The Cartoon Row

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A magazine published by the science and reason-driven Center for Inquiry will publish some of the cartoons of Islam's Prophet Muhammad that have provoked deadly protests among Muslims worldwide. Free Inquiry's April-May issue, to be released March 15, will include four of the drawings which originally appeared in a Danish newspaper in September, the magazine's editors said...

MAPUTO, 7 March (IRIN) - A controversy over how to respond to the publishing by a local newspaper of the controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, has highlighted differences within Mozambique's Muslim community. The independent weekly Savana last month reprinted 8 of the 12 cartoons that first appeared in the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten last year. Most Muslims in Mozambique were...

LONDON – As protests against the Danish cartoons fade, Europe's moderate Muslims are facing difficult choices about their faith, identity, and values. "The middle ground in Muslim communities is between a rock and a hard place," says Omar Shah, an Afghan-Danish commentator on Muslim affairs. "The moderate majority is having to decide where they stand." During a month of flag-burning protests in...

In the modern world, the twin liberal values of press freedom and religious tolerance can easily conflict with each other. In January, this tension between censorship and expression came to a head in Europe and the Middle East. The publication of cartoon depictions of the prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper set off a wave of protests, some turning violent. The newspapers and their supporters...

CAIRO, March 5, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – In response to an invitation from the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute, two delegates from IslamOnline.net will be traveling, along with a small group of Egyptian journalists and academics, to Denmark on Sunday, March 12, for meetings with Danish media representatives and Danish Muslims. "The goal of the visit is to give journalists from IOL, [Egyptian...

ROME, March 3, 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – A Vatican-controlled magazine urged Muslims to fight "extremism" and called for the West to firmly defend its principles following the row sparked by the publication of cartoons lampooning Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him). "If one must ask the West to avoid all forms of offence to religious feeling, one must also ask those...

The National Press Club of Canada has launched its 6th International Editorial Cartoon Competition. The theme of the competition is "Cartooning in a dangerous environment". The first prize is 1,500 Canadian Dollars. The forty best cartoons will be displayed in an exhibition at the National Press Club in Ottawa and the competition results will be posted on the Press Club website. The deadline for...

Danish industry is speaking out against the country’s prime minister as they believe his fight for press freedom is going too far, according to Danish daily Berlingske Tidende. Niels Due Jensen, the director of the major Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos, indicated in that his company, with nearly 5,000 workers in Denmark, might leave the country because of the aftermath of the Mohammed Cartoons...

KUALA LUMPUR , Mar 2 (IPS) - The Prophet Muhammad cartoon controversy is trailing blood in Malaysian newsrooms at a time when mainstream media showed signs of emerging into the sunshine, after two decades of serving as the mouthpiece of the dictatorial former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. At least three newspapers were punished for their reports on the controversy and several television...

IRVINE, California (CNN) -- A controversy that has sparked violent demonstrations across the Middle East and Asia came to a U.S. college campus as a display of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed drew about 200 protesters. Security was increased for the student forum Tuesday night at the University of California, Irvine, but police reported no violence. Last week, members of the Muslim Student Union...