Strong Muslim outrage over satire related to their religion cannot be justified

To respond to your opening statement, I mean satire in general. In whatever form that may be. But me defining satire was irrelevant as the cartoon characters was an example of such satire and the fact that you agreed with me means that I have essentially succeeded. The topic is "Strong Muslim outrage over satire related to their religion cannot be justified". I have shown an example of this outrage over satire and you have agreed that it's not justifiable. "Granted, extreme lethal riots over newspaper cartoons are obviously not justified. " This fits the argument of the title as extreme riots are obviously strong outrage and newspaper cartoons are a form of satire and you have said yourself that this is "obviously not justified". Sorry for over-analyzing a bit but I couldn't let it go. Anyway onto your points. I have little knowledge of the Qur'an however I'll take your word that the Qur'an tells people not to draw pictures of Muhammad and God but this does not justify anything. I don't think the Qur'an says that if people do in fact draw pictures of Muhammad or God then you have the right to riot over it. The strong outrage is all down to Muslims themselves. It is nothing to do with their religious teachings or scriptures. Therefore the Qur'an has nothing to do with how Muslims react to such pictures so it can not be a means of justification. The strong outrage is all man-made. Likewise with Christians, the Bible has nothing to do with how they react to satire yet they can remarkably take it well. Therefore religious scripts have nothing to do with religions reactions over satire. Let me re-address my statement about similar principles and faith, perhaps I wasn't clear. I meant similar principles of faith. For example, both Christians and Muslims believe in a God and a prophet, they both share the twin commandments of the importance of loving God and loving one's neighbor, sacred text etc. In relation to the actual rioting itself, you say "The only danger they pose is to themselves, they want to do that to themselves, by all means allow them. " I don't understand, are you saying that innocent bystanders, people in nearby buildings or even police trying to contain it are not in danger of being harmed? "Muslims are picked on more than Christians". I'm sorry but I feel this is a weak attempt for justification. To say that it's okay because we pick on them more. This is childish babble. Do you think that a denomination of people who hate the west, don't respect woman, can't take a joke and cause deaths because of it, condone violence, have a death sentence for apostasy etc are not subjected to a petty satirical joke? They are practically asking for it. Mormons are made fun of despite their peaceful ways so why can't Muslims be made fun of despite their violent and immoral ways? I think the whole thing is childish, babyish conduct that people from the West are running scared from, not because they are afraid of hurting feelings but because they are afraid of retaliation and intimidation. You are right Islam is not a nice, friendly or pretty religion and the fact that they have such strong outrage over babyish, silly, comedic jokes merely proves this. In light of my points I cannot see how such behaviour can be justified.