Posted on 03/15/2006 9:44:13 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark's top prosecutor said Wednesday he will not press charges against the newspaper that first published the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that triggered angry protests from Muslims worldwide.
The Foreign Ministry warned the decision could spark "negative reactions" against Danes and warned citizens to be cautious when traveling in Muslim countries. [snip]
A boycott on Danish goods started in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 26 and spread to dozens of Muslim countries.
The cartoons were seen as an insult to Muhammad, depicting him as violent and primitive. Sunni Muslim tradition bans any image of the prophet, since depicting him risks insulting him or encouraging idolatry.
In his ruling, Fode noted that there was "no free and unrestricted right to express opinions about religious subjects" in Denmark. He said Jyllands-Posten had thus been wrong in writing that religious groups had to be ready to put up with "scorn, mockery and ridicule."
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"However, such a depiction is not an expression of mockery or ridicule, and hardly scorn within the meaning of section 140 of the Danish Criminal Code," Fode said.
The paper has apologized for offending Muslims but stands by its decision to publish the cartoons, citing the freedom of speech.
Jyllands-Posten editor-in-chief Carsten Juste called the ruling "satisfactory."
"I hope that all critical Muslims read the ruling in full, because it states very clearly what freedom of expression in Denmark is about," Juste told The Associated Press.
The prosecutor's ruling prompted the Foreign Ministry to upgrade its travel warnings for Muslim countries from Algeria to Malaysia.
"The decision may cause negative reactions to Danes and Danish interests abroad," the ministry said. "With that background, Danes should be particularly cautious when traveling.
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Here's the list from
http://www.buydanish.dk/index.php/the-clean-list/
Arla Foods - milk and dairy products
Carlsberg - beer and softdrinks
Tuborg - beer and softdrinks
Danish Butter Cookies - Remember to check for Country of Origin!
Dancake - Cakes
Danish design
Lego - Toys
Bang & Olufsen - Music systems and televisions
K.I.S.S. - DVD Recorders
Stelton - Danish design
Jacob Jensen - Danish design
Bodum - Danish design
Rosendahl - Danish design
Louis Poulsen - Lighting
Skagen Watches - Danish watches
Danish Furniture Online
Piet Hein - Fritz Hansen furniture
Arne Jacobsen - Fritz Hansen furniture
House Of Denmark - High class furniture
Bo Concept - High class furniture
Pilgrim - Jewlry
DYRBERG/KERN - Jewelry
Candy:
Toms Candies
Galle & Jessen
Stimorol Chewing Gum
Novo Nordisk - Healthcare
H2O Clothes, textile & Shoes
Jysk - Quilts, pillows, mattresses
Hummel
Ecco
Jaco
Inwear
Matinique
Saga Furs - high quality furs
Culture:
VisitDenmark - Danish tourism
Danish film
Danish art
HC Andersen Roskilde Festival - Super rock festival
Night of Culture - Copenhagen Culture Festival
Legoland - Amusement park
Business-to-business:
Danfoss
Grundfoss
Vestas
Novo
Danish Crown
Invest in Denmark
Danisco
Lundbeck
We have several kinds of excellent Danish blue cheese in our local market.
If you like blue cheese, try some Danish. I'm stocked up on it. Maybe you can ask your supermarket to stock up on Royal Viking brand, which is one of their bigger exports, I think.
Bump for freedom.
No burkas on Western Civilization!
I bought some Danish Blue at Trtader Joe's just the other day.
In honor of JFK:
I AM A DANISH!
(For those who don't get it, that parallels the grammatical error of Kennedy's "Ich Bin (sp?) Ein Berliner" speech.)
Plan to have a Carlsberg with lunch.
Do the Danish make any blue cheese similar to Gorgonzola? It has a different flavor than most blue cheese, and I vastly prefer it.
I would like to hear from muslim legal scholars.
Please survey each muslim majority country's written laws. Please report the precise status of other religions.
Please show where a muslim in Saudi Arabia (elsewhere, too) that showed a cartoon critical of Christianity would be punished.
I'm pretty sure the complaining muslims do NOT have the reciprocal to protect other religions.
Do they have freedom of speech and freedom of religion?
Too bad that the Danes do not like our backward unions, They could run the ports.
classic
A coworker of mine now informs me that Jeff McNielly (creator of "Shoe" I believe), on the occasion of Jimmy Carter's visit to Frankfurt, depicted Carter proclaiming to the word, "Ich Bin Ein Frankfurter!" Yeah, he was a weenie...
I think my office pool has Gorgonzola beating the ACLU in the 2nd round...
(what's a little dyslexia among feinds? I mean friends.)
Well, yes, I stock Gorgonzola Delicata in my fridge as well as Danish Blue. And I'm also partial to Stilton. Variety is the spice of life.
But since the French stabbed us in the back, I have had to give up Roqueforte.
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