Like murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh and the British novelist Salman Rushdie before him, Vilks was criticized by liberals and the left for causing unrest with his art. In this respect, Vilks’ work must be regarded as having succeeded in exposing moral double standards – no matter what one thinks of the drawing itself.
瑞典国内只有少数几家报纸和政治杂志发表了威尔克斯的漫画。 正如被谋杀的荷兰导演提奥·梵高和他的前辈英国小说家萨尔曼·拉什迪一样，威尔克斯被自由主义者和左翼指为以作品引发动荡局势。在这方面，威尔克斯无疑已经成功暴露了道德标准的双重本质——这与人们对漫画本身的不同看法没有关系。