Andrew Sullivan received an email from a leftist British reader who has been "passionately opposed" to the foreign policies of Bush and Blair. But, now he writes: What the Islamic world has succeeded in doing is forcing me to decide whether I'm going to side with a US policy which I think is often dirty but is nevertheless open to public scrutiny or an almost medieval, bloodthirsty and closed religious dogma whose intention – and partial achievement – is to undermine my way of life.

Ehsan Masood, "A post-Satanic Journey":

Pnina Werbner, "Satanic Verses Taught us a Lesson":

http://blogsofwar.com/

http://www.coldfury.com/

http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/

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To see the Muhammad cartoons, click here.

Another publication bows to threats and intimidation. "Political magazine pulls cartoon after police warning," from The Guardian, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist.

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Europe Develops a Spine

Little Green Footballs has some excellent posts on the Cartoon Mohammed here and here and Germany, Italy and Spain are covered here and a cartoon here.

Naturally you should read it all. As of this post it is all on the front page so go to LGF and just start looking around.
 

RoP Attacks in Russia

Islamic terrorists in the southern region of Stavropol are fighting gun battles with Russian police; Russia’s Itar Tass (not the most reliable of sources) says the “militants” were planning to seize a school. link: 47 comments

Only Israel has managed to figure out that arming your teachers keeps the students safe. Someone walks in ready to attack, the teacher or armed parent guard shoots them. The end. Now, they protect their young.
Here's a website from someone who lived there:
http://www.gunownersalliance.com/school-2.htm

After this a controversial debate erupted in Israel in regards to guns, self defense etc. We heard, of course, the same dumb arguments by some good people, you always hear on these occasions like " We do not live in the Wild West here!" Or: "Guns don't solve  problems!" or similar silly things.

Syrian Charged With Masterminding Bombings