American Weenies Update.

Everyone should go into their local Borders and Waldenbooks and ask for the latest issue of Free Inquiry. Repeatedly.

AP: Free Inquiry contains cartoons of prophet Muhammad that sparked riots
Borders, Waldenbooks won't carry magazine

Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries.

"For us, the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority, and we believe that carrying this issue could challenge that priority," Borders Group Inc. spokeswoman Beth Bingham said Wednesday...

Here's the other side:

The magazine, published by the Council for Secular Humanism (Obviously not my kind of group, but they are right on this one. - F.G.) in suburban Amherst, includes four of the drawings that originally appeared in a Danish newspaper in September, including one depicting Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban with a lit fuse.

Islamic tradition bars depiction of Muhammad to prevent idol worship, which is strictly prohibited.

"What is at stake is the precious right of freedom of expression," said Paul Kurtz, editor-in-chief of Free Inquiry. "Cartoons often provide an important form of political satire ... To refuse to distribute a publication because of fear of vigilante violence is to undermine freedom of press _ so vital for our democracy." (Thanks to WND for the heads up.)