The Washington Post published an article this week entitled “Anatomy of the Cartoon Protest Movement”, which includes an interview with a Saudi Arabian plastic surgeon named Hashim Balkhy who participated in the protests. Balkhy’s means of protest included online discussion groups, websites, email, and text messages. For example, he sent out mass emails urging fellow Muslims to boycott Danish goods and write letters of protest to Danish leaders, whose contact information he had found online.



Other news stories have revealed that . The government of Syria has been rumored to have encouraged its citizens to riot via text messaging. In Copenhagen, an anonymous mass text message warning of a Quran burning in the Hall Square prompted hundreds of Muslims to gather. The rumor was later shown to be false. At the same time, other Muslims have used high tech means to discourage members of their community from resorting to violence.



For more information:

“Governments Are Complicit in Violence"

"Danish Muslims Warn of Burning Quran in Planned Rally"