For those interested, a Muslim columnist writing at Al-Jazeera explains why the cartoon controversy - and the writings of Salman Rushdie - is so offensive to Muslims, something he calls a "clash of civilizations."
Agree or disagree? Do you even understand his point of view?
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...67BB8E613E.htm
Coincidentally, this LA Times columnist says the "clash of civilizations" thing is a myth, that most conflicts in the world are instead clashes of ethnicities or within common religions.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...ome-commentary
And, from the other side, a column looking at "The End Of Tolerance" in Europe for multi-culturalism. . . . . the cartoon issue pushes tolerance to a line that Europeans will not cross.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11569485/site/newsweek/
Cowperson