (and don't think it couldn't happen anywhere, although this sounds a bit over the top): NRK fakes pro-Israel conspiracy - "How far is NRK willing to go to smear Israel and assasinate the character of a critic? All the way."

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she is a kanjeri of some kotha in karachi ...if you want to know the meaning of these ask shabana ...she understands it!

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