The drawings of Mohammed printed in Jyllands-Posten newspaper were not racist, a court in Århus has decided

Two editors of Jyllands-Posten newspaper have been acquitted of racism charges stemming from its publication of 12 drawings of the prophet Mohammed in September 2005.
Seven Muslim organisations had charged editor in chief Carsten Juste and culture editor Flemming Rose with racism in civil suit.

The court said the organisations had not proven that the drawings or the accompanying articles had intentionally offended Muslims.

The decision is the third time the Muslim organisations have had their efforts to have the newspaper charged with racism turned down by the courts. They will appeal today’s decision.

The courts rejected other attempts to have the paper tried for criminal charges of blasphemy, racism and hate speech.

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