Muslims have the right to rebut articles and images they find offensive using any language they deem appropriate. They DO NOT have the right to respond with violence.
Meanwhile, Austria sentences British historian David Irving to three years in prison for denying the holocaust. The message the west transmits to the Arab world: denigrating Islam is free speech, but denigrating Jews is a crime.


Just for the record, here are the cartoons that have caused all the hoopla.

And incidentally, their violent response verifies that the accusations against Islamic fundamentalists are indeed accurate.
Jyllands-Posten (Denmark) - 9/30/05


Source: Jyllands-Posten (Denmark) - 9/30/05


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Since no one really knows what Muhammed looked like (and why is his name spelled so many different ways) how can anyone say these are depictions of the guy? Linda
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