The cloud as symbol: destruction or dialogue.

From: Cross Currents | Date: March 22, 2006| Author: Basker, Jacqueline Taylor | Copyright information

The power images continue to wield over the human psyche was forcefully reaffirmed by the recent controversy over the satirical cartoons of Muhammad published in the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, on September 30, 2005. Critics of the cartoons claim they were designed to insult and humiliate the Muslim minority in Denmark. (1) Depicting Muhammad with a bomb in his turban was considered blasphemous for Muslims who felt this implied all Muslims were terrorists. From their perspec...

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