Opposing Certainties Widen Gap Between West and Muslim World
By Anthony Shadid and Kevin Sullivan
— Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, February 16, 2006; A01
BEIRUT, Feb. 15 — It was Oct. 13 when Teguh Santosa, a 30-year-old editor with wire-rim glasses, slicked-back black hair and a stubbly beard, decided to make a point in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country. His idea was a small gesture in a broader confrontation, illustrating the power of images in shaping sentiments. He scanned a dozen cartoons published in September by a Danish newspaper that lampooned the prophet Muhammad and chose to publish the one on his news Web site that has proven the most inflammatory: the prophet wearing a turban shaped like a bomb with a lit fuse. Continue reading “Anatomy of the Cartoon Protest Movement”
Teguh Santosa 