Free Inquiry (magazine)
(Redirected from Borders, Waldenbooks won't carry magazine containing Muhammed cartoons)
Date: 2006
Region: North America
Subject: Religious
Medium: Print Journalism
Artist: Free Inquiry magazine
Confronting Bodies: Borders, Waldenbooks
Date of Action: March 2006
Location: Across U.S.A.
Description of Artwork: Free Inquiry magazine containing four of the cartoons originally appearing in a Danish newspaper in September 2005, including one depicting Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban with a lit fuse.
The Incident: Borders and Waldenbooks announced that they will not stock the April/May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains the cartoons, citing as reasons the "safety and security of our customers and employees."
Results of Incident: April/May 2006 issue of Free Inquiry magazine was unavailable at Borders and Waldenbooks
Source: SFGate.com (San Francisco Chronicle)
