In response to the Muhammad cartoons published by Danish papers and to the recently released film by Dutch MP Geert Wilders, Al-Azhar Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi said: "Any reasonable person must speak out vehemently against harming the Koran and insulting the Prophet, and must use an iron hand against those who do so."
He said that if a Muslim harmed books holy to non-Muslims, or harmed the prophets of other monotheistic religions, "we would demand that he be punished as a lesson to all, and that he must be beheaded."
Source: Al-Khaleej, UAE, March 5, 2008
