“The images, including one which showed Muhammad with a bomb in his turban, sparked anger across the Islamic world….Denmark was forced to temporarily close its embassy in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, as days of protests peaked….” The BBC reports this, of course, without noting the irony.
Moderate, Tolerant Indonesia Update from the BBC, with thanks to all who sent this in:
An Indonesian journalist faces trial over his decision to publish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Teguh Santosa, online editor of Rakyat Merdeka, is charged with inciting hatred towards a religious group.
Mr Santosa posted the cartoons in February at the height of international controversy over drawings which first appeared in a Danish newspaper.
The images, including one which showed Muhammad with a bomb in his turban, sparked anger across the Islamic world.
Islamic tradition explicitly prohibits any depiction of Allah and the Prophet.
Denmark was forced to temporarily close its embassy in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, as days of protests peaked….
Mr Santos, who was formally arrested and charged on Thursday, faces up to five years imprisonment if found guilty, his lawyer said.