Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update

* in one of the few lingering court cases involving the 2006 protests and violence over the 2005 publication of Muhammed-related cartoons in a newspaper in Denmark, two television journalists in Algeria were acquitted. They had faced a potential of five years in jail for what they claim was mistakenly showing the cartoons on air.

* this article provides a rough idea of the shape and form of the recent flurry of violence madness in Nigeria over drawings of Muhammed and accusations of drawings of Muhammed.

* missed it: this article late last week in the Copenhagen Post talks about a new documentary concerning the Danish Cartoons Controversy. The film apparently confirms what many thought at the time was the fact that most protesters hadn't seen the cartoons. More importantly, it identifies a trigger event for the worst of the violence: Sheik Yussuf Al-Qaradawi declaring February 3 2006 "Anger Day" on his TV show. The documentary ran last night on Denmark TV.

* just in case you need reminding the ridiculous spark for a cartoonist's jailing, violent protest and calls for newspaper closure in Bangladesh, bookmark this page.
 
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