The latest on this is that here in the UK they're trying to get legislation changed.
In this
BBC story:
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Muslim scholars who gathered for an emergency meeting have called for changes to the law to stop images of the Prophet Muhammad being published.
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And specifically:
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Mr Saddiqi said they had concluded they wanted the Race Relations Act modified to give Muslims the same protection as Sikhs or Jews.
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I wasn't aware that the RRA had anything in it regarding publication of cartoons...
And they also want to clamp down on the PCC's voluntary code of practice. Not that I quite understand how you can tighten up a
voluntary code of practice...
Of course, when he says this:
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"What kicks can you get out of seeing this caricature, except to insult the Prophet of Islam?"
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The assumption on their part is that the insult was the intentional reason for publication.
But I have seen no proof that this is the case. Even the re-publications were not intended as an insult, but as a statement of support for freedom of speech.
It just goes to show that they have absolutely no understanding of Western culture, where satirical cartoons have sat alongside intelligent observation of the world, for a long time.