Carsten Juste

{{Short description|Danish journalist}} {{Muhammad cartoons}} '''Carsten Juste''' (born 6 July 1947) is a Danish journalist and former editor-in-chief of ''Jyllands-Posten'', a Danish large-circulation newspaper.

Juste started out his career in 1979 as a trainee with ''Jyllands-Posten''. He was its editor-in-chief from January 2003 until the end of April 2008. Juste was embroiled in the controversy following the paper's September 2005 publication of several cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15316|title=Death threats made against two cartoonists|publisher=Reporters Without Borders|date=17 Oct 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114181445/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15316|archivedate=2016-01-14}}</ref>

Juste claimed the international furor over the cartoons amounted to a victory for opponents of free expression. "Those who have won are dictatorships in the Middle East, in Saudi Arabia, where they cut criminals' hands and give women no rights," Juste told The Associated Press. "The dark dictatorships have won."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cartoon-inflames-muslim-world/|title=Cartoon Inflames Muslim World|author=LLOYD VRIES|date=2 Feb 2006|work=CBS News|access-date=2015-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114181444/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cartoon-inflames-muslim-world/|archive-date=2016-01-14|url-status=live}}</ref> Danish police thwarted threats on the life of Juste and ''Jyllands-Posten'' staff members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23125346|title=Police foil plot to kill Muhammad cartoonist|date=2 Dec 2008|work=NBC News|access-date=2015-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114181444/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23125346/ns/world_news-europe/t/police-foil-plot-kill-muhammad-cartoonist|archive-date=2016-01-14|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/12/denmark.cartoon/|title="terror plot" to kill Mohammed cartoonist|work=CNN|date=2 Dec 2008|access-date=2015-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114181444/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/12/denmark.cartoon/|archive-date=2016-01-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In another comment, Juste admitted that the 12 cartoons, one of which depicted Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban, had caused "serious misunderstandings". Carsten Juste said: "The 12 cartoons ... were not intended to be offensive, nor were they at variance with Danish law, but they have indisputably offended many Muslims, for which we apologise."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/31/religion.saudiarabia|title=Danish paper sorry for Muhammad cartoons|author=Nicholas Watt|date=1 Feb 2006|work=The Guardian|access-date=2016-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721040337/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/31/religion.saudiarabia|archive-date=2016-07-21|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Al-Qaeda most wanted==

In 2013, cartoonist Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier was added to Al-Qaeda's most wanted list (he was then murdered by terrorists January 7, 2015), along with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Geert Wilders, Salman Rushdie, Lars Vilks and three ''Jyllands-Posten'' staff members: Kurt Westergaard, Carsten Juste, and Flemming Rose.<ref name="thewire2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewire.com/global/2013/03/al-qaeda-most-wanted-list/62673/|title=Look Who's on Al Qaeda's Most-Wanted List|author=Dashiell Bennet|date=1 Mar 2013|work=The Wire|access-date=2015-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108025940/http://www.thewire.com/global/2013/03/al-qaeda-most-wanted-list/62673/|archive-date=2015-01-08|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3657246/paris-charlie-hebdo-shooting/|title=Paris Police Say 12 Dead After Shooting at Charlie Hebdo|author=Conal Urquhart|magazine=Time|access-date=2015-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107234226/http://time.com/3657246/paris-charlie-hebdo-shooting/|archive-date=2015-01-07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11330505/Murdered-Charlie-Hebdo-cartoonist-was-on-al-Qaeda-wanted-list.html|title=Murdered Charlie Hebdo cartoonist was on al Qaeda wanted list|author=Victoria Ward|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107235743/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11330505/Murdered-Charlie-Hebdo-cartoonist-was-on-al-Qaeda-wanted-list.html|archive-date=2015-01-07|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, 10 journalists and 2 police officers were murdered in Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris. After the attack, Al-Qaeda called for more killings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/charlie-hebdo-editor-stephane-charbonnier-crossed-off-chilling-alqaeda-hitlist-20150108-12k97z.html|title=Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier crossed off chilling al-Qaeda hitlist|author=Lucy Cormack|date=8 January 2015|work=The Age|access-date=2015-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111014923/http://www.theage.com.au/world/charlie-hebdo-editor-stephane-charbonnier-crossed-off-chilling-alqaeda-hitlist-20150108-12k97z.html|archive-date=2015-01-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816170057/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1150191586182&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Drawing conclusions] – interview with Juste in ''The Jerusalem Post'', 15 June 2006

{{DEFAULTSORT:Juste, Carsten}} Category:1947 births Category:21st-century Danish newspaper editors Category:Living people Category:Jyllands-Posten editors