Danish Prosecutor Not Charging Over Mohammedan Cartoons

It is amazing that this was even a consideration. This is an issue of freedom of speech, not a hate crime. The Mohammedan cartoons are not even close to a hate crime! If Mohammedanism was the dominant religion in Denmark, there might be reason for restriction of offensive material. However that is NOT the case. Christianity is not even the dominant religion in Denmark. Secular Humanism is the dominant ideology of Europe with Christianity as the foundation root for culture. That means in the home of the Danes, this was humor at worst and freedom of speech at best. If Mohammedans in foreign nations do not like the publications of what they consider offensive, don't read it. It does not take a genious to figure that out.
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The Christian Post
Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2006 Posted: 9:11:11AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -Denmark's top prosecutor said Wednesday he will not press charges against the newspaper that first published the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that angered Muslims worldwide.

The Foreign Ministry warned the decision could cause "negative reactions" against Danes and warned citizens to be cautious when traveling in Muslim countries.

Director of Public Prosecutions Henning Fode upheld the decision of a regional prosecutor who ruled the drawings published in Jyllands-Posten Sept. 30 did not violate Danish law. Fode's decision cannot be appealed.

His ruling said the 12 cartoons, one of which shows the prophet wearing a turban shaped like a bomb, did not violate bans on racist and blasphemous speech."

My decision is that there is no violation of the said rules of the Danish Criminal Code," Fode said in a statement.

A regional prosecutor said Jan. 7 that the drawings were protected by Denmark's freedom of speech and did not violate bans on racism and blasphemy. A group of Danish Muslims said at the time they would appeal the ruling to the top prosecutor.

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