Maybe my concerns are addressed in the full email from CAIR-DFW, of which Dallas Blog only published a little. I'm concerned that CAIR-DFW makes no mention of the violent protests that were precipitated by the offensive cartoons. I don't think most non-Muslims need to have explained to them why the cartoons might be deemed offensive. But non-Muslims might need to be told why, if Islam is a non-violent religion, so many Muslims have responded with riots, burning of embassies, and calls for death to the cartoonists. From a public relations standpoint, CAIR-DFW should at least condemn the violence. Emulating the comments from CAIR-MI, as reported in the Detroit Free Press, would be a good start:
"This kind of violence is contrary to the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad," said Dawud Walid, Michigan head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "These cartoons should never have been printed, but the Prophet Muhammad said that we should not reciprocate by returning evil for evil. We are to reply to evil only with good."
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