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An inadvertent acknowledgement by Charlie Hebdo
Source: Open Salon By Muhammad Zafrullah My first reaction to seeing a caricature of a crying Prophet Muhammad, saying “I am Charlie” was an unhappy one. The unhappiness was partly brought […]
Je suis Muhammad – worldwide protest in the Muslim countries
By Shahid Khan The latest front cover Prophet Muhammad cartoon on the satire magazine “Charlie Hebdo” has sparked new eruptions of violence throughout the Islamic world. The cartoon depicted the Prophet Mohammed holding a “Je suis Charlie” sign as a reference to the solidarity slogan which went viral on social media after the […]
Charlie Hebdo or Blasphemy Laws: Fallacy of False Dilemma?
Epigraphs: 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) Call […]
Meet the vigilante who hacks jihadists
By Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery January 16, 2015 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Anonymous isn’t doing anything new by hacking Islamic extremist websites. A mysterious figure known as “The Jester” has been […]
Why French Law Treats Dieudonné and Charlie Hebdo Differently
NY Times: On the same day that the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo immediately sold out an initial run of five million copies of its latest issue—which featured a cover image […]
Prophet Muhammad’s Example Is the Key to Stopping Terrorism
Qasim Rashid, Lawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” Source: The Huffington Post It is imperative humanity remains united against all forms of extremism with education, compassion, and justice. Prophet Muhammad’s example […]
Pope Francis On #CharlieHebdo: ‘You Cannot Insult The Faith Of Others’
Pope Francis called on Muslim leaders in particular to speak out against Islamic extremism ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of […]
Just because you can ridicule Prophet Muhammad doesn’t mean you should
Source: The Baltimore Sun By Faheem Younus After 36 straight hours of managing sick patients, I was beat. “Last patient,” I said to myself before examining a frail lady in […]
Charlie Hebdo and France’s Irreligious Tradition
Source: The American Interest By Kenneth R. Weinstein Public irreligion in France, from the 16th century to Charlie Hebdo. Charlie Hebdo has suddenly become the best-known example of a venerable French […]
No, I am not Charlie …
Publication in TMT is courtesy of Munir Varaich Dear Charlie, It was a pleasant surprise to receive a message from you after ages. However, I was disappointed that there were […]
Paris massacre: No, the Quran Does Not Punish Blasphemy
Source: The Daily Star, Lebanon No, the Quran Does Not Punish Blasphemy By Fareed Zakaria Jan. 12, 2015 As they went on their rampage, the men who murdered 12 people in Paris last week yelled that they had “avenged the Prophet.” They followed in the path of other terrorists […]
As a Muslim, I’m Fed Up With the Hypocrisy of the Free Speech Fundamentalists
Huff Post: by Mehdi Hasan — Does it not bother you to see Barack Obama – who demanded that Yemen keep the anti-drone journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye behind bars, after he was convicted on “terrorism-related charges” in a kangaroo court – jump on the free speech ban wagon? Weren’t you […]
Slandering one is a crime, slandering millions is ‘free speech,’ go figure
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Free speech is like food, we need it badly. If there is too little of food, we […]
Laughing in the face of danger: the state of Satire in the Muslim world
Source: The Guardian.com Cartoons depicting Muhammad are unthinkable in Muslim countries. But there are plenty of homegrown satirists poking fun at reactionaries, autocrats and jihadis. Our writers in Egypt, Turkey, […]
United States free speech exceptions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Exceptions to free speech in the United States are limitations on the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech and expression as recognized by the United […]
Defiant Charlie Hebdo publishes prophet cartoon on first post-attack issue
Source:france24.com The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo will publish a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed along with the words “All is forgiven” Wednesday on the cover of its first issue since Islamist militants killed 12 people at its central Paris offices More…..http://www.france24.com/en/20150113-charlie-hebdo-publishes-prophet-cartoon-cover/ Additional Reading Examining Both Sides: Freedom of Speech […]
Freedom of Speech, Not Freedom From Consequences
Source: New York Times By Yousef Munayyer is a Palestinian-American writer and analyst. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from its consequences. The ideal of freedom of speech is […]
Unmournable Bodies
The New Yorker: by Teju Cole — A northern-Italian miller in the sixteenth century, known as Menocchio, literate but not a member of the literary élite, held a number of unconventional theological beliefs. He believed that the soul died with the body, that the world was created out of a […]
Islam backs free speech: Column
Islam stands on its own merits, not by the guns and steel of extremists. Source: USA Today By Qasim Rashid (Photo: Evert Elzinga, AFP/Getty Images) Free speech is a fundamental Islamic […]