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Will Danish Cartoonists Draw Muhammad?
In October 2005, Politiken, another leading Danish newspaper, published its own poll of thirty-one of the forty-three members of the Danish cartoonist association. Twenty-three said they would be willing to draw Muhammad.
What did Ralf Dahrendorf say about the cartoons?
He criticised media outlets which did not print the cartoons while covering the story. Ralf Dahrendorf wrote that the violent reaction to the cartoons constituted a sort of counter-enlightenment which must be defended against. Sonia Mikich wrote in Die Tageszeitung, “I hereby refuse to feel badly for the chronically insulted.
How many died in the Muslim cartoon Fury in Nigeria?
^ “Muslim cartoon fury claims lives”. BBC News. 6 February 2006. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012. ^ “16 die in cartoon protests in Nigeria”. CNN. 19 February 2006. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012.
What is the cartoon Jihad?
“The Cartoon Jihad-The Muslim Brotherhood’s project for dominating the West”. Weekly Standard. Retrieved 17 September 2013. ^ Van Doorn-Harder, Nelly (23 February 2006). “Behind the cartoon war: radical clerics competing for followers”. The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
What was the most controversial Jyllands-Posten cartoon of Muhammad?
The most controversial and iconic of the 12 cartoons was penned by Jyllands-Posten staff cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. He depicted Muhammad wearing a sizzling bomb for a turban.
Why were the Danish cartoons so controversial?
The cartoons were reprinted in newspapers around the world, both in a sense of journalistic solidarity and as an illustration in what became a major news story. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen described the controversy as Denmark’s worst international relations incident since the Second World War.
What’s behind Denmark’s anti-Muslim cartoons?
The cartoons appeared at a time when Denmark was embroiled in racial tensions. Until the 1960s, the country was remarkably homogenous and insular. That changed when workers started emigrating there from Turkey, Pakistan and the former Yugoslavia. In 1997, a Jyllands-Posten survey found that nearly half of all Danes saw Muslims as a threat.