As I agree with Fjordman, the best and arguably only solution to the non integration of Muslims in Europe is ridicule and free speech, this contest will or at least could do more to lower tensions of the advancing Sharia. The more Europeans who stand up for their own historical values and most importantly fight irrational religious authority the sooner the third Jihad, the one currently underway to force Europe and the world to Sharia law, can be put to a quiet and perhaps at least relativly bloodless death.
Its the submission to Islamic demands that makes this problem worse. Appeasement tends to exacerbate tyrants not placate. In that spirit I think the following story is truly a great thing. For any of you who find this to be horrifying from your multi cultural pulpits imagine this was Galileo holding a pope look alike contest and the first prize is a telescope and the second prize a three week course in celestial mechanics. Then I bet you would be right behind it.
From Spiegel… Thanks to TROP for finding it
German Satire Magazine Shocks with ‘Unbelievable Competition’
A Muhammad look-a-like competition is slated to take place during the Frankfurt Book Fair, and it has already offended and outraged people far beyond Germany. But Titanic, the monthly satirical magazine behind the inflamatory event, insists: “It will be a blast.”
Titanic, the German satire magazine, is never far from polemics, but its latest action takes its reputation for controversy to new heights: It is staging a Muhammad look-a-like competition — and has invited the Turkish President Abdullah Gül to take part.
A drawing submitted to “Titanic” as part of its Muhammad look-alike contest.
Turkish newspapers were quick to react to the “unbelievable competition,” which is to be held parallel to the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Turkey will be the guest country this year. The popular Turkish daily Sabah drew parallels with the infamous Muhammad cartoons published in Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten newspaper in 2005, which sparked death threats and protests across the Muslim world, with some escalating into violence.