The Tundra Tabloids corresponded with the Jyllands-Posten’s, Flemming Rose, in 2008 concerning the statements made by the OIC’s Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, that the JP was hypocritical in that it wouldn’t dare publish pictures of Jesus. Flemming Rose told the TT that: “thanks for calling my attention to this seminar and the OIC secretary general’s speech. Of course, it isn’t true that we won’t publish cartoons of Jesus. We did so before and after the cartoon crisis, and there was no competition.”
The trashing of free speech, which is what the Politiken has just done, will not grant them any extra good will from the Islamic world. Their apologizing will only serve to embolden and whet the appetite of these Muslim leaders for more. Giving in to their lying and intimidation, will only produce more lies and intimidiation. There will be no end to it. KGS
H/T: ICLA