1.  For what reason are Muslims threatening to boycott Danish products?

2.  List the two reasons the Norwegian newspaper Magazinet had for printing the 12 sketches of Mohammed.

3.  What was Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's reason for printing the cartoons of Mohammed?  What has happened to employees of the paper since that time?

4.  Should a newspaper in a free country (or any country) be required to answer to the United Nations?  Explain your answer.

5.  Define blasphemous.  What type of images of Mohammed do Muslims consider blasphemous?  (Click here to view the cartoons.)

6.  What do Muslims groups want the government of Denmark to do?  Why does the Danish government refuse to get involved?

7.  Muslim groups have demanded that the Danish government apologize.  What danger to free speech does this present? 

8.  Is the anger in the Muslim world over the original depictions of Mohammed justified?  Was the newspaper justified in printing the cartoons in the first place?  Explain your answers.