https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/blasphemy-capital-offense-countries-expunged-others
In 1988 Salmon Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, a book which Muslims thought disparaged Islam. Riots broke out in Muslim countries, and shortly thereafter, Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a reward for the writer’s murder. Rushdie went into hiding, there were several assassination attempts and a translator of the book was murdered. The clash with Western ideas of freedom of speech and the press were striking. From the Western point of view, freedom of speech is a treasured right, and Iran should “just get over it.”
Then, in 2005, a Danish artist published some cartoons that made fun of Muhammad. All hell broke loose, with the cartoonist forced to go into hiding, and some 250 people killed in the resulting conflicts. The Danish constitution guarantees freedom of speech, as do most Western countries, but Muslims avoid depicting people, and Islamic art is primarily geometric and calligraphic. In addition, depicting Muhammad is seen as blasphemous, and to top it off, many Muslims thought the cartoons mocked Muhammad.
In 1988 Salmon Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, a book which Muslims thought disparaged Islam. Riots broke out in Muslim countries, and shortly thereafter, Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a reward for the writer’s murder. Rushdie went into hiding, there were several assassination attempts and a translator of the book was murdered. The clash with Western ideas of freedom of speech and the press were striking. From the Western point of view, freedom of speech is a treasured right, and Iran should “just get over it.”
Then, in 2005, a Danish artist published some cartoons that made fun of Muhammad. All hell broke loose, with the cartoonist forced to go into hiding, and some 250 people killed in the resulting conflicts. The Danish constitution guarantees freedom of speech, as do most Western countries, but Muslims avoid depicting people, and Islamic art is primarily geometric and calligraphic. In addition, depicting Muhammad is seen as blasphemous, and to top it off, many Muslims thought the cartoons mocked Muhammad.
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