Word: prophetic
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Sparked by a series of cartoons in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, the heated discussion of free speech and religious sensitivity reached the Harvard campus last week, as the Harvard Salient chose to reprint the now-infamous depictions of the prophet Muhammad. It is disappointing to see the violence that the publication of these cartoons has caused around the globe, and we are glad to see that the debate at Harvard has assumed a more civil (although still passionate) tenor. While not every newspaper editor would feel comfortable reprinting these images—for different newspapers have inherently different approaches...
...four cartoons the Salient elected to reprint are unnecessarily incendiary and offend the deepest sensibilities of many Muslims who believe any illustration of Muhammad to be inappropriate, much less one that so directly equates the teaching of Islam’s greatest prophet with terrorism. Saddled not only with this disturbing implication but also with the weight of violent protest, these cartoons do less to encourage substantive debate on the conflict between free speech and sensitivity than it does to inspire knee-jerk reactions and finger pointing on all sides. And considering that the purpose of the Salient?...
RESIGNED. ROBERTO CALDEROLI, 49, anti-immigration Italian Reforms Minister; after an incendiary TV news appearance in which he unbuttoned his shirt to reveal a T shirt displaying the controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad; in Rome. Calderoli's stunt ignited violent protests in Libya. At least 10 Libyans were reportedly killed in clashes with police...
...RESIGNED. ROBERTO CALDEROLI, 49, anti-immigration Italian Reforms Minister; after an incendiary TV news appearance in which he unbuttoned his shirt to reveal a T shirt displaying the controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad; in Rome. Calderoli's stunt ignited violent protests in Libya. At least 10 Libyans were reportedly killed in clashes with police...
Members of the Salient’s staff also accused the Islamic community of hypocrisy for reacting violently to the editorial cartoons, since—the Salient staffers said—there is a history of Islamic art depicting the prophet Muhammad...