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Sparked by a series of cartoons in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, the heated discussion of free speech and religious sensitivity reached the Harvard campus last week, as the Harvard Salient chose to reprint the now-infamous depictions of the prophet Muhammad. It is disappointing to see the violence that the publication of these cartoons has caused around the globe, and we are glad to see that the debate at Harvard has assumed a more civil (although still passionate) tenor. While not every newspaper editor would feel comfortable reprinting these images—for different newspapers have inherently different approaches...
...Harvard Salient contributed to public debate when it reprinted four of the 12 controversial cartoons originally published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, its efforts would have been truly commendable. As the Salient chose instead to sidetrack meaningful discussion with the cartoons’ repetitive and incendiary republication on its back page, however, such commendation is hardly warranted. While no authority should limit the ability of the Salient (or any publication) to publish provocative material, the paper’s decision to republish the Danish cartoons was in poor taste and had improper motivations and should therefore not be congratulated...
...contentious cartoons were first printed in a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, last September, and they have since been republished across the globe. The Salient—which uses The Crimson’s printing presses—republished the cartoons last week. A local homeless-run publication, Spare Change News, reprinted the cartoons this week...
...images per se were not the problem; many newspapers satirize religion and Muslim newspapers have published provocative anti-Christian articles and cartoons. Nor did Jyllands-Posten deliberately incite Muslim violence; the newspaper is aimed at the Dutch public, not Muslims in particular. It is ludicrous to suggest that the newspaper should have issued a warning to Muslim readers...
Muslim populations in the west are growing and assimilation, although challenging, is non-negotiable. Of course, it is a two-way process and Jyllands-Posten could have refrained from publishing the cartoons to avoid offending Muslims. Nevertheless, the reaction of Muslims undermines their demands; it makes no sense for Dutch Muslim protesters to burn the Danish national flag while claiming that they are not being respected by the state...