Editorial Commentary
Cartoon furor exposes deeper meaning of war on terrorism
Posted 2/9/2006 7:41 PM
From http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/raasch/2006-02-09-raasch_x.htm
Author: Chuck Raasch
WASHINGTON (Gannett) — If you were the editor of a major American news outlet, would you show the Danish newspaper cartoon of a bomb-turbaned Prophet Muhammad that has incited violent and sometimes deadly protests from Muslims around the world?
What about a cartoon transposing Israel's Star of David over the Nazi flag, which appeared in an Egyptian newspaper in November? Would you print the Holocaust denial cartoons now being solicited by the bellicose Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has declared the Nazi's killings of millions of Jews a "myth" and has threatened to wipe Israel off the face of the earth?
By some interpretations, any depiction of Muhammad is an egregious violation of Islamic teachings. The bomb in the Danish cartoon made it worse, inciting death threats against......
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