Friday, March 7, 2008
They're sorry about Wafa Sultan's comments, not for their host's casual Holocaust questioning, of course: Al Jazeera apology for guest remark
Al Jazeera has apologised for "offensive" remarks made by a guest during a live debate about the reprinting of cartoons in Denmark said to insult Prophet Muhammad.
In a statement on Wednesday, Al Jazeera expressed its "deepest apologies" for comments made by Wafa Sultan, a Syrian-born US-based academic, which "offended Islam"...
Oh, and by the way, please don't kill us:
...Protests have raged across the Muslim world since several Danish newspapers recently reprinted a drawing featuring the prophet.
The cartoon, first published in early 2006, caused days of protests worldwide, including in Afghanistan, where 11 people were killed.
Al Jazeera is based in the Gulf state of Qatar.
[via Jihad Watch]
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Al Jazeera has had Wafa Sultan on earlier, and they knew damned well, what she would probably say - and did say. They brought her on - and hurried to apology afterwards. Well, in Sweden they have a saying: "It's easier to apologize than to ask for permission!" So Al Jazeera probably just did, what they thought the proper thing to do.
Thank you Al Jazeera for that! You are supporting freedom of speach, keep up the good work!
perharry, Denmark.
God Bless Denmark for being one of the very few Western european countries that have not capitulated to dhimmitude.