Muslims/Followers of Islam
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Flemming Rose is the culture editor of Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark, which originally published the cartoons
"I did not ask the illustrators to make the Prophet a laughing stock - I asked them to draw the Prophet as they see him.
In Denmark we have a tradition of satire and humour and some cartoonists made satirical cartoons. We have done the same thing with Jesus Christ and other religions. That's what we do with the royal family, politicians and other public figures. We were not treating Islam or the Prophet any differently from how we treat everybody else in Denmark.
The cartoons have given impetus to a very important debate about integration in Denmark. The debate on the one hand looks at how much the receiving community should compromise on their own values and standards when they are receiving foreigners, immigrants and refugees.
On the other hand the debate focuses on how much of their own culture immigrants have to give up."