The Tyranny of Silence

The Tyranny of Silence by Flemming Rose, Cato Institute, 2016. 

A Danish journalist’s memoir of standing up to Islam. In 1990 the author became the Moscow correspondent for the Berligske Tidenda. The author was the Moscow correspondent for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, starting in 1999 to 2004. Later, he became the Culture Editor of the Jyllands0-Posten (2004). Rose wanted to find out whether Danish cartoonists would censor themselves to avoid offending Muslim sensibilities. Rose commissioned a set of cartoons of the prophet Mohammad. Twelve cartoonists responded. They were published in 2005. On his TV show Yusuf al Qaradawi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, hosted a television program during which he called for a day of rage for February 3, 2006. On February 4,2006 the Jyllands-Posten published a collection of anti-Semitic cartoons from the Arab press.  Jytte Klausen published a book called “The Cartoons that Shook the World” in 2009,  The publisher, Yale University Press, removed all images of the Prophet from this book. The author discusses the evolution of freedom of speech and of the press in the West.  Fleming Rose opposes the criminalization of speech. Fleming Rose opposes treating religion the same way race is treated.