An Austrian court has recently sentenced British historian David Irving to three years in prison for denying the Holocaust. The decision proved that there are limits to freedom of expression, and hence showed Europe's double standards when it comes to handling the blasphemous cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).
So says Imran Khan, a Pakistani researcher and contributor to Morocco Times, who goes on to say:
To avoid confrontation with other religions, Europe must have the standards to judge the limits of freedom of expression. If Europe considers that freedom of expression has limits, then it must not only be used in the case of the holocaust. The widening gap between Islam and Europe could only be bridged with equality and justice.
Read the full story here: European double standards.
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1 comment:
Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany and Austria. There is a good reason for this.
It is not a double-standard.
Do you not eat beef out of respect for the Hindu faith? After all, it is their sacred animal. Shouldn't you respect another faith ... just as you expect your faith to be respect? What? You don't think it is the same?
Published images in Western newspapers often depict people and animals. Such images are ALWAYS haraam. Yet where was the indignation for the hundreds of years prior?
The reaction towards these political cartoons (CARTOONS!) was completely and rampantly inconsistent with teachings of Islam.
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