Talk:Ahmed Rashid
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Added the link to the "Der Spiegel interview", and here's my comment, free and unasked for:
Funny, how even "moderate" muslims on the one hand demand respect of Islamic culture from the West, but on the other hand do not show the least respect for core values of Western democracies, such as freedom of speech ("And what many Muslims found especially appalling was the fact that this is being painted as an issue of defending free speech against Islamic fundamentalism."). Oh, the hypocrisy ... Later, he goes on to blame the people at Jyllands Posten for the fact that fanatical muslims killed people over the incident. Why doesn't he blame the actual killers? Sorry, folks, how can you demand that other cultures accept responsibility when you don't accept the responsibility for your own side's zealous reactions, too? No party is blameless in this conflict, we'll have to meet in the middle somewhere if we want to resolve it. But the problem is that moderates in the West are too eager to blame themselves, and moderates in Arabia are too eager to blame the other side. And this, unfortunately, is fuel to the fire among extremists of both sides: The fanatic islamists who like to repeat their "The West is the devil"-sermons, and extremists in the West, who, as a reaction to being scapegoated, prefer to scapegoat the scapegoaters. Aragorn2 15:51, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Reply: Muslims do not regard unprovoked insults as "Freedom of Speech". If westerners do then we are different. Those cartoons were horribly offensive and unneeded and people have every right to protest and condemn that trash. The violent protests however were regrettable.
