Conservative Casual Friday--Kurt Westergaard and the Jihad against Free Speech

Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard died July 14.  His drawing of Islam's prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban was among 12 cartoons published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten on September 30, 2005, that enraged Muslims worldwide.  The newspaper's then culture editor, Flemming Rose, who oversaw the cartoons' publication, has documented in detail this Cartoon Crisis in his 2014 book The Tyranny of Silence.  To discuss this crisis and ongoing global efforts to stifle criticism about Islam, show host Andrew E. Harrod will join attorney and free speech advocate Deborah Weiss.  She has worked for national security think tanks and the Congressional Committee on House Oversight.  Her numerous publications include the Center for Security Policy monograph, The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Jihad on Free Speech.  What lessons do Westergaard's life and the Cartoon Crisis hold for freedom around the world, and what is the state of free speech concerning Islam today, are among the issues Harrod and Weiss will discuss.