"We tell our Christian brothers that any stone thrown against a house or a car was an insult to Muslims."

So says a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric from Lebanon about the anti-cartoon riots in his country. He vowed to track down Muslims involved in violence against Nordic embassies. Some in Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine have tried to universalize the controversy over the Danish cartoons into a holy war. The repudiation of the rioting by responsible Muslim leaders indicates that it isn't that. I hope that those identifying themselves as Christian will remember that as well.

UPDATE: Elephant in Exile has an interesting thought on the over-the-top reaction of some in the Muslim community to the Danish cartoons.