Bush & Co were planning to bomb Al-Jazeera's headquarters in Qatar to censor outside media...

When we do it it's okay, when they do it it's bad?

jayil, london, uk

Pakistan once again has a chance to enjoy its favourite sport of efigy burning.

As for Mohammed being entirely peaceful as one commentator said, we are talking about the same bloke, right? The one who led an army and believed in killing people who wouldn't convert? Just checking.

tanker21, Hitchin,

If the global community decided to control itself and not purposefully incite anger by offending a group of people whose religious beliefs are by now well known in that there are certain aspects of their faith in which they do not condone insult for, then this reaction would not occur. What you are saying is that in the name of freedom of speech, we should be allowed to cast a figurative blow in any way we want, but the object of our eloquent speech should not be able to strike back or even feel anything as a result! The first few times you did this can be ignored due to inexperience. An apology at that time and a pledge to be more careful in the future would have repelled an angry response. Why do you repeat the same mistake again and again?

Zebunisa, Rawalpindi,

A point to remember is that you will not find a Muslim ridiculing or insulting prophets from any other faith. There are two reasons for this; firstly that the prophets mentioned in the Bible and Torah are our own also. Secondly, to belittle another person's faith is to invite the other to return the insult.

If you make the courage and patience to do some research, you will find that the Prophet Muhammad (sas) was kinder to the non-Muslims who were living in the Islamic states than anyone else in history.

Zebunisa, Rawalpindi,

"Omar al-Bashir, the President of Sudan, is threatening to expel Danish organisations, including the Danish Refugee Council and Danish Red Cross, because of the republication of the cartoons"

Yes I'm sure he wants to get rid of them over the cartoons and not, for example, the fact that the presence of humanitarian groups bears constant testament to the genocide he is perpetrating.

Oliver, Bristol,

There will come a time when the non muslim countries get so hacked off by the crass stupidity of this intollerance that they will react by sending their own hard message.
OK, it probably wont happen even when we all know it should. We celebrated the ban on physical slavery yet it is obvious that mental slavery is alive and well.

sonny, bournemouth, uk

There seems today to be a lack of common sense and decency from both the Christian and Moslem communities. It is not a case of only allowing government approved information, the simple straightforward fact is that Moslems regard any image of Mohammad as an insult. Whether people who are not Moslem acept this, or don't accept it, whenever something like this happens they will react violently.

Non Moslems have an entirely different point of view on these matters, if in their own countries they wish to ban disagreeable things, it is their right to do so. However, if they arrive in Europe and find things not to their liking they have a choice. Either they accept the situation and continue with their own lives ignoring what they don't like, or they return to their chosen country with its religious laws where they can live in peace and harmony with their neighbours. Remember, we didn't ask foreigners to live amongst us ,you chose to be here to earn money and feed your families.

Phil de Buquet, Newport, England

If muslims protest violently, you have a problem. If muslims protest peacefully (Burning effigies and danish and US flags are not causing harm to anyone's life or property, hence it is a legitimate way of protest), you have a problem. The fact is you islamophobic people don't want to accept that there is a problem with your mentality. All you see is wrong in muslims and right in yourself. Why should muslims not show their disgust at the insult of something which they hold MOST dearly? Is it not their right? Hey David, If you are feeling like drawing so much and you have the guts, draw something insulting about the queen or something insulting about holocaust and try to get it published in a UK newspaper. Lets see where you, the newspaper which publishes them and all the fake slogans of 'Freedom of Speech' end up! What is sad is that not a single non muslim voice is willing to detest the fact that those cartoons were nothing more then a cheap shot at the small muslim community of europe

Muhammad Atif, London, UK

One should not believe for the reason for which you will duel has been banished from the country. I guess the real reason might be that it is full of unflattering comments about general Musharraf . After all, the cartoons do not appear without being summoned by the viewer. If that was the case then it might equally be true of google, because the same cartoons could be summoned, if one wanted it, from the search engine. After all quite a number of private television channels were banished, not because they carried offensive cartoons but their transmission was banished because general Musharraf did not like what he saw on the screen and for this reason many private TV channels were forced to close.

Akram Malik, Gympie, Australia/Queensland

An ominous move for a newly reborn democracy movement...I'll be glad when religious zealots of all stripes crawl back into their temples and leave the rest of us to interact in a sane and reasonable manner; the separation of church from state has never been more vital to our future security.
Oh, and my condolences to Denmark, that surprising bastion of courage and free thought, for the loss of that huge Sudanese trade account! :)

Geoffrey Tudor, Sequim, WA, USA

As usual, fully democratic regimes which invest an enormous amount of their GDP in educating and training their populations and which have a long tradition of intelligent protests through non-violent means are rallying around the call to take stringent measures against the Danish government, Danish newspapers and the Cartoonists - NOT.

Makes me want to take up drawing and pen some myself.

David Amerland, Gatley, UK, Cheshire

what a response...you have mentioned that Islam is violent and the cartoonists are right....you are responding to how some minorities are reacting to this insult....wouldn't sparks fly if there were cartoons issued on other religions such as Christianity and Judism, it is easier to hit Muslims because we are easy targets....why were the cartoons made in the first place? why this insult? Our Prophet Mohammed never portrayed violence but only peace, get your facts straight before you make your ironic statements!

hanifa khanom, wales, uk

Yet again this demonstrates the incompatability of Islamic and Western culture. Such a shame that our political masters haven't worked it out yet.

Andrew brown, derby, uk

Very sad that a government cannot trust people to form their own opinions. What will they ban next? Explains why so many of its people are trying to leave Pakistan.

Ron, Coventry,

I am so glad I live in the UK, I cant imagine what it must be like to live in a country run by petty dictators censoring any material that is not favourable to their image. I wonder when they will work out that if they want good PR they should just do good things?

For anyone who is in a country who wants to view a censored site, they just need to view via a free proxy server that hides their country of origin and make it impossible for their country to block them from any particular site, can be done at places such as www.proxify.com

Clare, St Ives, UK

How ironic that in response to cartoons depciting Islam and Mohammed as violent - the protestors issue death threats. All the protestors have done is show that Islam is violent and the cartoonists are right.

Tony Gosling, London, London

Not overly surprising, was in Tunisia recently and they have also blocked Youtube.com, along with many other sites. While the content of these sites may not be profoundly political, it does highlight the inherrant issues in forming a broad and informed opinion, when you are only allowed access to "govenment approved" information.

Rus N., Edinburgh,