It seems that pictures like this of Muhammad making bacon have the Muslim world enraged and ready to take legal action against those that slight their religion or its “sacred symbols”.
If they want to protect and defend the true image of Islam, they need to crack down on the radical militants within their own ranks, not create a legal instrument to crack down on defamation of Islam.
If they are truly the “religion of peace,” then prove it by being humble. Most Christians do not try to stifle others that degrade their religion. They simply acknowledge that those doing the degrading are not knowledgeable.
Muslims nations: Defame Islam, get sued?
The Muslim world has created a battle plan to defend its religion from political cartoonists and bigots.
Concerned about what they see as a rise in the defamation of Islam, leaders of the world’s Muslim nations are considering taking legal action against those that slight their religion or its sacred symbols. It was a key issue during a two-day summit that ended Friday in this western Africa capital.
The Muslim leaders are attempting to demand redress from nations like Denmark, which allowed the publication of cartoons portraying the Prophet Muhammad in 2006 and again last month, to the fury of the Muslim world.
Though the legal measures being considered have not been spelled out, the idea pits many Muslims against principles of freedom of speech enshrined in the constitutions of numerous Western governments.
“I don’t think freedom of expression should mean freedom from blasphemy,” said Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade, the chairman of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference. “There can be no freedom without limits.”
