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Feb 4, 2006

U.S. State Department Deplores "Offensive" Mohammad Cartoon


by Liberty and Power


The double standard of the Bush administration continues to amaze. Is this the same administration that conservatives and neocons want to entrust to bring"liberty" to the distant corners of the planet?

Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of Islam's Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion.

"These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims," State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question.

"We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable."


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Mark Brady - 2/6/2006

Go here. Another article well worth reading.

Tom G Palmer - 2/6/2006

And Scott Burgess demonstrates again why Fisk shouldn't be taken seriously:
http://dailyablution.blogs.com/the_daily_ablution/2006/02/fisk_in_a_barre.html

Tom G Palmer - 2/6/2006

And Scott Burgess demonstrates again why Fisk shouldn't be taken seriously:
http://dailyablution.blogs.com/the_daily_ablution/2006/02/fisk_in_a_barre.html

Mark Brady - 2/6/2006

Robert Fisk writes Don't Be Fooled, This Isn't an Issue of Islam versus Secularism.

Mark Brady - 2/5/2006

Go here.

Gary McGath - 2/4/2006

I'd hoped that the administration's pro-Christian intolerance would act as a counter to pro-Muslim intolerance. But its hostility to free speech came ahead of its religious favoritism.

Mark Brady - 2/4/2006

Matthew Parris has written an excellent article on this topic here.

David T. Beito - 2/3/2006

I just heard this from Rick Shenkman:

David,

GMU says the server went down and when it came back on recent comments were
corrupted. So they're lost permanently, I'm afraid.

Sorry.

Rick


Will Hickling - 2/3/2006

That certainly encapsulates this administration's views on basic freedoms. There's always a "but" somewhere to serve their interests at the expense of the individual.

David T. Beito - 2/3/2006

I'll check into it.

Roderick T. Long - 2/3/2006

All the various comments on various posts have mysteriously vanished. What's up?

Jonathan Dresner - 2/3/2006

..must have known in advance that the administration's commitment to press freedom was pretty thin. Otherwise they wouldn't have gone after Tom Toles.