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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?...
While the Harvard Salient faced no formal repercussions for publishing four of the controversial Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammed, the executives of the Daily Illini did not get off so easily. The publisher of the Daily Illini suspended the paper’s editor-in-chief and opinions page editor last Wednesday after the paper printed the polemical cartoons. According to a statement published by the student newspaper at the University of Illinois, the suspensions were enacted at the request of the newsroom staff because of the failure of editors Acton H. Gorton and Chuck Prochaska to consult...
...response to the Harvard Salient’s printing of offensive cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd recently emailed the publication a warning that “some segments of the campus… may become dangerous.” Since those most directly offended by the Salient are Muslim students, the email would have you believe that they are ready to torch down Thayer Hall, home of the Salient. Don’t worry Thayer residents: your rooms are safe...
...issue a public “clarification” of Kidd’s recent e-mail warning the editors of The Harvard Salient that “some segments of the campus... may become dangerous” after the paper published the controversial Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad...