Via USA Today
Via the BBC:
‘The debate, which took place in a cafe, was described on a personal website of Lars Vilks as a talk on whether any limits should be placed on artistic expression or freedom of speech.’
Some eager attendees contributed bullets and a few words in Arabic, before heading out for some fresh air:
‘Eyewitness Dennis Myhoff-Brink: “We heard…20 or 30 shots…and a person yelling something in Arabic…”
Gunmen have killed one person and injured three police officers at a free speech debate in Copenhagen attended by a controversial Swedish cartoonist, officials say…
The French ambassador was also present at the seminar….
Reports say up to 40 shots were fired and a manhunt has been launched…’
Vilks is no stranger to needing security detail.
Nothing says your cause is just, your efforts noble, your suffering righteous, like trying to kill cartoonists in cafes, and murdering others in the process.
Addition: And here you go, an attack on a synagogue in Copenhagen as well:
More here:
From the magic vault:
Mark Steyn discussed complaints brought against Macleans, Canada’s largest publication, by the President of the Canadian Islamic Congress (who sent three representatives) to TVOntario. They were upset at the pieces Steyn had published there. The complaints went through the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for alleged “Islamophobia” and “promoting hate:”
Notice the unholy alliance between Muslim grievance and Left/activist identity politics and the unsettling incentives it creates.
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It takes a special kind of ideological commitment to call the Ft. Hood shooting an example of ‘workplace violence.’
See Also: From Volokh: ‘”South Park” Creators Warned (Threatened) Over Mohammed’
A Few More Thoughts On The Marathon Bombing: Free Speech Is Key
Tariq Ramadan speaks both multicultural-ese and the language of Muslim Brotherhood, and ironically it’s the 68er and socialist who stands for neither religious belief nor multiculturalism confronts him
Repost-From Beautiful Horizons: ‘Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ramadan at the 92nd Street Y’
When you add it all up, it’s a lot From Kenanmalik.com: ‘Introduction: How Salman Rushdie Changed My Life’… Via YouTube: ‘Christopher Hitchens Vs. Ahmed Younis On CNN (2005)’… ‘Mohammad Cartoonist Lars Vilks Headbutted‘During Lecture’……From The OC Jewish Experience: ‘UC Irvine Muslim Student Union Suspended’…From Volokh: ‘”South Park” Creators Warned (Threatened) Over Mohammed’… More From Spiegel Online After The Westergaard Attacks Via A & L Daily: ‘The West Is Choked By Fear’