Oil giant Iran became the latest nation to impose penalties, saying on Monday it would cut off all trade ties with Denmark. Reuters reported that Iran imports $280 million worth of goods from Denmark a year.

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Qatar's Chamber of Commerce said it had halted dealings with Danish and Norwegian delegations, while in Bahrain, parliament formed a committee to contact Arab and Islamic governments to enforce the boycott.

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Iraq's transport ministry also said it was severing ties with the Danish and Norwegian governments, a move that includes terminating all contracts with companies based in those countries.

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Danish-Swedish dairy company Arla Foods told Reuters it was losing $1.8 million of sales a day in the Middle East. Its products were removed from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.

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"Not a single sachet of a Danish product is left on our shelves," the director of a Kuwaiti supermarket told Reuters.
Meanwhile...

[N]on-Danish companies have rushed in to tell consumers about the origin of their products in a bid to keep them on supermarket shelves.
Switzerland's Nestle, Italy's Ferrero and New Zealand's dairy co-operative Fonterra were among the companies putting out newspaper ads showing their products were not made or imported from Denmark, according to Reuters.


I feel bad for Danish companies that did nothing to offend Muslims. But, if one Danish newspaper thinks nothing of insulting millions of Muslims so that they can express their contempt for a few, then how can Danish companies complain when millions of Muslims express their contempt for a few Danish companies by making them all suffer.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

There are many Danish people (one at this blog) who expressed regrets for recent events. And I don't suggest that any government intervene and prohibit or punish people for showing such poor judgment.

But, if Danish officials (and other prominent Danes) had acted swiftly to distance themselves morally from those kinds of base attacks against an entire faith, then innocent Danish companies most certainly would not find themselves in the position they're in today.

Shit, even CNN knows better.

CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons out of respect for Islam.
I hope this is all over soon. The concept of free speech was designed to advance civilization, not to obliterate it.

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