Cartoon That Shock The World

World has been shocked by the caricature published by Danish Newspaper 4 years ago. From article Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy described them as Islamophobic or racist argued that they are blasphemous to people of the Muslim faith, are intended to humiliate a Danish minority, or are a manifestation of ignorance about the history of Western imperialism.In the world of civilisation, Danish should go further research about culture and religious view before publish it to their newspaper and so do to the other 50 countries.

The 12 cartoons were drawn by 12 profesional cartoonist in Denmark. Whereby, most of them are regular political cartoonist for Danish newspapers. Four of the cartoons have Danish texts. One deliberately evades the whole problem, depicting a school child in Denmark named Muhammad, not the prophet Muhammad. One of the cartoons is based on a special Danish cultural expression, and one includes a Danish politician.

source: http://www.danzfamily.com/archives/2006/02/muslim_outrage.php

In my opinion, Danish might have less knowledge about Islam that makes them decided to sketch Prophet Muhammad caricature since they didn’t even know that is prohibited by Islam itself.

To support with that, Zimmerman and Perkin (1982), designing instructional graphics that must bridge cultural boundaries that made getting into dept into the knowledge, beliefs, and concerns of their audience and used what they learned to select symbols that were meaningful for their intended audiences.

As for this cased, Danish Newspaper neglected cultural boundaries in their publication. Even if it's not based on Islam I could say each and everyone stands up for their religion no matter. So culture and religion studies is a must.

References

1. Karen A. Schriver. (1997). The interplay of words and pictures. In: Karen A. Schriver Dynamics in document design : creating texts for readers. New York: Wiley Computer Pub.. Ch. 6, pp. 361-441.
2. Mares, P. (2010). The Cartoons that Shook the World. Available: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2010/2804643.htm. Last accessed 14th Nov 2010.
3. Anonymous. (2010). Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy. Last accessed 14th Nov 2010.