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International Holocaust Cartoon Contest was a cartoon competition sponsored by the Iranian newspaper ''Hamshahri'', to denounce what it called "Western hypocrisy on freedom of speech". The event was staged in response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy,〔('Iranian TV Report on International Holocaust Cartoon Contest in Tehran' (Video) ), ((Transcripts) ), IRINN, September 20, 2006〕 and to deny the Holocaust.〔(In Tehran, a riposte to the Danish cartoons ) ((Archived ) on May 26, 2011)〕 In January 2015, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the magazines subsequent decision to publish further cartoons of Muhammad, the Iranian House of Cartoon and the Sarcheshmeh Cultural Complex in Iran announced that they would be sponsoring ''The 2nd International Holocaust Cartoons Contest''. The deadline for entries has been set for 1 April 2015, with the winners to be announced at a later date. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/01/the-hypocrisy-of-irans-holocaust-cartoon-contest/385058/ )〕 ==The Contest== On February 6, 2006, Farid Mortazavi, graphics editor of ''Hamshahri'', announced a competition for cartoons on the Holocaust. The twelve best contributions were to be rewarded with a gold coin each, which were later increased to $5,000 to $12,000 prizes for the top 3 cartoons and 3 gold coins each for 12 other cartoonists. Later, ''Hamshahri'' published an English introduction to the contest, as well as preliminary rules. The contest was created in response to the twelve cartoons published by the Danish newspaper ''Jyllands-Posten'' (see ''Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy'') to challenge the championing of freedom of speech in the defense of the ''Jyllands-Posten'' cartoons. This was done under the notion that those who supported the ''Jyllands-Postens right to free anti-Islamic speech would be placed in a precarious position were they to condemn the antisemitic cartoons targeted at one of the most sensitive of Jewish topics. In that introductory message for the contest, ''Hamshahri'' denounced what they called Western hypocrisy on freedom of speech, alleging that "it is impossible in the West to joke upon or even discuss certain topics related to Judaism, such as the Holocaust, and the pretexts for the creation of Israel." On February 14, 2006, the editor in chief of ''Hamshahri'' commented in Persian that "the purpose of establishing such a competition is not to offend or ridicule anyone, but to do a discussion about the realities of the Holocaust." He also indicated that ''Hamshahri'' tries really hard not to cause pain for anyone and also added that the newspaper has no contention with the Jews in Iran or any other place, but that it has problems with Zionism.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/story/2006/02/060214_he-hamshahri.shtml (Persian), 2006〕 Masood Shojaei, the director of Iran’s Caricature House which cosponsored the competition also said: "Iran’s Caricature House, as the only technically qualified center involved in the competition regards the Holocaust topic as a terrible and saddening issue".〔http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=290458 MehrNews.com (Persian)〕 The exhibition put on by The Iran Cartoon Organisation and ''Hamshahri'' newspaper opened on August 14, 2006. After the winners were announced in November 2006, Shojaei said the competition would become an annual event. The Associated Press quoted him as saying "Actually, we will continue until the destruction of Israel".〔Nasser Karimi: (Iran names winner of its Holocaust cartoon contest ), ''Associated Press'', November 2, 2006〕 However, Shojaei categorically denies that he even spoke to the Associated Press reporter.〔("Sheer Lies" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Holocaust Cartoon Competition」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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