- Afghan Police Kill Four Amid Rage Over Cartoons | Reuters.com
Sarah's article looked at various positions that have been taken recently over the cartoon controversy. - Shutting out a voice for Islam - The Boston Globe
Katie's article was an editorial by Harvard professor Diana Eck, a prominent and popular writer on U.S. religious pluralism, criticizing the denial of a visa to Swiss Muslim Tariq Ramadan. - Widespread Cartoon Protests Under Way - Yahoo! News
Zac's article, from the AP, also focused on violence over the Muhammad cartoons and (mainly) statements by various political leaders thereunto pertaining. - On Cartoons, They Walk the Line - Los Angeles Times
Liberal and moderate Muslims in the West are in an awkward position trying to deal with both Western insensitivity about those cartoons, and the violent reaction to them in parts of the Islamic world. - Muslims Launch Teaching Effort to Counter Furor Over Cartoons - Los Angeles Times
On some attempts by Muslims in the U.S. to try to turn the cartoon episode into a positive opportunity for dialogue. - Religious Leader Urges Responsibility
Rev. Samuel Kobia, the leader of the World Council of Churches, called for restraint in the exercise of press freedom and urged Muslims and Christians to work together to end the unrest. - In Art Museums, Portraits Illuminate A Religious Taboo
Reflections on the presence of many devotional portraits of Muhammad in museums around the world; notes that the generalized Islamic prohibition on images is from the 10 Commandments, and that Buddhism and Christianity have forbidden images at some times - Dallas Morning News | Muhammad satire furor translates poorly
This article from the Dallas Morning News ends with an interview with a U.S. political cartoonist, who says he would not have drawn such images, and adds: "This is a hard time to be a satirical person."
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