Defending free speech is also the best way to defend Muhammad

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

…...Rather than ban speech critical of Muhammad, Muslims should meet arguments with arguments and silence claims with counterclaims. Advocating for free speech and critical thinking, not fighting against them, is what gives Muslims the greatest chance of defending Islam.

To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2018/11/06/defending-free-speech-is-also-the-best-way-to-defend-muhammad/

[MineralMan]

1. I read the article. Your excerpt does not reflect

the actual content of the article, which discussed a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights. Since you are allowed to include up to four paragraphs of an article in your excerpt, you could make your post much more informative by doing so.

It takes no more work to include more of an article, so I'm at a loss to understand why you quote material that doesn't really reflect the actual topic in the article.

[Act_of_Reparation]

2. Interesting that this is a conversation that needs to happen.

[guillaumeb]

5. Agreed. But it obviously does.

Unfortunately, it cannot happen in countries such as China and N. Korea as well.

[Act_of_Reparation]

7. Yes, the Atheist Bible clearly prohibits criticism of the one true not faith.

[guillaumeb]

8. No, the actions of the atheist leaders

speak far louder than words in a book.

[Act_of_Reparation]

9. Who is my leader?

[edhopper]

10. The do discuss religion in China

https://www.internations.org/china-expats/guide/29464-culture-shopping-recreation/chinese-ethnic-groups-17524/religion-in-china-2

As a Communist country, China has no official religion. That being said, the government does officially recognize five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism. As of the last official census in 2010, 52.2% of the population said they were unaffiliated with any religion. The other circa 48% of the population is split between the officially recognized religions, as well as folk religions and very small populations of Jewish and Hindu believers.

They also talk about it in the largely secular parts of Europe.

But in the more religious countries, especially in Islam....


And you know N. Korea has NOTHING to do with atheism and everything to do with a cult like dictator.

[guillaumeb]

11. Yes, while they are running re-education camps for theists.

[Cartoonist]

3. Actually, it doesn't

That's why there are blasphemy laws. Religion can not stand up to scrutiny. Proof of that is the trend away from religion in the information age.

[MineralMan]

4. Oddly enough, my freedom of speech is often

directed at debunking religion. So, how is that going to help Islam or Christianity? I doubt that's what the writer was suggesting.

You still ignored the fact that the court discussed in the article essentially ruled in the opposite direction, toward restricting free speech.

The defenders of Muhhamad wouldn't like anything I wrote. They're not interested in my free speech; only theirs.

I have no idea what interests you, though. You certainly criticize my use of free speech often enough. Maybe you align with that weird court.

[Voltaire2]

6. Other ways of defending religious nonsense:

Send a squad of heavily armed thugs to slaughter the blasphemers.

Another way is to criminalize blasphemy.

It is not clear method is most effective.