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The right to blasphemy | 138 comments (138 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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I´m not sure about the right version.

http://www.signandsight.com/features/588.html

Last summer it was made known that Bluitgen was having trouble finding an illustrator for his most recent book project: the life of the prophet Mohammed, told for children. Islam forbids representations of the prophet, but Denmark is a secular country and Bluitgen had the best of intentions. Nonetheless, the illustrators he approached were wary and turned him down. The murder of the Islam-critical film maker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic fundamentalist had shaken up the Danish arts scene. (news story)

If this version is true, he didn´t try to keep the names secret, he didn´t find any who were willing to do it. Out of fear.

by Detlef (Detlef1961_at_yahoo_dot_de) on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 02:26:35 PM EST
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That would explain why one of the 12 JP cartoons depicts a fearful artist hiding his drawing of Mohammed.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 02:34:42 PM EST
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The right to blasphemy | 138 comments (138 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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