The whole world, East, West, North South, agrees that insulting Christianity and Judaism is a courageous act, and often even an artistic one, to be awarded by applause from the intelligentsia, and often with awards, honors, and cash grants. The whole world also agrees that insulting Islam, even including correct analysis of how jihadis use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and supremacism, is a heinous crime that must be punished. In the West, it is punished by means of deplatforming, denial of service by social media giants and credit card corporations, and vilification in the most lurid of terms in the mainstream press. In Malaysia, the punishment is simpler and not as draconian: you just get prison time. That, too, is likely coming to the West.
“Malaysian man gets 10 years in prison for insulting Islam on Facebook,” by Sandi Sidhu, CNN, March 9, 2019:
(CNN)A Malaysian man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammed on his Facebook page, police said.
The 22-year-old Facebook user, identified as “Ayea Yea,” pleaded guilty to 10 charges in a Kuala Lumpur court.
The Royal Malaysia Police filed charges against three other social media account owners for insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, according to a statement published on Bernama, the nation’s state media news agency.
Bernama reported that 52-year-old Facebook user “Yazid Kong” pleaded guilty to two charges of posting about Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. He will be sentenced in two days….
“The police had received 929 reports across the country on these cases and opened 16 investigation papers on cases connected to insulting Islam,” Mohamad Fuzi said in a statement.