In what may be the first official condemnation by an Islamic nation of the Danish Cartoon Jihad, Indonesia's foreign minister now thinks the riots have crossed the line:

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's foreign minister said Wednesday that radical groups around the world were exploiting public Islamic anger over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, and the reaction was now "out of proportion."
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"The cartoons have hurt the Islamic community, so it has added to ammunition for (global) radical groups to exploit the situation and the whole thing has got out of proportion," Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda told reporters. He did not elaborate.

Ah, well, let's be clear about this. The riots are not "out of proportion" because people are getting killed, they are "out of proportion" because it makes muslims look bad.

Is there an Islamic leader anywhere who gives a damn about muslim-on-muslim violence?

Update: man, am I sloppy or what? I just noticed that this article is almost two frickin' weeks old. Let's just call it 'stale, but accurate.'

Ken McCracken is a freelance goofball who is usually found berating liberals at WILLisms.com. He would like to wish Rob's dad all the best for his surgery.