Some good news from the Netherlands...
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands actually gets it right...
The Supreme Court yesterday produced an important ruling in principle in favour of freedom of speech. The highest court of the Netherlands acquitted a man of insulting Muslims although he dubbed Islam a tumour.
The Supreme Court quashed a ruling by an appeal court in Den Bosch. As had a district court earlier, the appeal court did find the man guilty. Yesterday's acquittal can have consequences for all future court cases on insulting followers of a faith or ideology, including the notorious case against MP Geert Wilders.
According to the country's highest court, people expressing themselves offensively about a religion are not automatically guilty of insulting its followers, even if the followers feel insulted. "The statement must unmistakeably refer to a certain group of people who differentiate themselves from others by their religion," ruled the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court acquitted a man who in November 2004 stuck a poster in his window with the text: 'Stop the tumour that is called Islam'. While people may not insult believers, they can insult their religion, according to the Supreme Court. "The sole circumstance of offensive statements about a religion also insulting its followers is not sufficient to speak of insulting a group of people due to their religion."
posted by GayandRight @ 8:05 PM
3 Comments:
This is sick...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160958/Muslim-anti-war-protesters-abuse-British-soldiers-baby-killers-homecoming-parade.html
One question:
If someone said:
"Stop the tumour thas is called Judaism"
can it be called antisemitism? Or this is simply anti-judaism, like, say, anti-islamism?
Thanks for your posts!!!
Tarquinius said:
"One question:
If someone said:
"Stop the tumour thas is called Judaism"
can it be called antisemitism? Or this is simply anti-judaism, like, say, anti-islamism?"
Being a Jew, I see nothing wrong with "Stop the tumour thas is called Judaism". That is your viewpoint of my religion. If you were to say "Kill the Jews", then we'd have a problem. One is a call to stop an ideology, the other is a call to terminate a life. One is protected by morals, laws and has a universal right to exist; the other has only the right to exist in the mind of the person who CHOOSES to believe in it.
I dare say that if a member of ANY religion were secure in their faith, then it wouldn't matter if you called that religion a blessing, a curse, a tumor, etc. Islam (the ideology) has "tiny penis syndrome"!
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