From: Tony Williams 

The UK parliament just voted down a bill which could have watered down
freedom of speech wrt religious issues:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4668868.stm

I don't think religious extremists are going to have much luck trying to
censor the world.

--
Tony

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/01/france.cartoon.ap/
>
> PARIS, France (AP) -- A French newspaper on Wednesday republished
> caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that caused uproar in the Muslim world
> when they were printed in a Danish daily, saying that religious dogma has no
> place in a secular society.
>
> The drawings, first printed September 30 in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten
> and reprinted in a Norwegian magazine last month, sparked boycotts and
> demonstrations against Denmark throughout the Muslim world.
>
> Islamic tradition bars any depiction of the prophet to prevent idolatry.
>
> The front page of the daily France Soir on Wednesday carried the headline
> "Yes, We Have the Right to Caricature God" and a cartoon of Buddhist,
> Jewish, Muslim and Christian gods floating on a cloud. Inside, the paper
> reran the drawings.
>
> Germany's Welt daily also printed one of the drawings on its front page on
> Wednesday, arguing that a "right to blasphemy" was anchored
in democratic
> freedoms.
>
> "The appearance of the 12 drawings in the Danish press provoked emotions in
> the Muslim world because the representation of Allah and his prophet is
> forbidden. But because no religious dogma can impose itself on a democratic
> and secular society, France Soir is publishing the incriminating
> caricatures," France Soir said.
>
>

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