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- Title
Arabic-language media and the Danish cartoon crisis.
- Authors
Exum, Andrew
- Abstract
The 'Danish cartoons controversy' began in September 2005 after twelve editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The newspaper announced that their publication was a contribution to the debate regarding criticism of Is lam and self-censorship. Critics of the cartoons described them as Islamophobic or racist, and argued that they were blasphemous to people of the Muslim faith, intended to humiliate a Danish minority, and manifested ignorance about the history of western imperialism, from colonialism to the current conflicts in the Middle East. Supporters of the cartoons said they raised an important issue in a period of Islamist terrorism and that their publication was a legitimate exercise of the right of free speech.
- Subjects
MIDDLE East; BLASPHEMY (Islam); ECCLESIASTICAL law; FREEDOM of speech; RELIGIOUS crimes; CENSORSHIP; ISLAMIC fundamentalism; CARICATURES &; cartoons; RELIGIOUS fundamentalism
- Publication
Media Development, 2007, Vol 54, Issue 2, p30
- ISSN
0143-5558
- Publication type
Article