Dear Tara et al,
 
The other way is simply not to fall into the Liberal vs Non Liberal binary opposition over this matter, and ask the question of both who and what interests this type of opposition may serve and the real and specific political affects/ effects. This is much as Derrida did when he confronted the discourse of South African apartheid.
 
In this case it is worth bearing in mind also that:
 
a) many of the radical Leftist and progressive secular parties in Islamic countries, but especially Iran,  have backed the publication of the cartoons because they see them as part of the undermining of theocratic rule ( though this clearly wasn't their intention) - not just Iranian feminist coalitions, in fact, but also all of the Marxist and Socialist parties in Iran of any note. This makes the issue of solidarity much more complex. 
 
b) increasing evidence points to the manufacturing of this as a crisis by vested interests ( the addition of the three forged cartoons to the original page of cartoons to ensure a hostile ruling and reaction) - in a different way this is what Tariq Ali, Homi Bhabha and many others said at the time of the Satanic Verses affair, as I recall from attending the solidarity meetings.
 
As Salman Rushdie once amusingly remarked, if I recall correctly: 'God is not necessarily on the side of the angels...'
 
See you and others on the picket line on the 7th perhaps?
 
Steve