In a Saturday editorial, The Globe and Mail had a distinctly unsympathetic take to some of the Islamic world's reaction to the Danish cartoons:

The uproar underlines an alarming tendency in Islamic societies to lash out at the West at the slightest provocation. When a few simple drawings, no matter how controversial, can trigger outrage from Cairo to Kuala Lumpur, it is clear that something is askew in the psyche of a civilization. To put it plainly, the Islamic world has a chip on its shoulder. ...

... Most of the Islamic world's problems -- from economic stagnation to political paralysis, from the oppression of women to the poor level of education -- are homegrown. By and large, these societies have failed to come to grips with the modern world and as a result have fallen far behind much of the planet. Out of this failure to keep up springs a keen sense of grievance that does nothing to help them progress.

The editorial then cites some of the opinions of Bernard Lewis, a famous Islamic scholar, on a way forward for Islamic countries.

The choice, says Dr. Lewis, is theirs alone.

Don't imbibe in this editorial without also downing a chaser of Haroon Siddiqui. :)