Denmark Won’t Charge Jyllands-Posten
Charles Johnson
Thu Mar 16, 2006 at 9:14 am PST • Views: 242
Denmark still refuses to give in to Islamic intimidation: Danish paper faces no charges over Muhammad cartoons. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
Denmark’s chief prosecutor says that he will not press charges against the newspaper that first published the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that angered Muslims worldwide.
The Foreign Ministry warned that the decision could cause “negative reactions” against Danes, and warned citizens to be cautious when traveling in Muslim countries.
Henning Fode, the Director of Public Prosecutions, upheld the decision of a regional prosecutor who ruled that the drawings published in Jyllands-Posten on September 30 did not violate Danish law. Mr Fode’s decision cannot be appealed.
His ruling said that 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,” Mr Fode said in a statement.
A regional prosecutor said in January that the drawings were protected by Denmark’s freedom of speech and did not violate rules on racism or blasphemy. A group of Danish Muslims said at the time they would appeal the ruling to the top prosecutor.
Frank says: