They don't allow holocaust denial because they're the ones comitted or participated in the holocaust. It only applies to them not you, and you're free to deny holocaust don;t you? It's freedom of speech! There is no farce here.
Similarly muslims don't allow criticising or satirizing their...
"There is a difference between religion and world affairs" only applies to you not to the West. And it is not the west to blame when they do something that does not apply to them, that is satirize religion.
Being offended is subjective matter, the offensiveness and insult you described is your own perception. You have your own reasoning, but that may not apply for others. You don't feel butchering cow is offensive because your intention is not to insult Hindus (but Hindus feel offended according to...
By your logic, Muslims should also not butcher cow in public during Eid-Al-Adha because this will incite Hindus to violence.
Cow protection movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Row over cows for slaughter sparks riot - Telegraph
Who is to blame here? By your logic it is muslims's to...
I think most Pakistanis posters really misunderstsand the concept of freedom of speech.
Freedom of speech means everyone can express their views without being censored, including those disagreeing your views. That means that everyone has the rights to disagree with your own view.
Freedom of...
If you follow the report from the source: France 'bans pro-Palestinian rallies' as tensions increasingly mirror Israel-Gaza animosity — RT News
You can clearly sees that it is exactly because of violence ("throwing stones and cause several injuries) that get the rallies banned, not because of...
He was later acquitted and given compensation of 40,000 Euro for wrongful termination.
Le Tribunal de Grande Instance donne raison à Siné contre Charlie Hebdo - ActuaBD
And for your information, Sine was also cartoonist from Charlie Hebdo.
Siné - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yes~ because the west is the dominant cultural sphere in the world right now. Even in your own country, something that happened close to capital region (dominant in economy, culture, and politics) will get more attention than those happened around border region. It is normal and nothing shameful...
You fail to realize that everyone's action will hurt everyone's feeling in some ways. Muslims butchering cows during Eid-Al-Adha will hurts Hindus' and Buddhists' sentiment. Hindus/Buddhists using swastika in public will hurt Jews and Europeans' sentiment. Even in Muslim own hadists teaching...
Why should this be a surprised? You care more about the death in your own country or region than death in the other part of region. This is normal. Even as individial we care more (and feel sadder) about the death of our relatives and friends than the death of strangers.
The only reason why the...
Nope~ there is annual Israeli Anti-semitic Cartoons Contest in the west. And all the artist are still fine and protected for their freedom of speech. The only exception applied if you deny holocaust and calls for the extermination of Jews and other races.
Jewish Caricature Contest: Kosher...
No, You can't live without hurting or provoking others' feelings. They will always cases where differences in belief and culture will "hurt and provokes" other communities with different culture and belief. The solution is for everyone to get over it and accept everyone's freedom of expression...
Actually there are a lot of caricatures and cartoons making fun of jews and holocaust~
And a lot of Islamic hadits themselves will be "insulting" to other religion if I applied the same definition of "insult". In fact the word "kafir" itself is already insulting for non-muslim in Indonesian...
Because everything that is contrary to muslim believes can easily end-up being deemed "Insulting" to muslim. This bigotted and close-minded way of thinking should and must be fought. Thank God the majority of muslims are not like that. But the numbers who are like that keep climbing and exerting...
SATIRE is not insult~ this is where most muslims fail to understand. Satire is a opiniated mockery based on actual events so that the one being mocked get the message for improvement.
It seems that fundamentalist muslims have different definition of "INSULT" than everyone else~ for example:
1...
Most historian (Chinese and Foreign as well) estimate the number lies between 30~50 million, not 100 million
23m Peng 1987
27m Coale 1984
30m Ashton, et al. 1984
30m Banister 1987
30m Becker 1996
32.5m Cao 2005
36m, Yang 2008
38m Chang and Halliday 2005
38m Rummel 2008
42m minimum Dikötter 2010...
This was certainly a nightmare~
But I think the spike in currency depreciation of some emerging markets like India and Indonesia were just a temporary shock spurred by ruble panic. Let's see how it develops for the next few weeks~
How can you know I never get to US? o_O :crazy:
That's exactly your problem I see~ You assume too much and treat them as fact, that's why you have those cynical view and perception.
I don;t see the problem with extracurricular activities. Even if students are compelled to join these activities...