Thursday, March 27, 2008
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Peter Hoekstra: Islam and Free Speech - '...Radical jihadists are prepared to use violence against individuals to stop them from exercising their free speech rights. In some countries, converting a Muslim to another faith is a crime punishable by death. While Muslim clerics are free to preach and proselytize in the West, some Muslim nations severely restrict or forbid other faiths to do so. In addition, moderate Muslims around the world have been deemed apostates and enemies by radical jihadists...'
killing and protests that burn flags and violant protest are not accseptable.
but there is a link between those protest and the free os speach and opression.
for example an islamic country that is bieng invaded(afganestan, iraq, gaza), then islam is bieng accused of bieng a terrorist reliegon, and a cartoon that humilates prophet ... all these factores together cause people to act in a bad way.
but most muslims who live in uncolonized countries react normally to those insults on the prophet mohammed, because it is not the first insult...many have been published before. and they will be blown by the wind.
Also the prophet once went to talk to a tribe about islam, they threw him with stone and kicked him out till he bleeded.
so two angels came to him saying that if he wanted him to destroy the city the will by god order. but he said no maybe their sons will be better then them.
so we as muslims now that not every insult should be treated with the same insult ...but as i said in the begining there are factores that causes people to respond badly.
Like what i read once in the econimist magazine.
bieng colonized by a damhocratic country is the worst thing that gives rise to terrorists, because it gives credibility to the colonizing country just because its democratic
on the free of speach thing...yes its a good thing and all people support it, but why insult and harm emotions of other people. discuss anything scintifically and without childish propoganda...and we will welcome it.
thats my view and nobody is forced to accept it,
thanx