Should the West Apologize for Dante? Shakespeare?

I found this article at Arts and Letters Daily re: free speech and the traditions of the West in light of the Danish cartoon brouhaha. It's an provocative piece written by a man originally from Pakistan and trained in Koran schools. In fact. here's Ibn Warraq's (a pseudonym "traditionally used by dissidents in Islam") bio:

Born in 1946 in India and raised in Pakistan, Ibn Warraq was educated in Koran schools in Pakistan and later in England. He currently lives in the United States and writes under the pseudonym Ibn Warraq, a pen name traditionally used by dissidents in Islam. He is the author of the best- seller "Why I am Not a Muslim" and the editor of "The Origins of the Koran" and "The Quest for the Historical Muhammad."

I am mostly intrigued by a Pakistani defending Western culture.