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Politiken, by the way, reports today that Flemming Rose of JP and a certain Imam Abu Laban debated the issue on BBC's Hard talk for the first time. There has been a monumental failure of dialogue within Denmark if it takes four months and anti-EU turmoil in the middle east for the protagonists to meet in the BBC.

That is truly shocking.

Also, thanks for pointing out the timeline.  It's certainly important to note that the Danish penal code forbids "mocking and deriding" a religious faith, and that some Muslim groups tried to pursue the matter through legal avenues before turning to protests.  I have not seen either of those facts reported in any of the news coverage on this.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 06:25:11 PM EST
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I have not seen either of those facts reported in any of the news coverage on this.

does this seem merely coincidental?  just sloppy journalism?  or selective reporting?

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 06:40:51 PM EST
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Well, good question.  I don't know.  If I'm feeling charitable, I'd say that it's just a complicated story that evolved over many months, and so some of the earlier details get left out of the stories about the latest developments because there just isn't space to go into all the background.  The problem is that the international press didn't much cover the earlier developments.  So the background is virtually unreported.
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Sat Feb 4th, 2006 at 04:53:11 AM EST
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