Jyllands-Posten Rejected "Offensive" Jesus Cartoons
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Jyllands-Posten Rejected "Offensive" Jesus Cartoons
COPENHAGEN, February 9, 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Three years
ago cartoons of Jesus Christ were rejected by Denmark's mass-circulation
daily Jyllands-Posten, which recently commissioned and published insulting
drawings of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
"My cartoon, which certainly did not offend any Christians I showed it to,
was rejected because the editor felt it would be considered offensive to
readers -- readers in general, not necessarily Christians," cartoonist
Christoffer Zieler said in an e-mail to Reuters on Wednesday, February 9.
In April 2003, Zieler submitted five unsolicited cartoons portraying Jesus
jumping out of holes in floors and walls during his resurrection.
In one of the drawings, gnomes rated Jesus for style, another entitled
"Saviour-cam" showed Jesus with a camera on his head staring at his feet.
Muslims believe that Jesus, known the Noble Qur'an as 'Isa, was a prophet
who received revelation from God and preached monotheism, and they afford
him great respect.
Last September, Jyllands-Posten ran 12 cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
including one wearing a bomb-shaped turban and another showing him as a
knife-wielding nomad flanked by shrouded women.
The drawing, considered blasphemous under Islam, triggered an outcry across
the Muslim world and calls to boycott Danish products.
"Offensive"
Jens Kaiser, the former editor of Jyllands-Posten's Sunday edition who
turned down the Jesus cartoons, said the drawings were offensive, Britain's
the Guardian reported on Monday.
"I don't think Jyllands-Posten's readers will enjoy the drawings. As a
matter of fact, I think that they will provoke an outcry. Therefore, I will
not use them," he said in an e-mail sent back to Zieler.
Kraiser said that it was ridiculous to bring forward the case now.
"It has nothing to do with the Muhammad cartoons.
"In the Muhammad drawings case, we asked the illustrators to do it. I did
not ask for these cartoons. That's the difference."
IslamOnline.net tried to reach Kraiser for an elaborated comment but he was
not available.
Danish Muslims blasted the daily's double-standards in dealings with the
cartoons.
"The decision smacks of double-standards," said Ahmed Akkari, spokesman for
the Danish-based European Committee for Prophet Honoring.
"How can Jyllands-Posten distinguish the two cases? Surely they must
understand."
A cohort of Muslim dignitaries and organizations are calling for the
enactment of an international law banning the publication of any insults to
religious symbols and values.
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Arab League, the
Muslim world's two main political bodies, are seeking a UN resolution,
backed by possible sanctions, to protect religions following the publication
of provocative cartoons.
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