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  • Local alternative paper: Let the readers decide [Gutsy editor publishes Mohammed cartoons]

    02/11/2006 6:42:57 AM PST · by XR7 · 15 replies · 629+ views
    The Seattle Times ^ | 2/11/06 | Janet I. Tu
    The cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have spurred worldwide protests, boycotts, burning of embassies and even deaths are being republished in The Stranger, a Seattle alternative newspaper. The Stranger's editor, Dan Savage, said the decision to do so was so readers could make up their own minds about the legitimacy of the depictions, saying, "One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought." But some local Muslims who consider the cartoons hurtful and offensive were frustrated. Jamal Rahman, a Muslim and minister with Interfaith Community Church in Ballard, said republishing the cartoons...