Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard died July 14. His drawing of Islam’s prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban was among 12 cartoons published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten on September 30, 2005 that enraged Muslims worldwide. The newspaper’s then-culture editor, Flemming Rose, who oversaw the cartoons’ publication, has documented in detail this Cartoon Crisis in his 2014 book The Tyranny of Silence.
To discuss this crisis and ongoing global efforts to stifle criticism about Islam, Conservative Casual Friday host Andrew E. Harrod joined attorney and free speech advocate Deborah Weiss. She has worked for national security think tanks and the Congressional Committee on House Oversight. Her numerous publications include the Center for Security Policy monograph, The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Jihad on Free Speech. What lessons do Westergaard’s life and the Cartoon Crisis hold for freedom around the world, and what is the state of free speech concerning Islam today, are among the issues Harrod and Weiss discussed. Listen here.
Michael Copeland says
“12 cartoons ….. that enraged Muslims worldwide…”
To be more specific, “12 cartoons that were LATER exploited by Islamic clerics to organise contrived “Days of Rage”. Fake extra cartoons were dishonestly added.
The “Day of Rage” outside the Danish Embassy in London was FOUR MONTHS after the publication.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Though crickets to all the Islamic jihad slaughter throughout the world.
Shameless tyrants.
Infidel says
Of those 12 cartoons, aside from the turbomb cartoon, the one where the angels were screaming, “Stop, STOP!!! We are out of virgins!” ?