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Charles Oliver | 8.24.2016 4:00 AM

(Jamal Nasrallah/EPA/Newscom)

PM Hani Mulki — Jamal Nasrallah/EPA/Newscom

Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki has ordered an investigation of writer Nahed Hattar for violating a law against contempt of religion. Hattar shared on Facebook a cartoon depicting a bearded man in Heaven ordering God around. Hatter said it satirized the view Islamic terrorists have of Heaven and God and was not meant to mock God.

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Adans smith 9 years ago

Good morning
1. invisible furry hand 9 years ago
  
  Good evening.
  1. BigT 9 years ago
    
    G'day
    1. UnCivilServant 9 years ago
      
      Fuck off and die.
      
      /New York Greeting
Fist of Etiquette 9 years ago

"Those who became angry at the cartoon are the kind of people who did not get the point," Hattar said, adding that Islamists with a Daesh- like ideology are using the cartoon to settle political scores.

Meanwhile, several Twitter users called for legal action to be taken against the writer, tweeting using the hashtag "Nahed Hattar does not represent us" in Arabic.

"He should be imprisoned. We will not accept anything other than this", tweeted Nart Mola (@nmola).

This cartoon's impact. Its utility. It's their version of Friday Funnies!
1. Mr Lizard 9 years ago
  
  Maybe over there they prosecute for needing moar labels...
2. The Hyperbole ((Very Tall)) 9 years ago
  
  Fist's contempt of FF does not represent us
  
  #BokandPayne #HandR #Heros.
  1. Crusty Juggler 9 years ago
    
    #teamdicknose
Suthenboy 9 years ago

Is this part of that Arab spring I keep hearing about? The rest of the ME is turning into an islamist shithole, why not Jordan too?

I suspect that history will look back and see Obumbles legacy as turning the middle east into hell on earth.
1. Radioactive 9 years ago
  
  like it was heaven before he came on the scene?
  1. BigT 9 years ago
    
    Purgatory
    1. rudehost 9 years ago
      
      Yeah but the seedy part of purgatory where you lock the doors and don't stop at stop signs.
  2. Suthenboy 9 years ago
    
    He is proving that things can always get worse.
Rich 9 years ago

One might wonder: If God is so great, why does He need the likes of the Jordanian Prime Minister to defend Him?

Verily, a Divine Mystery.

Of course, I kid! Everyone knows God helps those who help themselves!
1. Adans smith 9 years ago
  
  That's the motto of the Clinton foundation.
  1. Rich 9 years ago
    
    It depends on what the meaning of the word "God" is.
straffinrun 9 years ago

Bearded clam makes more sense.
1. UnCivilServant 9 years ago
  
  That barley makes sense.
straffinrun 9 years ago

God being bossed around by a woman? Are you married?
jackrose 9 years ago

nice post

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