M&G Wins On Zapiro’s Muhammad Cartoon
May 21, 2010 by Brown Shuga
Eish, Zapiro is to Mail & Guardian, what Jozi Insider is to Just Curious! Always getting people into trouble.
Mail and Guardian was just in court, fighting an interdict not to publish this Zapiro cartoon of Prophet Muhammad
I haven’t been following this whole Prophet Muhammad story so Authentic Views will hopefully comment on this and shed some light but it has to do with THIS STORY.
Here are the live tweets from the Mail & Guardian editorial staff, who were tweeting from court, during the hearing.
(Please read from bottom to the top. It starts from the “Molana Bam vs M&G part)
Continued…. read from bottom to top….
it continues… bottom to top..
And Finally, the judgement…
Case closed, Zapiro cartoon out.
Now, can someone tell me what all this is about? heheh
soul sista on Fri, 21st May 2010 2:42 am
Now, can someone tell me what all this is about?…. LOL
Authentic views on Fri, 21st May 2010 4:21 am
It all began Wednesday the 19th May. Pakistan blocked access to facebook in that country after someone started facebook group called ‘Muhammed Day’, encouraging others to send caricatures of Prophet Muhammed. Zapiro reacted to that by drawing a cartoon for Mail & Guardian, depicting prophet Muhammed. Application was made at South Gauteng High Court for interdict against distribution of the newspaper. The court had to sit, argue the matter and have it resolved. Legal representatives of Mail and Guardian requested the Judge to recuse herself due to her Islamic background. But she refuse to do so citing that her background won’t interfere with her judgement. Argument from legal representatives of the the applicant for interdict regard this as sensitive matter which poses more threats to the World Cup. Mail & Guardian with its legal representatives argue for the freedom of press which our constitution upholds. The judge ruled just before 2:AM this morning in favor of Mail & Guardian.
Generally cartoons and comments about Muhammed always draw this kind of controversy.
Kiki on Fri, 21st May 2010 6:27 am
Thank u so much AV coz I was also lost. I saw bits on the news but it didn’t help but now it makes sense.
Madala on Fri, 21st May 2010 8:26 am
In favour of MG??? So, the cartoon is on papers 2day?… Tjo, let me search 4 this paper… I don’t normaly buy it unless ther is a specific story I’m followin….
chris on Fri, 21st May 2010 8:43 am
The world’s most intolerant religion shows rears it’s ugly head again!
Pjay on Fri, 21st May 2010 9:00 am
BS,this photobucket tng is messing with my mojo…i cant read da tweets!
pinana on Fri, 21st May 2010 9:01 am
///////sigh///////
Makgotso on Fri, 21st May 2010 9:26 am
Zapiro is a problem child struboob
Luja on Fri, 21st May 2010 10:58 am
Iyho. Zapiro and the M&G’s timing are totally off. Just the other day a guy was held in Iraq because he was gonna come here and bomb the world cup coz the Dutch and another team because of mocking Islam.
I hope that they know just how Muslims feel about people depicting the prophet Mohammed. I read somewhere sometime ago about what happened to people who have done such in many parts of the world and I am genuinely scared for them.
I really wish even if they had won the court case they would have chosen not to publish it coz it is so not funny and so not necessary…
Cinnabon on Fri, 21st May 2010 10:59 am
All power to Zapiro!!!
J.A.Y. on Fri, 21st May 2010 11:14 am
Attention-seekers…the whole lot…
This cartoon is not even funny…or witty or thought provoking…not anywhere near Zapiro’s best work. It was just a defiant act.
Zapiro is slowly moving from being one of my favourite journalist – towards the normal tjatjarag society. Was this really necessary?
J.A.Y. on Fri, 21st May 2010 11:16 am
And as for Muslims being the world’s most intolerant religion…mmmhhh… Which is the most tolerant religion again?
moon89 on Fri, 21st May 2010 2:23 pm
I’m muslim. Didn’t find it offensive but maybe that’s coz I actually have a brain to think for myself?
Argh. I seriously DON’T understand why my fellow muslims have to get all violent when they disagree with something. This is why I love living in Cape Town. Yes, no muslim here likes the cartoon but we aren’t going to kill anyone over it. 0_o
Zapiro angers the omnipotent | Synapses on Fri, 21st May 2010 5:05 pm
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Ntonto on Fri, 21st May 2010 6:42 pm
Zapiro is my hero!!
KayK on Sat, 22nd May 2010 4:40 am
So wait, was this about what was said in the speech bubble about Muslims not having a sense of humour because they blocked the fb group (my interpretation) OR was it mainly because Prophet Mohammed was caricatured?
mbalir on Sat, 22nd May 2010 7:00 pm
not entirely thought provoking stuff, from Zapiro, but then again this is the man who drew a cartoon that implied that “shoot the boer” led to the murder of ET. tired…
Mis J on Mon, 24th May 2010 12:18 pm
Tjo mina I didnt like this hwole cartoon thing yazi Uzapiro uyaphapha no bubi lol
BMS on Mon, 24th May 2010 12:23 pm
Zapiro is irrelevant…
thenack on Mon, 24th May 2010 5:49 pm
Would Muslims then never make a movie on the life of Muhammad? I wrote a whole blog on that which I think they will find extremely offensive, it is called ” Islam, Zapiro, Hitler and julius malema”