Glitter Ninja wrote:

> sf > writes:
>
> >The Danish caricature depicted Mohamed (not just "any muslim") as a
> >terrorist and that's what made them so mad. In any case, I think they
> >are being hypocritical because they put caricatures of Jews and
> >Christians in their newspspers daily.
>
> I just read a post on LiveJournal (I can link it if you want) by a
> gentleman who spent some years in the Middle East. He said that a
> Muslim traditionalist will say that other religions can take criticism
> because that religion is false. Islam is the truth so in their eyes any
> criticism must be fought. If they do not fight against criticism of
> their religion, it is offensive to their God.

If there was truth to religion they would stand up to scrutiny and not have
to protect themselves with the coercive pressures of rules of blasphemy. If
they felt there was nothing to fear they wouldn't have to threaten
consequences on Earth.