http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/currentaffairs/ger060202?view=Standard
Principles
As to whether the action by Die Welt could cause problems for Germany, just as the original publication of the cartoons has done for Denmark, Jacques Schuster comments:
"Yes, it could. But again we are journalists, and I want to cover the reality, and I can't think about these possible problems."
"I think we have our rules, and we have our principles, and one of our main principles is freedom of opinion and the press. In this case, I think that we stand for freedom of the press."
The Islamists are using this whole thing for political purposes to incite rage and violence against the west. Let Europe deal with it for a bit, maybe they will wake up to the colonization by the Islamists of their countries.