.... Muslims, I guess, are expected to have thicker skins than their Christian and Jewish brethren. Context matters, too. You ask us to laugh at a cartoon of the Prophet while ignoring the vilification of Islam across the continent (have you visited Germany lately?) and the widespread discrimination against Muslims in education, employment and public life - especially in France. You ask Muslims to denounce a handful of extremists as an existential threat to free speech while turning a blind eye to the much bigger threat to it posed by our elected leaders.
[TOP RATED COMMENT 2122 likes] This is such a ridiculous article. .... the idea that the consequences of free speech - which in this case include the threat of death by fanatical extremists - should be borne by Charlie Hebdo is complete capitulation to the killers because it legitimises their threat of violence. Now, it is established that if you depict the Prophet you must, in some way, be prepared for the fact that your life may come under threat.
.... Unfortunately, this article seems to deflect the problem completely, going instead for the ever predictable line of Muslims are victims .... The fetish that many of the Left have for victims (especially of the capitalist, imperialist west) has distorted our ability to fully comprehend the issue at hand.
[ANOTHER] All this from a fruitcake who was recorded whilst debating with Richard Dawkins that he loved the prophet Mohamed more than he loved his son, what a brainwashed creep of a father, Sorry no time for a person like this. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
