If we can't criticize Islam in the West, where can it be criticized?
May 2, 2015 at 6:39 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2015 at 6:41 am by TheMessiah.)
http://time.com/3843822/charlie-hebdo-pe...d-protest/
http://reason.com/blog/2015/05/01/145-in...venxw:53Sy
Recently, 145 ''intellectual' writers signed a letter saying that PEN should not honor Charlie Hebdo for it's bravery in standing up for freedom of expression. It literally says that Islam as a belief system should not be mocked because ethnic minorities follow the religion. As if Islam deserves special tolerance
The letter is of course, utterly embarassing and PEN will continue to honor Charlie Hebdo.
But this brings me to ask, even if we were to refrain from criticizing Islam in the West because minorities follow it, then where can it be criticized?
Like criticizing and mocking Islam would work soooo well in a country where Muslims are the majority? Yeah, no. It's simply too hard to even criticize Islam in Muslim majority nations, let alone mock it - those who do are brutally punished, via state law.
It's why ex-Muslims like Ayaan Hirsi Ali criticize Islam in the West. I'm getting sick and tired of people saying that ''Islamophobia'' phrase whenever someone criticizes Islam. If criticizing Islam should not be allowed because minorities follow it (and thus, they have some special right) - then Islam cannot be criticized anywhere in the world.
You know, the Right-Wing of politics always get pissed off when Christianity is criticized. But lately, it seems to be the hardcore Left who get pissed off when Islam is criticized.
Wasn't it Marx who said religion is the ''opium of the people''?
http://reason.com/blog/2015/05/01/145-in...venxw:53Sy
Quote:To the section of the French population that is already marginalized, embattled, and victimized, a population that is shaped by the legacy of France's various colonial enterprises, and that contains a large percentage of devout Muslims, Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet must be seen as being intended to cause further humiliation and suffering.
Recently, 145 ''intellectual' writers signed a letter saying that PEN should not honor Charlie Hebdo for it's bravery in standing up for freedom of expression. It literally says that Islam as a belief system should not be mocked because ethnic minorities follow the religion. As if Islam deserves special tolerance
The letter is of course, utterly embarassing and PEN will continue to honor Charlie Hebdo.
But this brings me to ask, even if we were to refrain from criticizing Islam in the West because minorities follow it, then where can it be criticized?
Like criticizing and mocking Islam would work soooo well in a country where Muslims are the majority? Yeah, no. It's simply too hard to even criticize Islam in Muslim majority nations, let alone mock it - those who do are brutally punished, via state law.
It's why ex-Muslims like Ayaan Hirsi Ali criticize Islam in the West. I'm getting sick and tired of people saying that ''Islamophobia'' phrase whenever someone criticizes Islam. If criticizing Islam should not be allowed because minorities follow it (and thus, they have some special right) - then Islam cannot be criticized anywhere in the world.
You know, the Right-Wing of politics always get pissed off when Christianity is criticized. But lately, it seems to be the hardcore Left who get pissed off when Islam is criticized.
Wasn't it Marx who said religion is the ''opium of the people''?
