I hope that all critical Muslims read the ruling in full, because it states very clearly what freedom of expression in Denmark is about. |
I hope that with this I have removed the misunderstanding. |
In our opinion, the 12 drawings were not intended to be offensive, nor were they at variance with Danish law, but they have indisputably offended many Muslims, for which we apologize. |
It's a very satisfying decision that the prosecutor has reached. |
That's why I can categorically reject any suggestion that the point was to provoke Muslims. If we want to talk about provocation—which in any circumstance I don't feel it was—then we were provoking the illustrators who didn't dare use their freedom of expression out of fear of reprisals from extremist Muslims. |
The dark dictatorships have won. |
The editors have told Flemming Rose to take a holiday because no one can understand the kind of pressure he has been under. |
These cartoons were not in violation of Danish law but have irrefutably offended many Muslims, and for that we apologize. |
They've won. That is what is so appalling. My guess is that no one in the next generation is going to want to draw the Prophet Mohammed in Denmark and therefore I must ashamedly admit it: they've won. |
They've won. That is what is so appalling. My guess is that no one in the next generation is going to want to draw the Prophet Muhammad in Denmark and therefore I must ashamedly admit it: they've won. Had we known that it would lead to boycotts and Danish lives being endangered as we have seen, then the answer is 'no'. |
Under no circumstances will we allow ourselves to be latched onto the tasteless media stunt of an Iranian newspaper. |
We apologize for the fact that the cartoons undeniably have offended many Muslims. |
We are sorry if Muslims have been offended in their faith. It was not the intention. What we did, we did within the constitution, the Danish penal code and international conventions. |
We are sorry the matter has reached these proportions and repeat that we had no intention to offend anyone, and that we as the rest of the Danish society respect freedom of religion. |
We had no idea that this would arouse so much indignation and irritation in the Muslim world. That's what we're apologizing for. |