MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Muslims in Scandinavia have suffered arson attacks on mosques, discrimination in the job market and been demonised in the media, but say they still want to make a future for themselves here and reject extremism. "They make me out to be a Taliban, but they don't say any positive things like the fact that my kids go to Swedish schools and my wife doesn't cover her face,"...
MADISON (AP)–The University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor says a campus paper was justified in reprinting a cartoon depicting a Muslim religious figure, but he called upon the paper to address the indignation of Muslim students on campus concerning the matter. The cartoon, which depicts Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban shaped like a bomb with a lit fuse, was among several images of the prophet...
In the interest of improving The Badger Herald as a source of quality journalism, the position of ombudsman was established last semester to act as a kind of public editor – an editor whose role is both critic of the publication and advocate for the reader. In September 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, including one that shows him wearing...
Moscow, February 16, Interfax - The Russian Union of Journalists regards as inappropriate recent remarks and steps by certain government officials and institutions regarding the publication of a cartoon in the Volgograd-based newspaper Gorodskiye vesti. "These statements and steps violate two fundamental constitutional principles: freedom of the press and the secular nature of our state," the...
Newspapers are in the business of reporting on and analyzing the news. They are not supposed to make the news. The First Amendment to our Constitution guarantees the right to free speech and expression. In this spirit, newspapers operate to inform readers and further the public discourse with thought provoking opinions and editorial analyses on current events and issues. The responsibilities...
VOLGOGRAD, February 16 (Itar-Tass) - Volgograd authorities have closed the Gorodskiye Vesti /City News/ daily over the publication of a religious cartoon. The relevant instruction was signed by acting mayor Andrei Doronin on Wednesday evening. On February 9, the newspaper published a cartoon, as an illustration to the article titled "Racists Have No Place in Government." It depicts Jesus, Moses...
JEDDAH – Saudi Arabia has urged all countries and governments to respect sanctities of all religions and join hands in the efforts to ensure peaceful coexistence of civilisations, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has called for joint efforts with the European Union to adopt United Nations resolution to prohibit blasphemy of all religions...
JUST when it has become apparent to levelheaded people around the world that what is needed in the Danish cartoons row is a period of calm, an Italian government minister tries to make things worse. Roberto Calderoli, Italy’s minister for reform has had T-shirts printed with the offensive cartoons and says he plans to wear them. This is not only outrageous, it is unbelievable. In all the furor, no...
THREE people died yesterday as more than 70,000 demonstrators took part in Pakistan’s biggest protest against cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Police, who used teargas to disperse mobs that were ransacking franchises of Western shops and fast-food restaurants, were drawn into gun battles in several cities. An eight-year-old boy was killed in Peshawar when a protester shot into a crowd, and...
ROME: Italy's Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli said on Wednesday he had been asked to resign after he had a T-shirt made emblazoned with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Calderoli, who is a member of the radical Northern League party, unbuttoned his shirt on state television RAI to show he was wearing one of the T-shirts. "(Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi) has even asked me to resign," he said...
