What are your feelings on the recent riots and protests, as well as the responsibility of cartoonists when handling religious issues? Over twelve people have died so far in protests.
I do an editorial cartoon for the BYU newspaper and am interested in people's opinions. There are several bounties being offered for the heads of the cartoonists, including 100 kilograms of gold, $1,000,000 and a car. The cartoonists are living under 24 hour police surveillance right now and two European countries have just passed laws making blasphemy of any kind illegal. In case you're not keenly aware of the issue, here's some info:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4669360.stm
http://cagle.com/news/blog/
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-02/15/article04.shtml
http://www.islamonline.net/English/Views/2006/02/article03.shtml
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1138109428606&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaEAskTheScholar
I do an editorial cartoon for the BYU newspaper and am interested in people's opinions. There are several bounties being offered for the heads of the cartoonists, including 100 kilograms of gold, $1,000,000 and a car. The cartoonists are living under 24 hour police surveillance right now and two European countries have just passed laws making blasphemy of any kind illegal. In case you're not keenly aware of the issue, here's some info:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4669360.stm
http://cagle.com/news/blog/
http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-02/15/article04.shtml
http://www.islamonline.net/English/Views/2006/02/article03.shtml
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1138109428606&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaEAskTheScholar