"A leading Swedish newspaper on Saturday said the country would not apologize
for the recent publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon which has inflamed
devout Muslims around the world. Dagens Nyheter said in an editorial Sweden “has
a duty from now on to defend its principles and present an open dialogue.” It
said offended Muslims would not receive the apologies they are asking for.
Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda published a cartoon on August 18 depicting
the Prophet Mohammed as a dog to illustrate an editorial on self-censorship and
freedom of expression and religion. The Kabul Times, a religious Afghani
newspaper, published Saturday an article by religious leaders expressing their
indignation at this “provocation”, according to Swedish press agency TT."
You don't have to be sorry when you are right. I think that it was a mistake in the last round of this violence that the Danish government came out and said that it was sorry. Freedom of speech means living in a creative, open, and sometimes harsh world where you cannot control what people say about you. The west should not apologise to the east for sticking to its values.
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