Magazine to publish prophet cartoons

I hate to post this after an Arab related comedy sketch but this news just came in.

Magazine to publish prophet cartoons

Free Inquiry's April-May issue, to be released March 15, will include four of

the drawings which originally appeared in a Danish newspaper in September, the magazine's editors said Wednesday.

Editor Tom Flynn said the magazine was acting in solidarity with several European newspapers which have reprinted the drawings, demonstrating a commitment to free expression and a free press.

Also driving the decision was the Center for Inquiry's mission to promote freedom of inquiry "in all areas of human endeavor."

"No religious teaching, community, or institution should be held immune from criticism simply because of its religious nature," Flynn said.

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I read Free Inquiry and I stand behind what they are other free thought organizations are doing! One groups belief system should not take the rights of the world away!

Why do religious traditions always meddle with people’s rights? Why? Can anyone answer that? And is this right? If so, how or why, without using a specific supernatural belief system since those vary from person to person.