言論の自由 イスラム 日本での場合

Media organizations were divided on whether to comply with the request. A reporter at a television station, who asked not to be named, said the company has yet to decide whether to air the cartoons.

The Asahi Shimbun said that despite its respect for the freedom of expression, it would not publish the caricatures out of consideration of the feelings of Muslims.

Meanwhile, the Japan Islamic Trust, a Tokyo-based Islamic religious organization, asked the Japanese media not to run the illustrations, while calling on Muslims living in Japan not to resort to violenceThe Japan Times: Feb. 8, 2006

また日本のイスラム教徒は報道機関に風刺の報道を自粛するようによびかけ、また信者に対しては暴力に走らないようよびかけています。
日本の報道機関は自粛するのではないでしょうか。
これが慎重で合理的な判断なのか、あるいは萎縮作用なのか、ちょっと判断しがたいです。