Tomorrow is the accidentily set date for everyone to draw the Prophet Mohammed. Open discussion – is anyone participating? What are your predictions about what will happen tomorrow? A non-event day, or will it go viral causing riots in the streets. Take a position now. Tomorrow we’ll see.
Vars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who was head-butted at a university lecture last week and the target of an alleged murder plot hatched here in the U.S., has gone into hiding. Two men, ages 21 and 19, were arrested Sunday attempting to set his home on fire Friday night. Lars was not home at the […]
Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who was attacked at a university while lecturing on free speech, remains defiant against extreme religious views that censor free speech through intimidation. While the university doesn’t seem keen on inviting the cartoonist again for the lecture, the artist has expressed anguish over the fact that the incident showed the […]
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was attacked yesterday at Sweden’s Uppsala University while giving a lecture to a classroom of 250 people on the topic of the limits of free speech. CNN international edition reports that soon after the lecture began five individuals started to protest, but were calmed by security. As Vilks continued into his […]
The New York Daily News is reporting suspicions that the weekend bombing attempt at New York Times is tied to threats against South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Police hunting the man who parked a crude but powerful car bomb in Times Square Saturday night are looking into a possible link to a […]
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker: Who could have guessed that the clash of civilizations would be fought by cartoon characters? Couldn’t say it better myself.
For those planning to participate in “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day”, Ruben Bolling has some sage advice for you.
Last Tuesday’s “The Good Wife” plot revolved around a lawsuit filed by the wife of a newspaper publisher who was killed after running a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed. The cartoon was never fully shown – only sections of the cartoon. In a plot line on Tuesday’s episode of “The Good Wife,” the show’s law […]
Seventeen Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists have issued a statement condemning alleged threats against South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker after their 200th episode aired depicting the Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit. The cartoonists write:“We, the undersigned, condemn the recent threats against the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, […]
Molly Norris created a cartoon in support of South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker depicting household items (tea cup, spool of thread, pasta box, etc.) as items stating that they were the real Prophet Mohammed – a spoof of the South Park episode that depicted Mohammed in a bear suit. The cartoon suggested […]
The Islamic website Revolutionmuslim.com has allegedly threatened South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone with a fate similar to Theo Van Gogh for “insulting” the prophet Mohammad during it’s 200th episode. In that episode, Muhammad is depicted in a bear suit. Van Gogh was a Dutch filmmaker who murdered in 2004 for making a […]
James Sturm, co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies is giving up on the web. At least for four months. He’ll “blog about it” on slate (faxing and writing in his “posts”). Over the last several years, the Internet has evolved from being a distraction to something that feels more sinister. Even when I am […]
Title: Kurt Westergaard is in hiding again. That’s according to NPR who interviewed after the New Year’s Day attack on his home by a axe-wielding man. Listen to the full interview on NPR. An AP story reports that prosecutors have filed a preliminary charge of terrorism against the axe-wielding man for his murder attempt on […]
A cartoonist who posted cartoons picturing the Prophet Muhammad engaged in bestiality and other obscene images in front of a mosque and Somali-owned store will likely not be legally charged for any crime. The St. Cloud Times (MN) reports that county and city attorneys have looked into the issue and have outlined reasons for not […]
Voltaire Press at Duke University has published a book “Muhammad: The “Banned” Images” by Dr. Gary Hull that includes reprinting the 12 cartoons that originally ran in the Jyllands-Posten that ignited an international violent reaction in the Muslim world. The book also includes several other images from William Blake, Gustave Dore, Salvador Dali, and several […]