"'Yes, of course, there's a right to blaspheme,' Todd says. 'But one must also have the right to say that blasphemy is not a priority and that it's idiotic. With my book, I was demanding the right to counter-blaspheme: to say that the caricatures of Muhammad were obscene, rubbish, totally historically out of sync and the expression of rampant Islamophobia. And, for saying that, I was accused of complicity with the terrorists.' He felt vindicated by the reaction. 'It was fascinating to see people demonstrating for the right to freedom of expression and then trying to shut others up.'"
Angelique Chrisafis in The Guardian talks with French sociologist Emmanuel Todd.
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