The Nation newspaper out of Pakistan reported back in June 2006 that the editor of Jyllands-Posten burned alive in his sleep and the Danish government was covering it up!
Today, these rumors resurfaced and the news is sreading like wildfire.
This cartoon of a man and his donkey caused mass rioting and the deaths across the Muslim World.
Kamangir originally reported this news from the Iranian Fars News Agency.
Jack’s Newswatch did some followup research.
Iraqi TV channel of Al Forat may have reported this today as well. (Alireza)
It was “divine retribution” said the Saudi paper that originally published this news.
The Nation:
‘Danish Editor burnt alive’
The editor of the Danish newspaper ‘Jyllands Posten’ was burnt to death when a fire mysteriously broke out in his bedroom, a Saudi newspaper claims.
According to the newspaper, the editor was sleeping in his bedroom when the fire ravaged his bedroom. He and his newspaper became controversial when it had published blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The paper claims that the Danish govt is trying to cover up the news of the death. He was hit by divine retribution, the paper added. Muslims, all over the world, strongly denounced this blasphemous act and massive protests were held in all Muslim countries including Pakistan. Text messages and emails that claim that the editor or the cartoonist has been burnt alive have also been circulating since Tuesday, lending support to this report.
The paper named the editor as Elliot Back. However, Back is merely a senior in Computer Science at Cornell University, who had published the caricatures on his website. Name of the culture editor of Jyllands Posten, who commissioned the caricatures, is Flemming Rose. Jens Julius is the name of one of the cartoonists that drew the images. There were 12 cartoonists in all, who according to the BBC have gone into hiding. – NEWS DESK
Fars News also reported about a UFO blast this week in central Iran witnessed by people from 7 cities… and never ran a followup article on the event.
