I have to take issue with Keith of Hertford who makes the most sweeping generalisations of what muslims apparently"think".
This is absurd.In the same ways that there are all kinds of christians across the world so there re all kinds of muslims and indeed people of other faiths.
In the Middle East western powers have sustained dictatorships in office for many years .These dictatorships like the Saudis and the Shah in Iran are /were kept in power for decades with arms and training provided by the likes of the USA.Free speech ,yes I am sure they would like it in Saudi Arabia a country where the UK supplies billions of pounds worth of arms and where British fatcats have grown ever wealthier.
Jack Straw and his colleagues are busy expelling people back to countries like Iraq and jailing kids who are here as asylum seekers.How about showing them a little bit of freedom and tolerance?