Danish paper apologizes


After viewing the 'cartoons', a very generous term for those doodles, I have
to say I agree an apology was in order. We civilized westerners shouldn't be
printing material designed to insult any of the world's major religions in
our newspapers.

Unless, of course, its actually funny.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1698673,00.html
(...)
In a lengthy statement the editor-in-chief of Jyllands-Posten admitted that
the 12 cartoons, one of which depicted Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped
turban, had caused "serious misunderstandings". Carsten Juste said: "The 12
cartoons ... were not intended to be offensive, nor were they at variance
with Danish law, but they have indisputably offended many Muslims, for which
we apologise."

Mr Juste spoke out hours after Scandinavians were warned against travelling
to Gaza and the West Bank after the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade demanded that
all Swedes and Danes leave the territories. An Iraqi militant group joined
the protests when it called for attacks against Danish and Norwegian targets
after a Norwegian newspaper ran the cartoons.

Danish businesses started to take fright yesterday after religious leaders
in Saudi Arabia, which last week recalled its ambassador to Copenhagen,
called for a boycott of Danish goods. The dairy group Arla Foods reported
that two of its staff in Saudi Arabia had been beaten by angry customers.
This prompted Arla's executive director to press the Danish government to
take action. Peder Tuborgh said: "I urgently beg the government to enter a
positive dialogue with the many millions of Muslims who feel they have been
offended by Denmark."

Amid this atmosphere, Jyllands-Posten finally admitted it had made a
mistake, and published an apology on its website.
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I blame feminism.


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