Yassin Musharbash (in his own words an "Arab Christian", a Palestinian living in Germany) in DER SPIEGEL (my translation):

The Islamist mob has looked for a replacement for the Danish caricatures from last year and has found it in the award of the knighthood to Rushdie. Normally, a card carrying Islamist should be as indifferent as he can be towards an honour given by an infidel head of state to an infidel writer. But it is the timeing that fits into the Islamists agenda: The memories of the caricature crisis fade, but the principled outrage about the West needs new outlets. And Rushdie always works...

The orchestrated outrage is completely inacceptable. What comes next? A congress of neurophysiologists is targeted for one of the speakers dares to repeat the well known speculation that Muhammed might have received his messages during epileptic fits? Historical critical research about the origins of the Islam is targeted for some of the results run counter some teachings of the religion? Religious thoughts and teachings are just as amenable to critique as any other theories about the world are.

Prinipiis obsta.

Wolfgang