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US Muslim and Interfaith Organizations Hold Press Conference on "Faith and Free Speech"

February 6, 2006

Source: Muslim American Society (MAS) press release

http://www.masnet.org/takeaction.asp?id=3169

On February 6, 2006 a Muslim American Society (MAS) press release reported, "Today at the National Press Club, the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation hosted a press conference on 'Faith and Free Speech', addressing the issue of cartoons defaming Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which also depict him as a terrorist.

The press conference was covered by a host of media...

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Amnesty International: "Freedom of Speech Carries Responsibilities for All"

February 6, 2006

Source: Amnesty International press release

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL300072006

On February 6, 2006 an Amnesty International press release reported, "The right to freedom of opinion and expression should be one of the cornerstones of any society. This right includes 'the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media, regardless of frontiers' (Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...

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Opinion: "Cartoon Conflicts"

February 6, 2006

Source: The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoonprotests/story/0,,1703496,00.html?gusrc=rss

On February 6, 2006 The Guardian ran an opinion piece by Tariq Ramadan, a prominent Swiss Muslim scholar, on the controversy surrounding cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Ramadan comments, "It is critical we find a way out of this infernal circle and demand from those stoking this fire that they stop their polemics at once and create a...

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House of Lords to Review Human Rights Concerns in Jilbab Ruling

February 6, 2006

Source: The Guardian/Press Association

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-5597020,00.html

On February 6, 2006 Press Association reported, "The case of the Muslim schoolgirl who won the right to wear a head-to-toe dress in class returns to the legal spotlight as part of a test case appeal in the House of Lords. In March last year, the Court of Appeal ruled that Shabina Begum was unlawfully excluded from Denbigh High School in Luton, Beds, when she was...

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White House Spokesman Urges Muslims to Speak Out "Against All Forms of Hate Speech"

February 6, 2006

Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AFP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060206/pl_afp/europeislammediaus_060206165518

On February 6, 2006 Agence France-Presse reported, "The United States urged Muslims angered by newspaper cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed to also condemn frequent anti-Semitic and anti-Christian 'hate speech' in the Islamic world. White House spokesman Scott McClellan denounced escalating...

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Across the Globe, Demonstrations Against Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad

February 6, 2006

Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/prophet_drawings

On February 6, 2006 the Associated Press reported, "Hundreds of angry protesters hurled stones and fire bombs at the Danish Embassy in the Iranian capital Monday to protest publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Police used tear gas and surrounded the walled villa to hold back the crowd. It was the second...

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Opinion: "This is Folly, Not a Clash of Civilisations"

February 5, 2006

Source: The Telegraph

http://opinion.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/02/05/do0509.xml

On February 5, 2006 The Telegraph ran an opinion piece by John Casey, a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on the controversy surrounding the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad first published in a Danish newspaper. Casey writes, "Have we in the West become so historically ignorant that we forget how closely, within...

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New Jersey Muslims Respond to Cartoon Controversy

February 5, 2006

Source: Herald News

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY4NzU0MDkmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz

On February 5, 2006 the Herald News reported, "Along the Arabic-speaking business corridor that straddles Paterson and Clifton, television sets Saturday were tuned to protests sweeping Muslim communities worldwide over a series of...

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Opinion: "We Are All Danes Now"

February 5, 2006

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/02/05/we_are_all_danes_now/?p1=MEWell_Pos1

On February 5, 2006 The Boston Globe ran an opinion piece by columnist Jeff Jacoby that commented, "The current uproar over cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper illustrates yet again the fascist intolerance that is at the heart of radical...

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Opinion: "Tolerance Demands a Little Courtesy"

February 5, 2006

Source: Sunday Herald

On February 5, 2006 the Sunday Herald ran an opinion piece by Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh, on the controversy surrounding the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad by a Danish newspaper. Holloway writes, "[A] decent society needs more than free speech. It also needs to prize values that ease relations between people of opposing convictions, and the highest of these is courtesy. Courtesy is a form of restraint that sees no point in upsetting people just for the sake of it. The courteous prize the right...

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Editorial: "Why This Paper Decided Not to Publish Cartoons of Muhammed"

February 5, 2006

Source: Sunday Herald

http://www.sundayherald.com/53958

On February 5, 2006 the Sunday Herald reported, "This newspaper’s commitment to freedom of speech is unshakeable and unequivocal. We stand alongside George Orwell in believing that if liberty means anything, it means the right to tell people what they do not necessarily want to hear. Given this premise, and indeed the responsibility that comes with it, newspapers do have the right to publish the controversial cartoons of the...

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