Death For T-Shirts!

Ah, Islam, the religion of peace and understanding.

From Yahoo News:

Conservative t-shirt maker MetroSpy set off a firestorm when their newest design depicted a caricature of the prophet Mohammed with a bomb wrapped in his turban. According to Islamic tradition, graphic depictions of the Prophet Mohammed are forbidden. MetroSpy's apparent disregard for this tradition has outraged many in the Muslim world, prompting some to voice their displeasure by sending the company hate-filled email, online viruses and even death threats.

You can see the T-shirt in its original glory at the MetroSpy website -- one place I visited in the process of locating the T-shirt in my previous post. To continue:

MetroSpy's production manager, Johnathan Alexander, said: “It's a silly little cartoon. We've sold designs far more offensive than this for years”, referring to a t-shirt which reads, “My Jesus can beat up your Allah.”

The e-mails received by MetroSpy include:

- “We kill you and burn your shop. I am Muslim with forces in the U.S.A.”
- “You only have 5 days and your company will disappear. I promise!” signed, Saalem Al Qahtani, Al Qaeda.
- “In two days we kill your family."

MetroSpy, however, began "fighting back" by posting the e-mail messages with the sender's return address. Click here to see what MetroSpy calls the "Holy Hate Mail."

Further, MetroSpy included three other active links on their home page:

-- Who is publishing the Mohammad cartoons?
-- Learn more about the religion of peace.
-- The Reality of Islam by Sam Harris.

As opposed to the quivering, sniveling, whining DEM this website has decided to not only make a stand and not back down, but to fight back by publishing information about the e-mails received and then including links to non-obsequious informational sites about Islam.

Looks like it's time for me to order some more T-shirts -- and I know where.