Green Energy
(A follow-on to this post by Pastorius)
The UK appears to be considering jumping onto the slippery slope. Is the United States, despite our history of separation of church and state, far behind? Codifying religious blasphemy as part of the civil code is dangerous in the extreme!
And just what is the Islamic definition of blasphemy? According to this source, the definition is nebulous and open to exploitation:
I think of Salman Rushdie.
I think of the recent filmifada, too, of course.
And the Danish Cartoons and the ensuing outrage.
I also think of these signs that Muslims carried in the streets of London:
Offense is in the eye of the beholder.
The slippery slope.
- Labour Mp Keith Vaz Would Have “no Problem” With Reintroduction Of Uk Blasphemy Laws
Are you fucking kidding me? No, I guess you're not! From Secularism.org: Labour MP Keith Vaz has expressed his support for the reintroduction of UK blasphemy laws – provided they "apply equally to everybody." His comments were reportedly made...
- Washington Post Lies About Islam
Today, I stumbled across this, originally published on February 3, 2014: COMMENTARY: Blasphemy charges pervert Islam’s teachings ...Regarding free speech, the Quran recognizes and protects free speech and expression in more than 40 instances.... [...]...
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Media/Professors: Let's Implement Anti-Blasphemy Laws To Protect The Sanctity of Islam (And Only Islam) From Ace of Spades:Mike Barnicle: Hey, let's prosecute the guy who made that movie (which doesn't even seem to be the reason for...
- A Victory For Freedom
In the Netherlands, they've had a blasphemy law on the books since the 1930's. Muslim immigrants started using those laws to censor speech and writings critical of Islam's political, totalitarian, and suppressive teachings. So the Dutch government...
- Life In Darkness
Some of the material I'll be presenting to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada later this week:1. The life of Younus Shaikh: Following his release in the greatest secrecy on 21st November 2003 Younus Shaikh initially remained in Pakistan but...
Green Energy
Codifying Blasphemy?
(A follow-on to this post by Pastorius)
The UK appears to be considering jumping onto the slippery slope. Is the United States, despite our history of separation of church and state, far behind? Codifying religious blasphemy as part of the civil code is dangerous in the extreme!
And just what is the Islamic definition of blasphemy? According to this source, the definition is nebulous and open to exploitation:
The...Quran, the primary authority in Islamic jurisprudence, offers no explicit definition of blasphemy. The hadiths, a collection of sayings attributed to Mohammed, mention briefly the “abuse of the Prophet” as a capital punishment offence...As I read the above citation, I think of Mona Eltahawy and her zeal as she defaced private property in the NYC subway this week Did she not appear absolutely convinced that she had the right to do what she did?
Proponents of strict implementation of Sharia religious law usually argue that blasphemy should be punishable by death. Muslim clerics that condemn cases of blasphemy sometimes exhort on fellow Muslims to punish the perpetrators, while in some countries, conservative clerics with influence over the state judiciary pursue suspected blasphemers in state courts.
Yet in the Muslim world only Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates currently permit blasphemy to be punishable by death. Muslim clerics that condemn cases of blasphemy sometimes exhort on fellow Muslims to punish the perpetrators, while in some countries, conservative clerics with influence over the state judiciary pursue suspected blasphemers in state courts.
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[I]t will be up to individual Muslim clerics – with varying degrees of juridical knowledge and reputation – to declare an individual a blasphemer. A wide variety of alleged offences have been branded as blasphemous in different environments, ranging from cultural production deemed offensive to Islam to bizarre allegations of blasphemy such as the Sudanese case of a teddy bear named Mohammed.
I think of Salman Rushdie.
I think of the recent filmifada, too, of course.
And the Danish Cartoons and the ensuing outrage.
I also think of these signs that Muslims carried in the streets of London:
The slippery slope.
- Labour Mp Keith Vaz Would Have “no Problem” With Reintroduction Of Uk Blasphemy Laws
Are you fucking kidding me? No, I guess you're not! From Secularism.org: Labour MP Keith Vaz has expressed his support for the reintroduction of UK blasphemy laws – provided they "apply equally to everybody." His comments were reportedly made...
- Washington Post Lies About Islam
Today, I stumbled across this, originally published on February 3, 2014: COMMENTARY: Blasphemy charges pervert Islam’s teachings ...Regarding free speech, the Quran recognizes and protects free speech and expression in more than 40 instances.... [...]...
-
Media/Professors: Let's Implement Anti-Blasphemy Laws To Protect The Sanctity of Islam (And Only Islam) From Ace of Spades:Mike Barnicle: Hey, let's prosecute the guy who made that movie (which doesn't even seem to be the reason for...
- A Victory For Freedom
In the Netherlands, they've had a blasphemy law on the books since the 1930's. Muslim immigrants started using those laws to censor speech and writings critical of Islam's political, totalitarian, and suppressive teachings. So the Dutch government...
- Life In Darkness
Some of the material I'll be presenting to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada later this week:1. The life of Younus Shaikh: Following his release in the greatest secrecy on 21st November 2003 Younus Shaikh initially remained in Pakistan but...