In the free and enlightened West, we don’t imprison people for insulting Islam and Muhammad. We just denounce them for “provoking” Muslims and “poking them in the eye,” excoriate them for their “racism” and “bigotry,” and ban them from various venues as a danger to all civilized folk, ignoring the fact that the danger comes from Muslims who kill people for perceived insults to Islam and Muhammad, not from their potential victims. You see, we are much more advanced and progressive.
Behold the future of the West: “Politician David Orok sentenced to 16 months’ jail for insulting Islam,” by Ruben Sario, The Star, September 15, 2015:
KOTA KINABALU: A politician was jailed 16 months after changing his plea and admitting to sedition for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a Facebook posting.
Kota Kinabalu Hight Court Deputy Registrar Zairi Zainal Abidin, who sat as Sessions Court Judge, ordered the jail term against 50-year-old David Orok to run from Tuesday after dismissing his application for a stay of execution on the sentence.
David was charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a Facebook posting while at his house in Tuaran near here on July 4.
He had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge and his trial was supposed to begin on Tuesday.
The Court was told that a police report had been lodged by a woman after she received a WhatsApp message containing a screenshot of Orok’s Facebook posting.
It was one the 46 police reports lodged against Orok, a State Reform Party member, after his Facebook posting went viral.
Pressing for a deterrent sentence, senior federal counsel Jamil Aripin said belittling any religion indicated the person concerned had no sense of mutual respect nor good social behaviour.
“What the accused has done is clearly divergent to the Rukun Negara and Federal Constitution,” he said.
He said individuals who chose to post opinions or statements that were incompatible with the nation’s values should not be spared.
“Such postings and remarks incite religious and racial hatred, which is capable of causing violence and distrust among the diverse races and religions in Malaysia,” Jamil added….

Angemon says
Huh, future?
john spielman says
the future is here NOW, thanks to the Obamanation who sits in the Oval office!
islam is a truly pathetic religion as it requires violence and intimidation to prevent legitimate criticism of its fascist antichrist tenets. and Maylasia is a evil country that oppresses non muslims, esp its ethnic Chinese
umbra says
malaysia is indeed a hole. An extremely bigoted and racist country.
Huck Folder says
“Pressing for a deterrent sentence, senior federal counsel Jamil Aripin said belittling ANY religion indicated the person concerned had no sense of mutual respect nor good social behaviour.”
So, islam, guilty as charged!
Jay Boo says
I can hear a thunderous cacophony of suction sounds from human rights advocates hurriedly sticking their heads up their butts in order to pretend not to notice.
umbra says
Human rights (as understood in western countries) and its advocates are completely powerless in islamic countries. These advocates know this and so they ply their trade almost entirely in western countries and at the UN.
Jay Boo says
Allah who?
Allah who –ackbar
Rather than admit that their unknowable fire-breathing two headed snake dragon was just Muhammad’s personal sex-slave sock puppet, they will assist one head to preach peace when Islam is weak and the other to wish us all dead.
Jaladhi says
Moderate Malaysia is just as moderate as Saudi Arabia! Malaysia is Saudi Arabia of the East!
Jay Boo says
Obama wants to ramp up trade with Malaysia.
Boycott & Divest from Malaysia
CogitoErgoSum says
Leaves me wondering just what did he say that was so terrible? Would expecting violence to be caused by an insult to a certain religion be an insult in itself to that religion … that is, if that religion were supposed to be one promoting peace? Wouldn’t having such restrictions on free speech be an admission that Islam is a religion full of people prone to violence?
umbra says
No such thing as free speech in malaysia or indonesia or bangladesh or any islamic country on the planet.
This man is lucky with his sentence. Until recent times, he could have be made to disappear under the old ISA act – in violation of the sedition act – where individuals could be detained without charges or trials for months, years or even indefinitely.
Charli Main says
Every non Muslim that is breathing, is insulting Islam and Mohammed.
Antivenin says
“In the free and enlightened West, we don’t imprison people for insulting Islam and Muhammad.”
Not yet, you mean…
Westman says
“Such postings and remarks incite religious and racial hatred, which is capable of causing violence..” – Only for Muslims; other folks call it criticism and have a dialog that might lead to understanding. Those Buddhists and Christians don’t have the supremist attitude of Islam. The King, being “the defender of the faith”, guess which faith, couldn’t tip the scales of “justice” by any chance?
The “moderates” keep raising hell in southern Thailand, so apparently they haven’t got the “we’re secular and tolerant of all religions” message yet. Want to bet on the future for Christians and Buddhists in Malaysia?
Westman says
The Prime Minister had $700 million miraculously appear in his personal account which he says is a “donation” from the Middle East. The non-Muslims have begun protesting a corrupt government and the Muslims, the Bumiputras, PM supporters, are responding, only kept from violence by police. The currency has lost value as the Muslims tighten control, big surprise, and ethnic tensions are rising as government corruption leads toward a failed state.
Expect much violence in Malaysia’s future, the same trend we see everywhere Islam is returning to fundamentalism.
sidney penny says
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/04/interfaith-outreach-in-malaysia-judge-says-huge-hindu-buddhist-statues-an-affront-to-islam
“With such a huge statue, you’re showing that your religion is all mighty and powerful,” Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah said — and in the supremacist vision that he has, since he “insisted Islam is above other faiths,” that is unacceptable.
Truth Seeker says
There is No Moderate Muslim. Every Muslim has to be Aggressive to anyone who points out any Flaw of Prophet, because there is No Convincing Explanations. If allow people to point out flaws, it may not be able to withstand the Shocks and Impact. So prevention is better. That is being done.
Joseph says
I wonder what my *choice* words on Islam would get me? It would be safe to say that it would be more than jail time. If it was jail then I would have more to say.
I refuse to live in a world dominated by Islam
If we do not stand up to Islam then we will kneel before it. (sorry I don’t know who to give credit for this)