Reply #1: but Muslim countries see it as a slap against their religion

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and a reflection of the hatred many Europeans have for the Muslim immigrants in their midst. Pakistan is the latest Muslim country to condemn the cartoons as a slap against Islam.

What I think we see here is a struggle between the West and Islam, trying to figure out how to get along. As usual, when two disperate groups are put together, it takes a while to co-exist. What we have to decide is what can be tolerated and what cannot. Stereotypes on either side do not help, I think. Not all Europeans are hedonistic or Nazis, and not all Muslims are thin-skinned fundamentalists or terrorists. It might be a good idea for both sides to remind themselves of this.