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by Daniel Pipes Feb 07, 2006
The key issue at stake in the battle over the twelve Danish
cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad is this: will the
West stand up for its customs and mores, including freedom
of speech, or will Muslims impose their way of life on the
West? Ultimately, there is no compromise; Westerners will
either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and
blaspheme, or not.
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=12215
You get the spin, don't you? Europe stands with the Danes.
So come time to vote on the EU Constitution the Danes must
stand with Europe. Slick. Even as he takes this stand, Pipes
is carefully covering his back against journalists uncovering
the link between him and Flemming Rose, the Danish
magazine's cultural editor:
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My role in the Danish cartoon affair
Posted by Daniel Pipes on Feb. 6, 2006
There's a conspiracy theory developing about myself and
Flemming Rose, the Jyllands-Posten cultural editor who
published the famous twelve cartoons of the Muslim prophet.
I'll begin with the conspiracy theory (but without providing
links or even quotes, as I don't want to send readers to these
crackpot websites), and then provide the facts.
The conspiracy theory: Rose came to Philadelphia in
October 2004 to see me and we developed a close bond.
Then, as a result of this visit, Rose decided to publish the
cartoons.
The facts: Rose visited me in my office on October 25, 2004,
when he interviewed me for a feature piece on me that he
published on October 29 in Jyllands-Posten. The resulting
article, "Truslen fra islamismen," can be found on my
website, as can a translation of it into English, "The Threat of
Islamism." It was a standard interview in which Rose inquired
about my views on a variety of questions pertaining to radical