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...Salient may feel comfortable publishing the cartoons because “a lot of conservatives have anti-Islam sentiments,” Scott said...
This spring, Martin is teaching History 1531, “History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1991,” History 2531, “The Soviet Union: Seminar,” and History 1958, “Islam and Ethnicity: Conference Course...
When it comes to problems with free speech about Islam, Denmark is something of a hotspot. Islamic radicals murdered Danish film director Theo Van Gogh in 2004 in response to his short film “Submission Part I,” which juxtaposed documentary footage of husbands beating their Islamic wives in the name of Allah and the same women praying, their bodies covered in verses from the Koran. In Islam, any visual portrayal of the prophet is blasphemous and last year, it seemed that the Dutch were too afraid of reprisals from Muslim fundamentalists for author...
...with correspondence from outraged Danish Muslims. Several European newspapers republished the cartoons, and the discontent spread. Amidst death threats, the newspaper and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen maintained a stance against apology-seeking Muslim radicals, despite being accused by the Turkish Foreign Ministry of “abusing Islam in the name of democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.” However, the United Nations (UN), the European Commission and the Council of Europe were all quick to withdraw their support...
...reality is that the cartoons simply aggravated an ongoing international problem: dealing with radical Islam in secular Western societies. Reactions around the world have shown how widespread this crisis is: Jakarta’s Danish Embassy was attacked by Muslim mobs, several Muslim religious leaders in the Middle East called for a “day of anger” and demonstrators in London burned flags and embassies were torched in Damascus...