I think that it will be fair to say that most of us know about cartoons that appeared in a Danish newspaper. For those who don’t, if there are such people, those cartoons depicted Prophet Mohhamad, the huge no-no in Islam, and immediatly set many places around the world on fire, literally. I don’t want to get into a debate whether it was a right or wrong thing to publish such cartoons. It is totally up to you, however, there is some interesting information about history of such cartoons.

It is not the first time when Western media publishes cartoons depicting Prophet Mohhamad. Doing some research while in a college, (a year ago,) I stumbled upon a copy of The Islamic Review magazine dated back in 1966. In an article, editors of the magazine ask Western media to be more sensitive toward Islam and Muslims refering to the cartoon,(here it is) that appeared in The Times on oct. 25 1966 in which the Prime Minister of Great Britain was depicted as a prophet Muhammad squatting in the farthest left-hand corner and General de Gaulle as a mountain based upon the English proverb, “If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, let Mahomet go to the mountain”.
Arguing that images of Muhammad are prohibited in Islam, the magazine charges media with the sense of humor that fails to understand why the Muslims flare up immediately when anything even slightly derogatory is said about the person of Muhammad.

So, what is it? A failed sense of humor or suppression of freedom of speech? Join our discussion and share your thoughts.

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