[1] This report just in, with thanks to "interested" Mary Jackson:

Over a million Muslims are to take to the streets of London today in a demonstration against Islam. They are to march from the notorious Finsbury Park mosque in North London to the not-quite-so notorious Brixton mosque carrying placards bearing the following slogans:

They're only cartoons.

Israel isn't that bad.

"The Satanic Verses" - it's only a book.

Mohammed wasn't a very nice man, and we ought to be honest about this.

The Koran isn't a very nice book, and we ought to be honest about this.

Jihad isn't a very nice thing, and we ought to be honest about this.