“I must believe that it is ignorance which explains the publishing of those caricatures which have brought such pain to Islamic peoples… Perhaps, the controversy can be described less as a clash of civilizations and more as a clash of ignorance… Perhaps, too, it is ignorance which has allowed so many participants in this discussion to confuse liberty with license – implying that the sheer absence of restraint on human impulse can constitute a sufficient moral framework. This is not to say that governments should censor offensive speech. Nor does the answer lie in violent words or violent actions. But I am suggesting that freedom of expression is an incomplete value unless it is used honorably, and that the obligations of citizenship in any society should include a commitment to informed and responsible expression.” Mawlana Hazar Imam, Evora, Portugal, February 12, 2006
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