The Muslim protester who dressed as a suicide bomber was arrested and returned to prison today, police confirmed.
Student Omar Khayam was pictured outside the Danish embassy in London wearing the disturbing outfit during a protest over the cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed.
Bedfordshire police said they arrested the 22-year-old this morning and took him [back] to prison.
He was out on parole from a six-year sentence as a crack dealer.
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Those silly cartoons are causing more heartburn than Thai food. These people really need some exposure to the world. “Thick skin is, indeed, our moral clothes, and without it we are not fit to be seen about in civilized society”. – J.K. Jerome
You raise a point, Don, I hadn’t reflected upon since the 1st days after the Iraq invasion. You can see why, whether it’s Saddam’s bailiwick or the theocracies of Iran and Saudi Arabia, Middle Eastern governments try to ban satellite TV reception.
Neighboring states often allow non-government TV broadcasts and, if you have decent hardware, you can receive programs from sources diametrically opposed to “official” culture.
Hello – my name is Omar Khayam. I do not like the fact that the prophet Mohammad is portrayed as a mad bomber in a cartoon illustration. To protest this obscene image, I will dress like a suicide bomber, just as Mohammad has… er, wait… why am I protesting again?
This guy is lucky he wasn’t shot by British anti-terror Police. By-standers can’t tell the difference between real and phony guns, do you think they could tell that the vest was fake?
Wait, the guy is a crack dealer. Isn’t that against his religion? By the way how do they know its Mohammand since they have nothing that can show them what he looks like. The paper may say it’s Mohammand but to me it looks like Fred. Also these are the same nuts that aren’t supposed to worship Mohammand but only God. The Taliban even had a shirt that they said was Mohammand’s that people flocked to. From what little I understand of Islam. Mohammand had his burial site make secert so people wouldn’t worship him but only GOD.
Nah the MET Police would never have shot him! They only shoot innocent Brazilians don’t you know!?
Iran’s largest newspaper is running a contest. It is for cartoons about the Holocaust. I guess that is fair, to mock the death of millions. After all, the three thousand from 9/11 wasn’t enough.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/07/news/iran.php
The daily newspaper Hamshahri, which is run by the capital’s municipal government, said the competition was co-sponsored by the House of Caricatures, a Tehran exhibit hall for cartoons. It said further information would be announced next week.
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The daily Hamshahri made the announcement of the cartoon competition on Tuesday, after hundreds of demonstrators threw stones and gasoline bombs at the Danish Embassy in Tehran on Monday.
The article has the guy’s name wrong.
It’s actually Owa Tanas Khayam.
Frank
I thought the name sounded wrong. I thought it was closer to Idiot ala Targetvest. He takes after his older brother, Stupid ala Targetvest, and stepbrother Died ala Suicidevest.