Freedom of Expression : Counting the Costs
ISBN: 9781443806343
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Political Science;

Freedom of expression has long been cherished as a liberal ideal. But in the political climate of the new millennium free expression finds itself under assault. Muslims greeted the publication by a Danish newspaper of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad with outrage. The Pope was forced to issue an apology after Muslims denounced his remarks about a Byzantine emperor as anti-Islamic. Meanwhile in the UK, the play Behzti was cancelled after protests by Sikhs and Christian activists attem...


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