Source: The Conversative Papers.
Muslim MK Ibrahim Sarsour (Ra’am-Ta’al) has reintroduced legislation that would lower the threshold for what is considered a racist offense and would ban the publication of materials that disparage the prophet Muhammad through a “cartoon, defamation and insult,” the Yisrael Hayom newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Sarsour is one of three sponsors of the bill, all of whom are from Arab parties, the report noted.
Under Israeli law, a person whose actions are “crudely offensive” towards a religion and its believers is liable to one-year prison sentence. The new bill, which is an amendment to the Israeli penal code, would make the law less open to interpretation by omitting the word “crudely” and specifying some of the instances where the stipulated punishment would be applicable, such as the drawing of the prophet Muhammad.
It speaks about big heart of Israelis and has great message for Western politicians. Respect and regard for holy personalities of all religion is the hall mark of Islam. Prophet of Islam (pbuh) clearly forbids to disrespect the holy personalities of other religions lest in return they can disrespect the holy personalities of Islam. A good and well appreciated move
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Ahmadis are living in peace. The Head of the Ahmadiyya Community praised the president of Israel for his peace efforts.