OIC's Public Diplomacy and Danish Freedom of Press

Vie Sabbah:

Last december, responding to a complaint by the Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) over the twelve caricatures of the prophet Mohammad published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last September, Louise Arbour - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - has appointed two UN experts on racism to carry out a detailed investigation into what Arbour characterizes as a “disrespect for belief.”

Why did Jyllands-Posten publish the cartoons? The Copenhagen Post explains: “Jyllands-Posten called for and printed the cartoons by various Danish illustrators, after reports that artists were refusing to illustrate works about Islam, out of fear of fundamendalist retribution. The newspaper said it printed the cartoons as a test of whether Muslim fundamentalists had begun affecting the freedom of expression in Denmark.”

You see, when the Danish newspaper published these cartoons, they claimed they did that as a ‘test of whether Muslim fundamentalists had begun affecting the freedom of expression in Denmark.’ So, now I guess Norway wants to conduct the same test.

Just like someone ‘finger your ass‘ (excuse my French) and you are not suppose to react or even say ‘ouch’. It’s ‘freedom of expression’, and they express that the way they see it fit. But if you do the same, you will be called all names. So, don’t dare calling them racist!!

In case you never saw the Prophet Mohammad’s drawings: