The Cost of Freedom of Speech
On Thursday, April 12, a gang of Somali thugs on a downtown Oslo street attacked Kadra, a Somali woman who now lives in Norway, and beat her senseless, breaking several of her ribs. They were enraged at her for her recent statement that the Qur’an’s views of women needed reevaluation. They also might have been angry because of her role in revealing the widespread support among imams in Norway for female genital mutilation; Kadra exposed their support for this horrific procedure using a hidden camera in a 2000 documentary for Norwegian television.
As they beat her, Kadra’s attackers shouted Allahu Akbar—Allah is great—and recited verses from the Qur’an. “I was terrified,” she said. “While I lay on the pavement they kicked me and screamed that I had trampled on the Koran.”
In this report writer gives a background report on what Muslems have done during recent fifty years on those who have been victimized of freedom of speech not only in western but even in Islamic societies. The persons such as Ahmad Kasravi(1947),Haji Ali Razmara, Faraj Foda(1992), Naguib Mahfouz(1994) after being accused blasphemy or treacherous were murdered by radical Muslims. The author warns about this event in west and calls it a great challenge for western societies.
The democracy and democratic values has been a great issue westerners debated on during recent decades. Many have criticized Islam for being so stiff and non-reflexive in its rules or criticized Muslims to act in some cases so radical and violated human rights, but when they are asked about democracy and liberalism can not reply correctly. They, themselves, believe that the mere liberalism does not match with democracy and say in some occasions we must limit human freedom. There is a famous saying among Persians and maybe Muslims that means the one who does not appreciate himself he would not do it for others. The domain of religion is one of those in which not any irrelevant idea should be allowed to enter and act what it likes. I don’t want to compensate the radical actions of those who have not known Islam and from that only they have learnt the punishment.
After September 11, according to what Zionists predicted in their scenario attacks on Muslims in west increased. The growth of Islam has been one of concerns among western leaders during recent two decades. Although Zionists in US continuously tried to show their oppressedness by different ways through media but they witnessed the increasing popularity of Islam. By WTC scenario they could reveal some Islamic radical groups and introduced them to people of whole world as they represent all Muslims. They figured out Islam in such a way they wanted to be, as a savages' religion and a close threat to western civilized world.
In western look on world everything is able to be criticized even Jesus. According their material look on world everything can be visible and accessible, so it differs from eastern look upon which some creatures like Devil can only live spiritually not bodily or Prophets and saints are far from being discussed or assimilated. According to western opinion it is not strange or blasphemous that a person like George W. Bush introduces himself as Jesus who has come to save humanity.So criticism on issues and cases that are deemed materialistically is as easy as westerners think.
The author has combined all of these events together with one look and by special intention with no attention to the reasons of events. Different looks on the issue is the result of different concept and beliefs that led to conflict.
The freedom in every society and upon every belief is appreciated as a value of humanity but as in some cases even western philosophers believe that freedom lead to anarchy, religion is one that domain. Of course it should be noted that religion itself and its ability to attract as well as those who try to introduce religion to people as preachers are all important factors that Christianity has not benefited any of them. The history of Christianity shows many distortions of what Moses and Christ told and preached really, so it is obvious that many of contemporary followers do not appreciate it and allocate it to a certain time and place.
In general, it is on Muslims to seek for ways to show Islam and its entity more clear than before and to prevent those who want to show a savage face of Islam.
On Thursday, April 12, a gang of Somali thugs on a downtown Oslo street attacked Kadra, a Somali woman who now lives in Norway, and beat her senseless, breaking several of her ribs. They were enraged at her for her recent statement that the Qur’an’s views of women needed reevaluation. They also might have been angry because of her role in revealing the widespread support among imams in Norway for female genital mutilation; Kadra exposed their support for this horrific procedure using a hidden camera in a 2000 documentary for Norwegian television.
As they beat her, Kadra’s attackers shouted Allahu Akbar—Allah is great—and recited verses from the Qur’an. “I was terrified,” she said. “While I lay on the pavement they kicked me and screamed that I had trampled on the Koran.”
In this report writer gives a background report on what Muslems have done during recent fifty years on those who have been victimized of freedom of speech not only in western but even in Islamic societies. The persons such as Ahmad Kasravi(1947),Haji Ali Razmara, Faraj Foda(1992), Naguib Mahfouz(1994) after being accused blasphemy or treacherous were murdered by radical Muslims. The author warns about this event in west and calls it a great challenge for western societies.
The democracy and democratic values has been a great issue westerners debated on during recent decades. Many have criticized Islam for being so stiff and non-reflexive in its rules or criticized Muslims to act in some cases so radical and violated human rights, but when they are asked about democracy and liberalism can not reply correctly. They, themselves, believe that the mere liberalism does not match with democracy and say in some occasions we must limit human freedom. There is a famous saying among Persians and maybe Muslims that means the one who does not appreciate himself he would not do it for others. The domain of religion is one of those in which not any irrelevant idea should be allowed to enter and act what it likes. I don’t want to compensate the radical actions of those who have not known Islam and from that only they have learnt the punishment.
After September 11, according to what Zionists predicted in their scenario attacks on Muslims in west increased. The growth of Islam has been one of concerns among western leaders during recent two decades. Although Zionists in US continuously tried to show their oppressedness by different ways through media but they witnessed the increasing popularity of Islam. By WTC scenario they could reveal some Islamic radical groups and introduced them to people of whole world as they represent all Muslims. They figured out Islam in such a way they wanted to be, as a savages' religion and a close threat to western civilized world.
In western look on world everything is able to be criticized even Jesus. According their material look on world everything can be visible and accessible, so it differs from eastern look upon which some creatures like Devil can only live spiritually not bodily or Prophets and saints are far from being discussed or assimilated. According to western opinion it is not strange or blasphemous that a person like George W. Bush introduces himself as Jesus who has come to save humanity.So criticism on issues and cases that are deemed materialistically is as easy as westerners think.
The author has combined all of these events together with one look and by special intention with no attention to the reasons of events. Different looks on the issue is the result of different concept and beliefs that led to conflict.
The freedom in every society and upon every belief is appreciated as a value of humanity but as in some cases even western philosophers believe that freedom lead to anarchy, religion is one that domain. Of course it should be noted that religion itself and its ability to attract as well as those who try to introduce religion to people as preachers are all important factors that Christianity has not benefited any of them. The history of Christianity shows many distortions of what Moses and Christ told and preached really, so it is obvious that many of contemporary followers do not appreciate it and allocate it to a certain time and place.
In general, it is on Muslims to seek for ways to show Islam and its entity more clear than before and to prevent those who want to show a savage face of Islam.
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