We have followed the rising prosecution of people for blasphemy around the world, including the West. Now, Muslim groups in India are calling for the prosecution of organizers for reading from Salman Rushdie’s banned book “Satanic Verses” at the Jaipur Literature Festival. Abdul Latif, state secretary of All India Milli council refers to the mere reading from the book as “condemnable” and said that the groups are collecting evidence for prosecution.
What is fascinating is the change in the language of intolerance. I have been critical of the Obama Administration’s work with Middle Eastern countries on establishing the basis for prosecution anti-religious speech. Recently the Administration got these extremist countries to adopt the Brandenburg standard as the basis for such prosecutions. These cases show the mentality of countries pushing for a “balance” between free speech and religion. It also shows why the use of the Brandenburg standard is so dangerous in the hands of such officials who view free speech as the cause of imminent violence. Here Latif insisted that prosecution is necessary because such readings may “provoke people,” warning “it is responsibility of police, administration and organisers to ensure that no such things happen in the event but it is unfortunate that the banned book was read.”
That is how imminent “imminent lawless action” plays out in nations enforcing blasphemy values.
Source: Outlook India as first seen on Reddit.
Jefferson rolls over….
pete,
LOL …
it’s hard to make the westboro baptists look sane.
Blasphemy can be just another word for improper opinion if we are not very careful
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I thought it was already in islamic countries, as well as others.
Policing of right-thinking seems to be foundation of all religions. Exceptions?
We are Free…Right?
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MY URINE & MY TURD
TO DIRTY FAGGOT LIAR CRIMINAL
CALLED
” salman rushDIE ”
AS HE MUST DIE
DIE
DIE
DIE
& GO TO HELL
Sooooo….? Did this article have a conclusion?
This is a wonderful post for illustrating the great damage ignorance of Epistemology induces.
It is a world wide brain storm, with varying degrees of damage in all countries of our world wide community.
Blasphemy can be just another word for improper opinion if we are not very careful.