Cartoon fails test of tolerance.(Religion)

Byline: AHMED NEZAR KOBEISY

A Danish newspaper's publication of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban shaped like a time bomb has fueled the Muslim world with anger and led to protests and violence.

The republication of that cartoon and of others that negatively portray Muslims is more evidence of the fragility of our global village.

Many people, particularly in the West, do not understand why Muslims are outraged. Some have suggested that their anger is caused by the Islamic prohibition on drawing images of the Prophet Muhammad and that Muslims are trying to impose their norms of respecting the sacred on others, particularly in …