The Role Of Censorship In The Art World

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Not only does there need to be censorship during wartime and in the art world, but there also needs to be censorship whenever it comes to religion. The U.S. gives us freedom of religion, but there are limits to what should be said about other religions to keep from offending anyone. Haroon Siddiqui, editor emeritus of the Toronto Star, says that the controversy over a Danish newspaper’s caricature of Prophet Muhammad is an example of the bad relations with Muslims (50). Muslims do not draw images of their Prophet Muhammed. The Danish newspaper should have kept their thought of Prophet Muhammed censored. “The Danes have neither defended freedom of speech well nor upheld another sacred secular principle, mutual respect between peoples of all

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