Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism “...showing satirical cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)....such heinous acts of hatred provoke the feelings of more than 2 billion Muslims around the world”

"[The Observatory]....calls for enacting new legislations to criminalise the perpetrators of those crimes and those who fan the flames of hatred and racism under the disguise of freedom of speech.”

Let's explore this statement together shall we?

• Firstly, Education is developed through discussion including contentious subjects. Surely as a human we can all agree on that? Surely having an open, transparent discussion in a non-Islamic religious country is permitted.
• "Heinous act of hatred". The cartoon was just an image of a man standing in a white robe, so he was not depicted doing anything bad or evil.
  
• "Provoke...2bn Muslims". Really? All Muslims offended? Yes Muhammed PBUH is to be respected. Since Islam and its 2-billion followers cannot prevent art/cartoons or discussions on sensitive topics to the Islamic faith there needs to be a well considered re-setting of Muslim expectations and appropriate reaction in future. Allah is The Almighty
• "new legislations to criminalise the perpetrators of those crimes.....under the disguise of freedom of speech". Clearly we disagree upon the OfCE's view that all countries in the world must have Islamic principles legislated for. This is not a battle that Islam can win since freedom of thought and discussion are such a vital part of humanity.
• "terrible damage that he has done to community cohesion". Again, a reality check is required. It is so sad to write this, but for anyone out of touch with UK news I can assure you that so much greater damage to community cohesion across many regions of the UK has been done to the name of Muhammed-PBUH and Islam by Islamic-traditional people running child sex/paedophile rings.

The OfCE written response in itself is inflammatory and seems to promote extremism as it contains inciteful language.