Well stated.

If you don't like the expression of others concerning something you hold dear, don't ban their expression, present a better one.

In that light one Saudi blogger (Raed AlSaeed) has been intelligent enough to do a short contra-film to Sitna called "Schism".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpiccERJaFk

Far more importantly however is the effective end of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights thanks to the actions of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.

http://www.iheu.org/node/3123

Lev - you are being much to reasonable.

Prisoners sometimes spread their faeces over the walls of their cells to make a statement. Now Lev - do you expect that the warders should have a little meeting on how they can make a better statement on the walls opposite?

Double standards are everywhere.

Look no further than OLO, where it is OK to rubbish Christianity but any criticism of Islam is immediately jumped on by the usual self-haters who prefer to insult their own kind, rather than trying to tell Muslims that their intolerance and hatred has no place in Western society. Critics of Islam have an “axe to grind” we were gratuitously advised by one of these misguided people recently.

We are in danger of losing all that has been gained in 300 years of struggle. Those smug, deluded Westerners who support double standards for Moslems are as much enemies of democracy as any religious fanatic. Do we blame "multiculturalism" for this sinister lunacy?

Great article, particularly coming from a Muslim perspective. It'd be great to hear more of this kind of good sense expressed by Muslim voices.

Mr Right: << ...intolerance and hatred has no place in Western society >>

I agree, but would extend this obligation to the entire community, not just Muslims.

When the 'champions' of free speech defend the Victorian Governments religous vilification laws which resulted in 2 Pastors ( one an ex muslim) being charged for speaking the truth we see what hypocrites and how gutless many on the left really are. They really just want the right to vilify and mock the living God and His Son and then respect every other dead god because really many of them are earth worshipers and lovers of themselves. They then have the audacity to call followers of Christ hypocrites.