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The Tyranny of Silence

How One Cartoon Ignited a Global Debate on the Future of Free Speech

by Flemming Rose
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Journalists face constant intimidation. Whether it takes the extreme form of beheadings, death threats, government censorship or simply political correctness—it casts a shadow over their ability to tell a story.

When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad nine years ago, Denmark found itself at the center of a global battle about the freedom of speech. The paper's culture editor, Flemming Rose, defended the decision to print the 12 drawings, and he quickly came to play a central part in the debate about the limitations to freedom of speech in the 21st century. In The Tyranny of Silence, Flemming Rose writes about the people and experiences that have influenced his understanding of the crisis, including meetings with dissidents from the former Soviet Union and ex-Muslims living in Europe. He provides a personal account of an event that has shaped the debate about what it means to be a citizen in a democracy and how to coexist in a world that is increasingly multicultural, multireligious, and multiethnic.

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    November 6, 2014

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      • ISBN: 9781944424237

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    • English

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    • Library Journal

      Starred review from December 1, 2014

      Rose (editor, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten) may be best remembered as the instigator (or mastermind, depending on one's point of view) of the cartoon crisis of 2005. The author ignited a firestorm when he sanctioned the printing of 12 cartoons representing various artists' views of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. It's not reproduced in this book, but the most memorable, and vilified, sketch depicted the prophet with a bomb wrapped in his turban. Muslims were outraged; they believed the depictions to be an insult to Muhammad and to their religion. Rose and the cartoon's artist, Kurt Westergaard, received numerous death threats and people, including non-Muslims, attacked Jyllands-Posten for its portrayal of Islam and its followers. The UN proclaimed the cartoons to be a human-rights violation. In support of his decision to publish the images, Rose raises here provocative questions: Can speech be truly free if people self-censor? Why is it permissible to poke fun at Christians but not Muslims? VERDICT This book is best suited for public and academic libraries where there is a demand for material on politics and current affairs. Interested readers may also want to try Lewis Lapham's Gag Rule.--Jennifer J. Meister, Hinds Community Coll. Lib., Vicksburg, MS

      Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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