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  • 'This is not just about cartoons, but standing up for our values'

    01/31/2006 4:09:12 PM PST · by Pikamax · 34 replies · 1,099+ views
    TIMES ONLINE ^ | 01/31/06 | Anthony Browne
    'This is not just about cartoons, but standing up for our values' From Anthony Browne, in Copenhagen THE Danish editor who brought the fury of the Muslim world on his country by printing pictures of the Prophet Muhammad defiantly declared yesterday: “We do not apologise for printing the cartoons. It was our right to do so.” As protests continued for a second day in Gaza with shouts of “Death to Denmark”, Flemming Rose, the culture editor of the centre-right daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten, sat in his book-lined office declaring his surprise at the reaction. He said that he had to stand...
  • Korans burned; hate crime eyed

    06/17/2005 12:13:58 PM PDT · by JZelle · 59 replies · 1,411+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 6-17-05 | WT
    BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Police are investigating whether a hate crime took place when someone left a bag of burned Korans in front of an Islamic center. Members of the Islamic Center of Blacksburg were shocked when they arrived at the building for Saturday prayers and found a plastic shopping bag filled with burned copies of the Koran at the front door. "It is a shame that people are so ignorant," said Idris Adjerid, 20, a member of the center. Mr. Adjerid told the Roanoke Times that he has attended the center since 1997 and nothing like this has happened...