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I'm Krista Tippett. Today, the face of the prophet, cartoons and chasm.

My guest Vincent Cornel sees both sides of the crisis over caricatures of the

prophet Muhammad. He describes in detail by some of these images were deeply

offensive to an intellectual and moderate Muslim like him.

Cornel is an American Muslim respected in circles of global Islamic

scholarship. He insists that violence in the name of Islam is always a

betrayal of the core of that faith, but Islam is in the

throws of a reformation. And together he says we must trace the line between

freedom and moral responsibility. You know, freedom of speech does not mean

complete license to insult and inflame. There's a certain place where freedom of

speech comes close to the analogy of calling fire in a crowded theater.

This is speaking of faith. Stay with us.

I'm Krista Tippett. There is a difference between exercising freedom of speech

says my guest today and shouting fire in a crowded room. This hour will try to

untangle the knot of violent and bewildered reactions to cartoons depicting

the prophet Muhammad. Vincent Cornel says events of recent weeks have

incited deep-seated outrage among Muslims that the West must take seriously.

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