Students back cartoon of Jesus and Muhammad kissing
-19/02/06
A student newspaper at Ca
Students back cartoon of Jesus and Muhammad kissing
-19/02/06
A student newspaper at Canada’s largest university is refusing to back down after publishing a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus kissing.
The cartoon was published last Wednesday alongside an editorial addressing the debate on whether to publish controversial Danish cartoons that have sparked protest around the world
Nick Ragaz, managing editor for the Strand, says the newspaper is not pulling the controversial issues off campus and the cartoon will also remain on its website.
In a online message, he said the cartoon was intended to provoke debate, dialogue, and thought and should not be understood to promote violence or hate.
“The cartoon is a sort of Canadian statement on religious tolerance,” said Ragaz.
“This is not an act of hate,” he said. “It’s controversial, yes, but it’s no attack”.
“We will not be pulling the issues from the stands or withdrawing the cartoon from our website,” Ragaz continued.
“We hope, and this is our intention in publishing the cartoon, to provoke reasoned considerate debate and dialogue about these issues both on campus and, I guess now, off campus”.
He says the newspaper’s staff thought long and hard about publishing the cartoon and printing it hasn’t broken any laws or university policies.
He says he regrets that some people feel upset by the cartoon but that wasn’t the intention.
The University of Toronto student union says it has received several complaints about the cartoon.
The paper is however being supported by the president of Victoria University and the Victoria University student council.
“The decision to print the cartoon was carefully considered in an effort to advocate tolerance,” Brian Clow, president of the Victoria University Students’ Association said.
Students back cartoon of Jesus and Muhammad kissing
-19/02/06
A student newspaper at Canada’s largest university is refusing to back down after publishing a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus kissing.
The cartoon was published last Wednesday alongside an editorial addressing the debate on whether to publish controversial Danish cartoons that have sparked protest around the world
Nick Ragaz, managing editor for the Strand, says the newspaper is not pulling the controversial issues off campus and the cartoon will also remain on its website.
In a online message, he said the cartoon was intended to provoke debate, dialogue, and thought and should not be understood to promote violence or hate.
“The cartoon is a sort of Canadian statement on religious tolerance,” said Ragaz.
“This is not an act of hate,” he said. “It’s controversial, yes, but it’s no attack”.
“We will not be pulling the issues from the stands or withdrawing the cartoon from our website,” Ragaz continued.
“We hope, and this is our intention in publishing the cartoon, to provoke reasoned considerate debate and dialogue about these issues both on campus and, I guess now, off campus”.
He says the newspaper’s staff thought long and hard about publishing the cartoon and printing it hasn’t broken any laws or university policies.
He says he regrets that some people feel upset by the cartoon but that wasn’t the intention.
The University of Toronto student union says it has received several complaints about the cartoon.
The paper is however being supported by the president of Victoria University and the Victoria University student council.
“The decision to print the cartoon was carefully considered in an effort to advocate tolerance,” Brian Clow, president of the Victoria University Students’ Association said.