Posts Tagged ‘Freedom’

Mona Eltahawy on the Mosque to go up near New York’s Ground Zero, the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons and the Florida Qur’an-burning controversy:

I don’t believe Park51’s backers mean to offend, but let’s set aside intent and talk about freedom to offend.

When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published cartoons of Prophet Mohammed in 2005 that led to huge and at times deadly demonstrations across several Muslim-majority countries the following year, I defended the newspaper’s right to offend.

The freedom guaranteeing publication of those cartoons is the same as that which guarantees Park51’s right to build right there, two blocks from Ground Zero, and the same as that which guarantees the right of a Gainesville, Fla., pastor and his congregation to burn copies of the Qur’an on the anniversary of 9/11.

Mona Eltahawy Blog: Stand Up for the Freedom to Offend

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