Quoting Professor Ali Asani: Why Muhammad Cartoons Sparked Outrage Among Muslim Attackers

Quoting Professor Ali Asani: Why Muhammad Cartoons Sparked Outrage Among Muslim AttackersExcerpt:

“That disrespect is connected with memories of Western notions of cultural superiority and imperialism when Muslims were seen as inferior to Westerners,” Ali Asani, professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic religion and cultures at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, told IBTimes. Muslims are most inclined to be offended by works that specifically target Islam or the prophet, he said.

via http://www.ibtimes.com/charlie-hebdo-attack-why-muhammad-cartoons-sparked-outrage-among-muslim-attackers-1777946

 


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