o      In a Feb. 14, 2006, post on the website SportBike World, Josh Hicks (posting under the name sindic) wrote in response to a thread titled “Why Muslims will always be ridiculed…,” “Will I go to hell for eating the sacred cow? Because I’ve got some vacation time, a Glock, and a portable grill.”[1]

o      Josh Hicks’ post was in reply to a posted article which stated, “Thousands of people flocked to southern Egypt today to seek blessing from a calf they believe was born as God’s reply to the publication in Europe of cartoons depicting the prophet, police said.

“Some 20,000 thousand people had gathered in front of Mohammed Abu Dif’s house in the village of Tunis to see the holy mammal, whose skin folds when he was born reportedly formed the words ‘There is no God but Allah’, a police official said on condition of anonymity.

“He said the villagers flocked from all over the southern governorate of Sohag to the farmer’s house and had to be dispersed by police, who feared the gathering could get out of control.

“Witnesses said they believed the calf was ‘Allah’s response to current attacks against Islam’, the official said.

“He was referring to the publication in a Danish daily five months ago of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, which is banned in Islam.”[2]

[1] “Why Muslims will always be ridiculed…” SportBike World, Feb. 13, 2006
[2] “Why Muslims will always be ridiculed…” SportBike World, Feb. 13, 2006