Summary
When they pushed for the adoption of that measure, Egypt and Pakistan were going after [Wilders]' film, and the 2005 Danish cartoons that upset many Muslims. I'm sure they weren't concerned with their own domestic discrimination against religious minorities, or how their media offend and insult religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries under the guise of "freedom of speech."
This perspective has Muslims as always the victims. It is concerned only with offense from abroad. It is not so concerned about the protestor holding up a "Death to Wilders" sign at a protest in Indonesia. Nor is it concerned with the Pakistani demonstrators chanting "kill the filmmaker." (Exactly what Wilders wants to see and hear, because he wants to lay their careless threats of violence at the feet of all Muslims.)Muslim women shout slogans in front of a poster of Geert Wilders during a rally outside the Dutch Embassy in Jakarta April 1, 2008. Indonesia's president urged his predominantly Muslim nation on Monday not to use violence in protests at a film on Islam by right-wing Dutch lawmaker Wilders, and said world leaders had a moral responsibility to take action. The poster reads, "Death sentence for insulting Islam". REUTERS/BeawihartaSee the full content of this document
Extract
A Responsible Response to Geert Wilders
NEW YORK - As soon as I heard that right wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders' antiIslam film had been uploaded onto an internet site, I did what any self-respecting Muslim would do: I clicked on the link and prepared to be offended.
Talk about anti-cl...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
