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New-York based Egyptian columnist Mona Eltahawy:

Muslims seem to forget that just because
they are prohibited from representing the prophet in any way,
this does not apply to everybody else.

Cultural editor of Jylland Posten, Flemming Rose

Its problematic if some Muslims require of
me that I in the public space, in the public domain, have to
submit myself to their taboos. In that case I dont think they are
asking for my respect. I think they are asking for my
submission.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ”Right to offend” Speech.

Shame on those papers and TV channels who
lacked the courage to show their readers the caricatures in The
Cartoon Affair. These intellectuals live off free speech but they
accept censorship. They hide their mediocrity of mind behind
noble-sounding terms such as responsibility and
sensitivity.

Editorial in Sydney Morning Herald

Freedom of speech should be reinforced and
promoted, but there are far finer causes to uphold than the right
to lampoon Islam. Nor is freedom of speech without proper limits:
it is not a licence to incite hatred or violence.

The Australian’s editorial

There is certainly a case for taking a
lowkey approach in the case of cartoons of the prophet
Mohammed.(...) To have published the cartoons in themselves may
not have offended all that many Australian Muslims. But some
certainly would have been deeply affronted, and for no
purpose.

Tim Blair, ex-chief of staff at The Daily Telegraph.

Far from being against hate-speech, many
Muslim spokesmen seem to be aggressively for it; until, of
course, someone contemplates publishing harmless drawings of an
old beardy guy.