NYT reporter wonders why anyone would hold a 'Muhammad drawing contest'

A steaming hot take from Rukmini Callimachi, “foreign correspondent for the New York Times, focusing on Islamic extremism“:

Free speech aside, why would anyone do something as provocative as hosting a "Muhammad drawing contest"?

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 4, 2015

It’s the same Charlie Hebdo argument all over again.

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