[snarks_when_bored]

If this guy's company is getting paid by our government, there's something amiss.

[Lekker 1]

Um...correct me if I'm wrong but weren't the cartoons published in the WEST, not the ISLAMIC WORLD?

[Argus]

Muslims make a point of not insulting Christians about their faith.

I guess beheading the infidels doesn't count as "insulting".

[Nachum]

In a world that is more of a global village than ever before, there must be compromises. Muslims make a point of not insulting Christians about their faith.

But, bash Jews every chance they get.

[RightWhale]

The West does not care about the state of culture in the ME, so long as the oil can be produced. Columbus was trying to find an alternate route to Indian and China so shipping didn't have to go through the ME. Nobody wanted to ship through the ME. Still don't.

[CWOJackson]

"In a world that is more of a global village than ever before, there must be compromises. Muslims make a point of not insulting Christians about their faith."

? ? ? ? ?

What global village is missing this idiot?

[dynachrome]

"Muslims make a point of not insulting Christians about their faith. "

Broke my BS meter.
No mention of the Jews I note.

[Steely Tom]

...West's absolutes have limits in Islamic world

Hey, Einstein, you're missing the point. The problem is that Islamic absolutes are not limits on the West. At least they weren't until the MSM was taken over by cowards and hypocrites.

(steely)

[weegee]

In the West, freedom of expression is considered sacred. For some, that freedom is absolute, even allowing someone to insult a person's faith. In Muslim countries, there are equally absolute standards regarding Islam, and there, nothing and no one is above Islam, and love and respect for the Prophet are requirements for adherents to the Muslim faith.

In Islamic nations, nothing is above Islam, other faiths are beneath Islam (in respect and civil rights), and everyone must have love and respect for "THE Prophet" even if you are not an adherent to the Muslim faith. Supremacist belief system at its finest.

To me, your sacred prophet is just another Antichrist figure leading the flock astray.

[technomage]

Muslims make a point of not insulting Christians about their faith

Uh, blatantly false!

Virtually every week newspapers throughout the Muslim world run stories and cartoons, nasty, disgusting cartoons, about Christians and Jews.

These are also printed in books, taught to school children, etc.

This author is making excuses for barbaric behaviour.

[Bahbah]

His whole premise, that in the West freedom of speech is an absolute, is wrong. Even here in the US where freedom of speech is still being fought for more successfully than some other areas in the Western world, we put limits on speech such as the much trotted out "can't yell fire in a crowded theatre."

[dirtboy]

In Muslim countries, there are equally absolute standards regarding Islam, and there, nothing and no one is above Islam, and love and respect for the Prophet are requirements for adherents to the Muslim faith.

Bully for them. Move back there if that is so important to you.

Otherwise, realize the absolute fallocy of expressing views in an American newspaper that freedom of speech is subservient to your religion.

[Hexenhammer]

Fundamentalist Islamic fascism is not the global yard stick by which those in free societies measure their liberty.

[mrsmel]

Where have all these apologists for violent Muslim reaction to CARTOONS,for pete's sake,been when Christian icons have been insulted and Christians offended? Oh that's right,offended Christians will at most boycott their commie papers-they probably don't subscribe in the first place-they certainly won't burn buildings and decapitate people. So the apologists are on solid safe ground when Christians or Jews are offended. Now all of a sudden they're defending a concept that has heretofore been foreign to them-with freedom comes responsibility. Because they're SCARED. What a lot of two-faced hypocritical cowards.

[paul51]

In Muslim countries, there are equally absolute standards regarding Islam, and there, nothing and no one is above Islam, and love and respect for the Prophet are requirements for adherents to the Muslim faith everyone.

The difference is that in muslim countries, if anyone disagrees the muslims threaten, intimidate or murder them. That's more than a subtle difference.

[Enchante]

"To most Muslims, the West appears content about the state of backwardness, obscurantism and darkness that currently prevails in Muslim countries in the Middle East and elsewhere. And along comes bin Laden, who voices anger over the state of affairs in the world of Islam. People do not necessarily buy into his murderous philosophy of transnational terrorism, but they agree with his criticism of what is wrong with the world of Islam and why it remains backward."

This clown is a groveling, sniveling apologist for terrorism, period. He should not be receiving any US government money, and he should not be accorded the slightest respect by anyone who is not also an apologist for Bin Laden. Does any sane, rational person think that Bin Laden's movement is about making the world of Islamo-fascists any less "backward" when their most fervent hopes and goals are all about going back to medieval Sharia and a worldwide "Caliphate"?????? This author is a nutcase....

[ncountylee]

So how to end the confrontation?

Sooner or later the Muslims (if allowed) will attack the west with WMD and will be defeated by massive retaliation.

[msnimje]

Newsflash: Islamofacists will find the motivation to riot, rape, kill and pillage on a cereal box. Anybody who thinks otherwise is stupid and dangerous.

[StAnDeliver]

"To most Muslims, the West appears content about the state of backwardness, obscurantism and darkness that currently prevails in Muslim countries in the Middle East and elsewhere."

An obvious lie.

Why does Texas put up with the Houston Canker?

Most people aren't aware of this, but Philip Anschutz has already pre-bought most of the Top-50 markets viz www. ___________examiner.com; he needs to get the Examiner rolling in Houston post-haste.

[MizSterious]

"Muslims make a point of not insulting Christians about their faith. "

Except that if we don't convert to their devil "god" we should be killed.

Does this moron think he can spout this cr*p and we'll nod our heads in agreement?