Jordan Summons Danish Cartoonist on Blasphemy Charges

A Danish cartoonist and ten newspaper editors have reportedly been summoned by Jordan's public prosecutor on charges of "blasphemy" for reprinting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

According to the Copenhagen Post, prosecutor Hassan Abdullat has subpoenaed the 11 Danes for drawing and reprinting cartoons they say offend Islam, charging them with "threatening the national peace."

Under Jordanian law, reproducing images of the Prophet Muhammad inside — or even outside the country — is illegal under the Jordanian Justice Act, the newspaper wrote.


A lawyer representing "The Prophet Unites Us," a Jordanian group angling for the prosecution, said that if the Danish journalists did not appear in Jordan for legal proceedings, the next step would be to inform Interpol and seek their arrest.

But the Danish foreign ministry said that the journalists would not be forcibly deported, as the printing of the controversial cartoons is not a punishable offense in Denmark.

Jordanian courts have not issued an indictment, but lawyers are hoping the case will help establish an international law against slandering religion, according to Danish reports.

Abdullat has summoned Kurt Westergaard, a cartoonist facing death threats for his depiction of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban in the shape of a bomb.


Abdullat also subpoenaed the editors of ten newspapers that reprinted the infamous cartoon in March, the paper reported.

The summons came just one day after the Danish embassy in Pakistan was destroyed in a bombing that killed 6, apparently a reprisal for the reprinting of the cartoons.





Outrageous!


This is a complete overstepping of any type of bounds. They are imposing their own rules over the rest of us that are not even part of their country or "Religion" of Evil.


They want these men to be extradited? Unbelievably brazen. How dare they even make that suggestion?


Freedom of speech is basic to all Humanitarian countries.


They don't care about Freedom of Speech. This is why they should never have ANY power. This is a perfect example.


 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,558546,00.html


Westergaard's controversial cartoon was one of 12 that appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 and led to widespread violent protests throughout the Middle East, Asia, Denmark and Africa.
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Several months after the cartoons were published, a Pakistani cleric reportedly offered 1.5 million rupee — roughly $16,700 — and a car to anyone who killed Westergaard.


That's murder for hire. They should extradite that cleric for conspiring to kill someone. Why are there no charges being brought for that?