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...Free-Speech Lessons Re "A right to offend?" [Feb. 13], on the controversy over the Danish newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad: As a liberal Muslim practicing medicine in Britain, I am very much integrated into the Western world. Still, I know that the Prophet is so close to every Muslim's heart that you could probably not hurt Muslims as much by caricaturing God. The Muslim world has unfortunately been hijacked by its real enemies, the Islamic terrorists. While moderate Muslims are trying to find their voice and salvage their religion, the Western media help the radicals by making...
...Muslims may object to the sugges-tion that they are berserk bombers, but their recent reaction to the Danish cartoons would seem to prove the point. Steve Geller Berkeley, California, U.S. Muslims around the world were rightly disturbed by the cartoons of Muhammad. In the name of free speech, Westerners have been insulting our religion for too long. But our reaction should comply with the teachings of the Koran. We should follow the noble ways of Muhammad instead of engaging in violent protest. Jalal Ud Din Lahore...
Muslims may object to the suggestion that they are berserk bombers, but their recent reaction to the Danish cartoons would seem to prove the point...
...Right to Offend?" [Feb. 13], On the controversy over the Danish newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad: As a liberal Muslim practicing medicine in Britain, I am very much integrated into the Western world. The Muslim world has unfortunately been hijacked by its real enemies, Islamic terrorists. While moderate Muslims are trying to find their voice and salvage their religion, the Western media help the radicals by making fun of everything that's precious to a common Muslim...
...strange aftermath of the Danish cartoon scandal, the most insightful and incisive critique of the affair and the subsequent reaction came from within the Muslim world itself. Jordanian journalist Jihad Momani, in a piece for the Jordanian tabloid al-Shihan—for which Momani has been subsequently vilified—posed the following question: “What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures of a hostage taker slashing the throat of his victim in front of the cameras, or a suicide bomber who blows himself up during a wedding ceremony...