Islamic Group Demands Apology For Rape Cartoon

According to this English-language article at the Malaysian Insider, the head of the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement has demanded that the publication Utusan Malaysian apologize to that country's Muslim population for a strip about discrepancies in the way rape is treated by religious and police officials.

What's odd and I would posit uniquely troubling is that in this case the criticism isn't based on some element of the cartoon that in a symbolic way is threatening or insulting, but is focused on the message of the cartoon. In the two-panel strip called "Kekeliruan kes rogol" ["Confusion in rape case"], the unnamed cartoonist that police treat rape more seriously than a village head might. It's that idea that seems be at the heart of the complaint that insults Islam. Among the demands of the 4000-member group is that the cartoonist and publisher be charged for portraying the religion in a negative light.
 
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