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International reactions to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Reactions to the publication of satirical cartoons
Main article: Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
For the opinions of individuals and other organisations, see Opinions on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. For a chronological account of the controversy, see Timeline of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's publication of satirical cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on September 30, , led to violence, arrests, inter-governmental tension, and debate about the scope of free speech and the place of Muslims in the West. Many Muslims stressed that the image of Muhammad is blasphemous, while many Westerners defended the right of free speech. A number of governments, organizations, and individuals have issued statements defining their stance on the protests or cartoons.
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[edit]- &#;United Nations: On February 13, , Doudou Diène, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance reported:[1]
Legally, the Government of every State party to the International Covenant on
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(New York, February 15, ) –On September 30, , the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve cartoon depictions of the Prophet Mohammed that its editors said they solicited as part of an experiment to overcome what they perceived as self-censorship reflected in the reluctance of illustrators to depict the Prophet. The cartoons were highly offensive to Muslims because Islam is understood to prohibit graphic depictions of the Prophet and because most of the depictions were extremely derogatory, for example, by associating him, and by implication all Muslims, with terrorism.At first protests against the cartoons extended little farther than Denmark’s Muslim community, but by February an extraordinary outcry had spread to the Muslim world at large. Much of the outrage was directed against the government of Denmark, which, invoking its laws on freedom of expression, refused to suppress the cartoons or take action against their publishers. The Organization of the Islamic Conference, representing 57 countries, criticized Denmark for failing to apologize and take action against Jyllands-Posten, and is seeking a U.N. General Assembly resolution to ban attacks on religious beliefs. Mass protests have taken place in many countries, in s