European Press shows solidarity with threatened Danish cartoonist

Importance of religion in Muslim culture: Muslim culture seems to be the only and most important thing in their life. They would stone a woman for a petty crime and it is sanctioned under islam.

Obviously not all muslims are totally against the articles. I had made a post about one such journalist in a newspaper in Jordan:

In a separate article, the newspaper's editor, Jihad Momani, urged the world's Muslims to "be reasonable" in their response to the drawings.

The paper's publishers sacked him hours later over the "shock" he had caused, Jordan's official Petra news agency reported.

There are probably many like this, yet do not want to be too outspoken in this hysteria.

You state that you don't think the insult has anything to do with the freedom of the press. They feel insulted that the a picture of Muhammad was drawn. If some muslims can go around blowing up buildings and people, then I am sure we can put some ink on paper and draw Muhammad(yes, this sounds ridiculous).

All it is is hysteria, and people are getting caught up into it.

the problem with nazis isn't that they cartooned jews, but that they killed or chased jewish journalists, abolished the freedoms like this freedom of the press you deny here, and finally killed milions of jews. From this perspective, islam is more like nazi than danes with their stupid cartoons . . .

prove that.

If you disagree, sue them. For instance certain Indian actress has sued a magazine for putting her face on a naked or scantly dressed body. That's ok. But don't allow your sociological neuro circuits to overflow. On thing is a cartoonist and another is the Denmark, one thing is to sue him and another thing is to make life threats.

Also, Mohammed is not your mother: he is a Universal historical figure and belongs to no one in exclussivity. This is a most important concept.

Again, if you feel insulted, sue them.

Our freedom of speech is sacred: more than Quran, more than the Bible, more than the "honor" of our mothers and more than the risk of death and even nuclear war - you bet it.

The West has fought wars and overthrew kings for the rights they have attained now, and I do not think threats from islamic terrorists are going stop it. Freedom of speach I believe is a basic human right, we were given a free concious for a reason, and not to be told what to do. The Quran was written to its followers, and it says do not draw Allah, so this means that the followers should not draw him.  Thereis a great quote out there that states: I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.  -Voltaire

Although, this "argument" has less to do with freedom of speach, and much to do with an "insult from the west." I bet many of these extremists who cry out to kill these Danes have never even seen all the cartoons, but only have heard that they depicted Allah.

I wonder,  does this out rage stem from Muslim peoples own insecurities of their faith?

Really, if your faith is insulted/challenged in such a way are you so afraid you will loose your faith or that your whole religion will crumble?

 ... protest in the form of a boycott? bomb threats? the threat of murder (Salman Rushdie)? or actual murder itself (Theo Van Gogh)?

To Strategos:

Cartoon is the reaction to bombing, boycotting is the reaction of cartoon, protest is the reaction of the boycotting... I fear what end would be of this vicious cycle.

just like how americans and brits kill muslims now in Iraq right?

right.