Jyllands-Posten Statement Leads Danish Muhammed Cartoon News Update

The Times of London has the best of all the available summaries on forward movement in the story of protests in reaction to last September's publication of Muhammed in a cartoon contest hosted by the newspaper Jyllands-Posten, and their subsequent, more recent publication in Norway: Editor Carsten Juste issued a statement that apologized for the offense but not the action (in English here), protests and denouncements continue throughout the Middle East, and, perhaps most interestingly, Danish muslim leaders take a step back in the light of events like threats against Danish tourists abroad and adopt what looks like a much friendlier stance towards the apology.

For a little context, here's an interesting article from Reason last November about the general pressure European media sources have felt from Islamic groups. Plus, apparently, the European Union has Denmark's back.

My old link for some of the cartoons themselves no longer works -- the political blog Brussels Journal has been covering the story more vigorously than any other news source. They reprint all 12 cartoons in this post; they're probably also the place to go if you want more exact timing on the story's various developments the last few days.
 
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