[fund] resisting fundamentalisms

Le sujet des moyens à mettre en oeuvre pour combattre le terrorisme islamique a fait couler beaucoup d'encre sous la plume des réformateurs arabes qui dénoncent la pensée fondamentaliste ...
The fundamental problem facing Muslims and others seeking to understand Islam is not there are too many Islams. There is only one Islam, but there are a thousand possible interpretations of the texts and precepts.
"Of course this isn't about freedom of speech." I've heard that line countless times in Karachi lately about the Danish cartoon controversy, including from journalists who fiercely guard their own right to work without censorship.
Facts: 30.09.05: the conservative Danish daily Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons portraying Prophet Muhammad: Muslim groups in Copenhagen demand public excuses; this is followed by death threats and demonstrations.
Résumé des faits: 30 septembre 2005 le quotidien conservateur danois Jyllands-Posten publie 12 caricatures du Prophète Mahomet: s'ensuivent des demandes d'excuses, des menaces de mort et des manifestations à Copenhague.
Resumen de los hechos: 30 de septiembre de 2005: el diario conservador danés Jullands-Posten publica 12 caricaturas del profeta Mahoma; ello ha provocado peticiones de disculpas, amenazas de muerte y manifestaciones en Copenhague;
An Egyptian newspaper published several of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have sparked outrage across the Muslim world.
Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University on the cartoons and free speech.
Islam prohibits neither images of Muhammad nor jokes about religion.
The president of the UN General Assembly recently took over fractious negotiations to establish a new UN human rights body, with Islamic nations wanting language against blasphemy because of the dispute over cartoons in a Danish newspaper.
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