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I don't approve of what Charlie Hebdo did either. I had the chance to read a Farsi translation of their last issue and god was it so cheap. As for Chomsky, he's to say that Western governments are only selectively supporting freedom of speech, which I agree with, but what does that have to with...

His horrific hallucinations cannot be dealt with in a more civilized way. Do you really think there is nobody capable of punishing others for insulting what he deems holy? Fatwa against Salman Rushdie was issued in my country and there were/are people who would willfully kill him given the chance.

He's making irrelevant points and doesn't seem to understand that killing journalists is one thing (Serbia and Gaza examples) and killing journalists because of what they have written/drawn is a completely different thing. Not that one is less horrendous than the other but the contexts are...

So sad (there are reports of similar instances in England) but not surprising when you have this: Hatred spreads just like that. Lets count those who would march for this one and see if the number would exceed that of Naji Ali's ;)

Religions I believe are still good for the most part, helping both the individual and the society on many circumstances. Should be distanced from political systems though.

Come on, why would you give a damn? I have maintained family and friendship ties with those who believe I'll burn in hell :wine:

Great article. Read it. @Turk 1.4, you should read it too. From Teenage Angst to Jihad Something snapped. I was 13 years old, dreaming of books and girls and nothing else — a healthy Dutch kid with a Moroccan background who freewheeled through life. Then something happened that made me...

Common sense is the new sexy.

Kouachi brothers were as French as Sarkozy is. From the moment somebody is granted citizenship, nothing can/should differentiate between him/her and those who've been living there for a longer time. You don't really think that governments are giving away citizenship because those immigrants are...

Well, that's a good question but I think those are actually self-claimed (by the cartoonists) pictures of Mohammad.

It can only come from a sadistic mind :P Iran's problem is not a strictly religious one. Hijab is hardly even an Islamic thing. Far worse things go on in North Korea, where's religion in their equation? It's very simple-minded to attribute problems of a +70 million country to only one factor...

See that's the problem. Generalizing one case across all situations and then dropping the case because that generalization is essentially impossible. You can live in your ideal world but I prefer to stick to the reality which is a large number of people who have less tolerance of accepting...

Not arrest but one must be an idiot to not understand the situation and provoke people who are dealing with the consequences of a horrifying event.

Ban those cartoons, yes. NOTHING valuable comes out of such horrible practices of freedom of speech.

Don't mock it like that because next time you decide to sympathize with Muslims' hurt feelings, you will look hypocritical. Considering Dieudonne's record and the sensitivity of the case, I approve of what France did. They must have done the same thing to Charlie Hebdo when they made those...

It has nothing to do with Muslims who had nothing to do with what happened to Charlie Hebdo, they should not be feeling apologetic (I can't possibly stress enough how stupid it is to expect them to be ashamed, embarrassed or responsible even though many of those I know are indeed embarrassed and...

Forgiveness is liberating, don't get me wrong, and it means a lot outside the courtroom, but it's more a personal way of coping with having been wronged. When you shout it in the public, and precisely because there's no legal power to it, it suddenly becomes a meaningless gesture which, in this...

It does mean a lot in Muslim culture also but it still doesn't make any sense. Lets say they arrested everybody linked to that massacre and wanted to punish them (I don't know what would be the typical proper punishment for such a crime in Europe). Then suppose that these guys (who say to have...

I don't quite understand who they are forgiving. Terrorists? Makes absolutely no sense. What happened in Paris comes from a sickening ideology followers of which would certainly not even ask for forgiveness. Not to mention that the symbolic nature of the message (it has no jurisdiction, not...

Ideally, even the most insolent expressions should be tolerated. From a very personal point of view however, it's indeed a matter of morality. "My" moral judgment, nothing more. But from a social perspective, drawing a line between what's deemed to be freedom of expression and what spreads...