Epigraph: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” – President Obama Source: Salon.com By Qasim Rashid Bill Maher & Richard Dawkins continue to disparage […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise, the First Muslim Publication of North America Editorial by the Editor: Falah Shams In the aftermath of the heinous attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, the […]
Review of Religions: Introduction Blasphemy, derived from the Latin Blasphemia, is generally defined as the exhibition of irreverent behaviour or language towards God, religion or anything held sacred. It is […]
Draw Mohammed Day is approaching — the sixth anniversary of the first one, though the event hasn’t been widely held every year. This year, it’s expected to garner a great […]
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) […]
The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of a bank employee, who had challenged framing of charges against him for publishing an allegedly “vulgar and obscene” poem on Mahatma Gandhi […]
The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of a bank employee, who had challenged framing of charges against him for publishing an allegedly “vulgar and obscene” poem on Mahatma Gandhi […]
By Ben Brumfield, CNN Updated 6:17 AM ET, Sun May 17, 2015 (CNN) U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez would seem the perfect picture of an ethnically diverse Democrat. But a brief gesture […]
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: May 15, 2015 7:03 am Freedom of speech and expression has to be given a broad canvas, but it has to […]
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) […]
The Hindu: Noting that free speech is not an absolute right, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that poetic licence does not mean having nationally revered figures like Mahatma Gandhi […]
Source: Huffington Post By Raza Rumi, who is a writer, journalist and international development practitioner. C.Editor at The Friday Times, Fellow at National Endowment for Democracy, Washington D.C. WASHINGTON – Media […]
Epigraph: The Quranic challenge and freedom: And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a Chapter like it, and call […]
firstlook.org: CBC, today: “Ottawa threatening hate charges against those who boycott Israel” The Harper government is signaling its intention to use hate crime laws against Canadian advocacy groups that encourage boycotts of Israel. Such a move could target a range of civil society organizations, from the United Church of Canada […]
Source: Patheos By Saima Sheikh Recently, American Freedom Defense Initiative or AFDI, which is co founded by Pamela Geller, hosted a cartoon drawing contest of Prophet Muhammad of Islam in Garland, […]
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) […]
Source: Time By Qasim Rashid is an attorney, author of EXTREMIST, and national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. There’s an important history behind America’s free speech laws to which […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier; President, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding I am a strong supporter of the right to free speech guaranteed in the First Amendment to the […]
Free Speech: Theirs and Ours By Hussain Nadim May 02, 2015 What’s the cost of free speech in the ‘free world’? Scott McIntyre, a sports journalist for Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) in Australia, recently had a taste of it. Not only was he fired from SBS, but was also put […]
Source: The Clarion Project By Soeren Kern; April 30, 2015 British Politicians Woo ‘Muslim Vote’ With Pledges British Muslims — who voted overwhelmingly for Labour in the 2010 general election — […]