1. Making Sense of the Cartoon Controversy
2. The World Weighs In as Cartoon Saga Continues
3. Muslims say Western media hypocritical on cartoons
4. Bush Calls for End to Violent Protests
5. Four killed in Afghanistan over cartoon protests
6. Danish embassy in Teheran firebombed
"With all respect to press freedoms, obviously anything that villifies the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, or attacks Muslim sensibilities, I believe, needs to be condemned," [King Abdullah II of Jordan] said.
He went on to say that those who want to protest "should do it thoughfully, articulately, express their views peacefully."
"When we see protests, when we see destruction, when we see violence, especially if it ends up taking the lives of innocent people, is completely unacceptable," he added. "Islam, like Christianity and Judaism, is a religion of peace, tolerance, moderation."
Denmark itself is taking the heat from many groups regarding this issue. That's absurd. The acts of a handful of cartoonists are supposed to reflect the will of the country? Or in some views, that of Europe? These cartoons were in bad taste, and should be socially condemned.. and are.. but the Danish government doesn't need to step in or issue an apology on the part of the few that were involved. Undoubtedly, the credibility and popularity of that newspaper will take a hit, and discourage such acts in the future.
But... this other thing happened. It seems there's pressure from some Iranian groups for Danish/European newspapers to publish an anti-semitic cartoon to show that they aren't uniquely prejudiced against Muslims:
1. Danish paper pursues Holocaust cartoons
2. US: Iranian Holocaust cartoon idea 'outrageous'
Umm.. what?
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