A group of liberal Muslims in Norway is calling on the Islamic Council of Norway to demonstrate in order to support Muhammed cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.
"It wasn't a mistake that the caricatures of Muhammed were printed, and in any case it doesn't justify violence. Muslims have just a great interest in protecting freedom of expression as all others. Therefore Muslims should also support Kurt Westergaard," writer Shakil Rehman of the liberal Muslim network LIM (Equality, integration, multiculturalism) told Klassekampen. [Islam in Europe] Read more
Prejudiced Danes provoke fanaticism On New Year's Day, Kurt Westergaard and his granddaughter came close to losing their lives when an axe-wielding fanatic forced his way into their house. It was the latest in a string of attempted attacks that can be traced directly to the offence caused by Westergaard's cartoons for Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005.
[Comment] .... Have I got this right? Danish paper has cartoons implying Islam gives rise to terrorism. Muslims are so offended by this that they try to terrorise the Danish paper to prove they aren't terrorists. [Guardian Cif] Read more
