 Francis Fukuyama of online magazine Slate wrote that " while beginning with a commendable European desire to assert basic liberal values , " the controversy was an alarming sign of the degree of cultural conflict between Muslim immigrant communities in Europe and their broader populations , and advocated a measured and prudent response to the situation . Helle Rytkonen wrote in Danish Foreign Policy Yearbook 2007 that most of the debate around the cartoon controversy was over @-@ simplified as a simple matter of free speech against religion . She said that the actual dispute was more nuanced , focusing on the tone of the debate and broader context of Western @-@ Islamic relations . 
