Thursday, November 02, 2006

Iranian Holocaust Cartoon-Fest update

The results are in and a Moroccan cartoonist won first prize in Iran's happy little Holocaust Cartoon Contest. The contest, mentioned here a few months ago, was run in Iran's best-selling daily newspaper, Hamshahri.

The cartoon, reprinted below (I hope no Jews come to burn down my house or decapitate me with swords), earned Abdellah Derkaoui the $12,000 first prize. That ought to buy him a few dozen swastika T shirts, and maybe an Ayatollah Khomenei-autographed copy of the Quran.

Well, fair's fair, I guess. If those damn racist Danes can inflame the peaceful Islamic faithful around the world by printing a horribly derogatory series of Mohammed cartoons, the certainly the thoughtful, non-reactionary, equal-opportunity, give-peace-a-chance Iranians can print delightful, humorous artwork gently poking fun at the mythical murder of 6,000,000 Jews. Right?

Wait, did that come out right?


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