“CNN sent an email to staff on Wednesday afternoon noting that the network will not be showing images of the cartoons and advising staff to avoid close-up shots of demonstrators holding up copies of the magazine that make the cartoons clearly legible.” NBC, MSNBC, and The New York Times put in place similar policies. Likewise the Associated Press, which stated that it was their longstanding policy not to publish “deliberately provocative images.” [PBS also] Depictions of the Prophet are only forbidden in some interpretations of Islam, however. Especially in central Asia and elsewhere outside the Mashreq (eastern Arab world), centuries of reverent art work, created by Muslims, depict the prophet. More importantly, Western states have not enacted Sharia’ law last time I checked. This is why Charb, the murdered editor of Charlie Hebdo, in 2011 insisted on his right to publish such drawings: Muhammad isnt sacred to me. I dont blame Muslims for not laughing at our drawings. I live under French law. I dont live under Koranic law. Of the major English language news sites I searched through, only Bloomberg, Fox News and the Huffington Post honored the news, the principles of freedom of expression and the murdered satirists by showing photos of their work. Several major non-English outlets in countries where it is legal to publish such things (generally the non-Muslim countries) did likewise, such as Le Parisien, Ha’Aretz, and Berlingske. The rest of the media should be ashamed of themselves for remaining on their knees. rudaw.net/english/opinion/08012015
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:58:41 +0000
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