In regards Charles' comment yesterday about missing apologies, this is the BBC's explanation about why its okay to offend Christians but not Muslims, quoted in the Daily Mail:

[The BBC's Director-General] revealed that producers had to consider the possibilities of ‘violent threats’ instead of polite complaints if they pushed ahead with certain types of satire. Mr Thompson said: ‘Without question, “I complain in the strongest possible terms”, is different from, “I complain in the strongest possible terms and I am loading my AK47 as I write”. This definitely raises the stakes.’  

So Charlie, I guess the lesson is that if you want an apology for burning bibles, fire up that BBQ and invite some unbelievers over for a little auto-da-fe.

But he added that religion as a whole should never receive the same ‘protection and sensitivity’ in the law as race.

Hm...doesn't look like the English have changed much since the Puritans left.