.... I also don't believe that they should have more rights than anyone else: I don't believe they should have any special legal protection from being criticized or offended, or that they should be able to censor the speech of non-Muslims, or that it should be a crime to do things, like drawing Mohammed, that Islam considers impermissible for purely religious reasons.
I don't believe they should have special courts that issue binding rulings in civil cases based on Islamic law, or special communities where their law governs and not the civil law. I don't believe Islam should receive any preferential treatment by the government. [Big Think] Read more
