TELEGRAPH LETTER

Sir - It is interesting that Ahmad Sheikh, the president of the Muslim Association of Britain, called on the  British media not to publish the cartoons that have so recently given offence to Muslims in this country.
His request has, by and large, been respected.

When the BBC was requested not to show Jerry Springer: The Opera, it persisted. There were an unprecedented 55,000 complaints from Christians who felt this programme was deeply offensive to their faith.

The BBC at the time reiterated its right to "freedom of expression", even going against its own constitution to show this programme.

Simon Pritchard, Tunbridge Wells, Kent