Free speech is hateful and intolerant to a peace loving people.
And we all know Islam is a race, not a religion, so it deserves the same protections from discrimination.
When will these lovely jokes get old?
And we all know Islam is a race, not a religion, so it deserves the same protections from discrimination.
When will these lovely jokes get old?
In Europe, "racism", in law, means discrimination to someone on the grounds of their race, ethnicity, national origin or religious background. It's been that way since the 1960s.
It was fine to say things about Muslims and Islam that you could not say about Jews or Christians.
This loophole was used by far-right groups - the BNP, EDL, etc to avoid prosecution.
[1] And before you say the blasphemy laws were never used the film "Life of Brian" only got permissions for Glasgow cinemas in 2009, and Stewart Lee went through a very expensive blasphemy court case for "Jerry Springer the Opera".
In the US, at least, religion has been protected by Constitutional law longer than race has been. (In fact, its a category that has some -- though minor -- protection in the Constitution before the bill of rights, in the religious test clause.)