by Jerry Gordon (October 2009)


Kurt Westergaard, the genial, but controversial Danish cartoonist who drew the ‘cartoon that shook the Muslim world,’ has just finished a whirlwind North American Tour sponsored by the Danish and International Free Press Societies. The tour was occasioned by the fourth anniversary of the publication of his famous Mohammed cartoon with a turban shaped like a bomb along with 11 others by the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten (JP). Mr. Westergaard has had a long association with JP as one of Denmark premier satiric cartoonists. His appearances on this tour included events at Princeton and Yale Universities, a closed luncheon at the Manhattan Institute, a dinner with the Hudson Institute briefing council, TV and media interviews with the National Post in Toronto. We had facilitated the Manhattan Institute event and posted commentary and interviews about Mr. Westergaard’s appearances at Princeton and Yale. We were fortunate to have caught up with him through the auspices of a colleague, Bjorn Larsen, and held an interview prior to his departure to Denmark. more>>>