They Judged the Cartoons, but Did Not Read the Book

by Jonathan H. Adler
The Volokh Conspiracy
October 26, 2009

https://www.legal-project.org/538/they-judged-the-cartoons-but-did-not-read-the-book

Excerpt:

This morning NPR ran a story on Yale University's decision to force the Yale University Press to remove all depictions of the prophet Muhammed, including several controversial Danish cartoons, from Jytte Klausen's book The Cartoons that Shook the World.  As had already been reported, the University's decision was based, in part, on various outside experts on national security, terrorism, and Islam who beleived republication of the cartoons could spark further violence.  What I had not previously known, but NPR reported today, is that the experts consulted by Yale University were not asked to read the book, only to comment on the cartoons.

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