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Noam Chomsky in an email to AndrewParodi@ aol.com

The extreme hypocrisy of those who
pretend to defend freedom of speech when they don’t
protect it or even believe in it, and are using that lie
merely to justify their pleasure in ridicule of people under
their jackboots.

Guenter Grass in an interview with Die Welt

The newspaper asked an Islamic Scholar
for advice, and he advised against it. But the editors went
ahead, since they are radical, xenophobic
right-wingers.

Former foreign minister and columnist for Berlingske Tidende,
Uffe Elleman

When you use the freedom of speech to
make jokes of other people’s religions and you do it
with the single purpose of demonstrating that you have the
right to do so, then you are undermining the freedom of
speech.

Paul Scheffer, columnist, and professor for urban
development, Amsterdam.

You have to accept that the freedom of
religion goes hand in hand with the freedom to criticize
religion.

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos

Freedom of expression is a must but
freedom of expression has to be exerted with
responsibility.

President General Pervez Musharraf

Such acts must be stopped through
permanent legislation from UN platform, otherwise they will
further widen the gap between Islam andWest.