Flemming Rose quotes
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“The cartoonists treated Islam the same way they treat Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions. And by treating Muslims in Denmark as equals they made a point we are integrating you into the Danish tradition of satire because you are part of our society, not strangers. The cartoons are including, rather than excluding, Muslims.”
-- Flemming RoseSource : "Why I Published Those Cartoons". www.washingtonpost.com. February 19, 2006.
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“I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But] it's a fact of globalization, and we must consider it.”
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“The only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended.”
-- Flemming RoseSource : "We Must All Be Charlie Hebdo Today" by Flemming Rose, www.politico.com. December 23, 2014.
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“There is no society that protects freedom of religion more than secular democracies, because in societies where one religion rules, different viewpoints will be labelled as heresy and blasphemy. Why? Because the society is built on religion - not freedom for all points of view.”
-- Flemming RoseSource : Source: theundercurrent.org
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“What is one man's hate speech is another man's poetry.”
-- Flemming RoseSource : Source: theundercurrent.org
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“The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words to express ourselves in very eloquent and complex ways. We grow up telling and listening to stories. That's what turns us into the people we are.”
-- Flemming RoseSource : Source: theundercurrent.org
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Source : "Sometimes, you just gotta' shut down". Interview With Amy Green, www.salon.com. 1995.
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“If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.”
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“On days when the sky is grey, the sun has not disappeared forever.”
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“Islam is perfect, there is nothing to be added or changed.”
Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.
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Source : "Islam Is a Faith of Reason". Interview with Stefan Aust and Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. October 12, 2006.
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“I keep waiting, like in the cartoons, for an anvil to drop on my head.”
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