Manal and Alaa's bit bucket free speech from the bletches

The most talked about cartoon, the one picturing Mohammed with a bomb in his turban, is by a lot people(also Danes) frowned upon. Personally I don't find it degrading to Muslims, but that is related to what I see in the drawing.

As explained by Thomas, stereotypes are very common here in Denmark when it comes to satiric drawings. They are used to simplify complex situations and provoke the viewer to think and find his/her own opinion or at least remind us of how we feel. I see this very controversial drawing trying to communicate the question: "Is Islam the same as terrorism just because some fanatics blow them selves up in the name of The Great Prophet or Allah?" We in the western world is bombarded with pictures of fanatic Muslims doing all kind of crazy things in the name of Allah, I do not even know where to start, but is that the same as Islam being fundamentally evil? I and everyone I know will say no but some of us need this picture among other things to provoke and remind us of that. This might sound backwards, but this is how we sometimes debate and communicate in my country. Sometimes it requires a lot from the viewer and artists are often misinterpreted locally so of cause they are misinterpreted internationally.

I don’t know the real intension behind the drawing and it might be what we all are afraid of(hate), but remember that drawings like these are meant to be interpreted and there is rarely any singular truth in art(not that the drawing is very well made). Often the response or feeling awoken in the viewer tells more of the viewer than the art itself.

This is my opinion on this single drawing and not the whole controversy, which I find too confusing at this moment. Denmark being the root of so much evil??? Anyone who has any contact with Danes or Denmark must be asking the same question!