Anorak News (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
GREGORIUS Nekschot is a victim of our times: “I never expected the Spanish Inquisition,” recalls the cartoonist, who goes by the nom de plume Gregorius Nekschot, quoting the British comedy team Monty Python. A fan of ribald gags, he’s a caustic foe of religion, particularly Islam. The Quran, crucifixion, sexual organs and goats are among his [...]
Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... the cartoonist, "," is offensive to Muslims. That makes his arrest no less phenomenally stupid.Mr. Nekschot, who calls the investigation "surreal," says, "Not even Monty Python could have come up with this." (His pen name, Gregorius Nekschot, is a mocking tribute to Gregory IX, a 13th-century pope who set up a Vatican department to hunt down and execute heretics. Nekschot...
Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
In Sweden offensive speech is punished by the state as hets mot folkgrupp . In Britain bloggers can be arrested for “racist” writings on their blogs. A publisher in France was put on trial for printing a cartoon of Mohammed. In the Netherlands, Gregorius Nekschot was summoned by the police for drawing offensive cartoons. America is heading for a crackdown on free speech, but it won’t...
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... “I never expected the Spanish Inquisition,” recalls the cartoonist, who goes by the nom de plume Gregorius Nekschot, quoting the British comedy team Monty Python. A fan of ribald gags, he’s a caustic foe of religion, particularly Islam. The Quran, crucifixion, sexual organs and goats are among his favorite motifs. Mr. Nekschot, whose cartoons had appeared mainly on his own...
The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The Washington Post has an excellent article on the challenges of free speech, religion and cartooning that is expanding out from the infamous Mohammed cartoons in Denmark citing the recent arrest of Gregorius Nekschot and a case in Britain that caused police to end an ad campaign that featured a German shepherd puppy because dogs [...]
Dhimmi Watch (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
You really can't make this stuff up. Gregorius Nekschot Update. "Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist," by Andrew Higgins for the Wall Street Journal, July 12: On a sunny May morning, six plainclothes police officers, two uniformed policemen and...
Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
The Persecution of Gregorius Nekschot We’ve written previously about the plight of the Dutch cartoonist Gregorius Nekschot, who is being persecuted by his own government for publishing “discriminatory” cartoons — i.e. cartoons that might be considered offensive by Muslims. See the bottom of this article for a complete list of earlier posts on the topic. An article in today’s...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... never expected the Spanish Inquisition," recalls the cartoonist, who goes by the nom de plume Gregorius Nekschot, quoting the British comedy team Monty Python. A fan of ribald gags, he's a caustic foe of religion, particularly Islam. The Quran, crucifixion, sexual organs and goats are among his favorite motifs.Mr. Nekschot, whose cartoons had appeared mainly on his own Web...
