{"id":2373,"date":"2006-02-04T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-04T07:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/02\/britney-spears-other-religious-leaders.html"},"modified":"2006-02-04T07:44:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-04T07:44:00","slug":"britney-spears-other-religious-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/02\/britney-spears-other-religious-leaders.html","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears &amp; Other Religious Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.real-e-works.com\/jps\/galleries\/iraq\/BrittanyBurkaW.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.real-e-works.com\/jps\/galleries\/iraq\/BrittanyBurkaW.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\u201cWhat would Jesus say to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/eo\/20060201\/en_tv_eo\/18270\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Britney Spears<\/a>?\u201d<br><em><span style=\"font-size:78%\">HT <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderstruck.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\">THUNDERSTRUCK<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Is <a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyid=2006-02-04T120139Z_01_L03545299_RTRUKOC_0_US-RELIGION-CARTOONS.xml&amp;rpc=22\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">OVERSENSITIVITY<\/a> a sin according to Islam?<br><span style=\"font-size:78%\"><em>HT <\/em><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucianne.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\"><em>News Forum<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:78%\"><em><br><\/em><\/span><br><strong>WASHINGTON \u2014<\/strong> The State Department criticized today cartoon drawings in Europe of the Prophet Muhammad, calling them \u201coffensive to the beliefs of Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While recognizing the importance of freedom of the press and expression, department press officer Janelle Hironimus said these rights must be coupled with press responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size:78%\">HT <\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/nation\/3634257.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Houston Chronicle<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size:78%\"><br><\/span><\/em><br><span style=\"font-size:180%;color:#ff0000\">T<\/span>he United States, which before the September 11 attacks was criticized for insensitivity to the Islamic culture, has tried to become more attuned to Muslim sensibilities. Accusations last year that U.S. officials desecrated the Koran sparked deadly riots in Asia and heightened that awareness.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. response contrasted with European governments, which have tended to acknowledge tension between free speech and respect for religion but have generally accepted papers\u2019 rights to print the cartoons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.localnewsleader.com\/elytimes\/stories\/index.php?action=fullnews&amp;id=136634\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Source<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size:78%\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Come to think of it, \u201cWhat would Muhammad say to Britney Spears?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat would Jesus say to Britney Spears?\u201dHT THUNDERSTRUCK Is OVERSENSITIVITY a sin according to Islam?HT News ForumWASHINGTON \u2014 The State Department criticized today cartoon drawings in Europe of the Prophet Muhammad, calling them \u201coffensive to the beliefs of Muslims.\u201d While recognizing the importance of freedom of the press and expression, department press officer Janelle Hironimus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Britney Spears &amp; Other Religious Leaders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;What would Jesus say to Britney Spears?&quot;HT THUNDERSTRUCKIs OVERSENSITIVITY a sin according to Islam?HT News ForumWASHINGTON -- The State Department\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/02\/britney-spears-other-religious-leaders.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Britney Spears &amp; Other Religious Leaders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;What would Jesus say to Britney Spears?&quot;HT THUNDERSTRUCKIs OVERSENSITIVITY a sin according to Islam?HT News ForumWASHINGTON -- The State Department\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/02\/britney-spears-other-religious-leaders.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orthodixie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-02-04T07:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.real-e-works.com\/jps\/galleries\/iraq\/BrittanyBurkaW.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fr. 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