Freedom of speech versus respect for religions – is that the real issue?
Tuesday’s World Editors Forum meeting ended with an intense debate about the infamous Danish cartoon controversy, and the lessons that might be learned from it.
The participants were from the various focal points of the controversy, including Joern Mikkelsen, the chief editor of the newspaper that started it all -- Jyllands-Posten – and the newspaper’s culture editor Fleming Rose (the man who commissioned the cartoons). Also participating were Eric LeBoucher of Le Monde, Imtiaz Alam from the South Asian Free Media Association in Pakistan, Hakeem Bello, the executive editor of Nigeria’s The National Interest newspaper, Andrei Richter of the Moscow Media Law and Policy Institute, and Khaled Al-Belshy, the deputy editor of Egyptian newspaper Al-Destour. The session was moderated by UNESCO’s Abdul-Waheed Khan and also featured much audience participation. Needless to say, the speakers inspired quite a bit of debate, and lots of reactions from the audience, all of which will appear tomorrow in this same space…
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