Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned the republication of Muhammad cartoons by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, “saying the move once again exposed the enmity of the political, cultural centers of the Western world toward Islam. The unforgivable sin of a French magazine in insulting the Holy Prophet once against exposed the enmity and the vile spite of the political and cultural centers of the Western world toward Islam and the Muslim community.”
Yet France is not ruled by mullahs. Nor is any other Western country, despite appearances created by the general movement toward submission to Islam.
In the view of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Charlie Hebdo has insulted Islam, and thus Muslims as a whole. And Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh stated:
The French magazine’s offensive move, which has been repeated on the pretext of freedom of speech, has hurt the feelings of the world’s monotheists, is a provocative move and an insult to the Islamic values and beliefs of over one billion Muslims in the world.
The hurt feelings of Muslims or anyone do not take precedence over the freedom of speech.
Back in 2018, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, came out swinging in defense of Pakistan’s infamous blasphemy laws, in the face of a Muhammad cartoon contest planned by Dutch politician Geert Wilders.
Khan vowed to take the matter [of blasphemy] to the United Nations, saying that few in the West understand the pain caused to Muslims by such activities.
This is the core of Islamic supremacism and the foundation of Islamic attacks on the freedom of speech, which is the cornerstone of any free society. Christianity has been attacked periodically and viciously over time, without riots or killings by Christians over “hurt feelings.” As far as laws in Western countries are concerned, Islam is not special or above any other religion. In the view of Sharia, however, Islam is indeed above all religions. France and other Western countries are not required to function as though they were ruled by Sharia, but many have voluntarily given that impression in regard to “blasphemy” and the freedom of speech. Many Western countries have kowtowed to Islamic blasphemy laws in the name of “diversity.” In so doing, they betray their own countries, as well as persecuted Christians worldwide, including those who are in Iranian, Pakistani and other jails on accusations of “blasphemy.”
“Leader denounces Charlie Hebdo for insulting Islam, Muslims,” Tehran Times, September 8, 2020:
TEHRAN — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned the republication of cartoons insulting the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, saying the move once again exposed the enmity of the political, cultural centers of the Western world toward Islam.
“The unforgivable sin of a French magazine in insulting the Holy Prophet (PBUH) once against exposed the enmity and the vile spite of the political and cultural centers of the Western world toward Islam and the Muslim community,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a message on Tuesday.
He said freedom of expression is misused by some French politicians to not condemn such great crime. This is “completely wrong and demagogic,” the Leader noted.
The deep anti-Islamic policies of the Zionists and arrogant governments are the cause of such hostile moves, said Ayatollah Khamenei.
“This move at this time could also be a measure to distract the nations and governments of West Asia from the sinister plots of the United States and the Zionist regime for the region.”
“Muslim nations, especially West Asian nations, should maintain vigilance regarding the issues of this sensitive region and never forget the hostility of Western politicians and rulers towards Islam and Muslims,” the Leader concluded.
In a reckless, provocative move, the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on September 2 republished the same cartoons about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that prompted a deadly attack on the magazine in 2015.
The cartoons were republished so as to mark the start of the terrorism trial of people accused as accomplices in the attack. The magazine posted the cartoons online on September 1 and they appeared in print the next day.
13 men and a woman accused of providing the attackers with weapons and logistics went on trial on charges of terrorism.
Twelve people, including some of France’s most famous cartoonists, were killed on January 7, 2015, when two French-born brothers of Algerian descent, Said and Cherif Kouachi, went on a gun rampage at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris.
The brothers identified themselves as belonging to the terrorist group al-Qaeda and cited “avenging the prophet” as their reason for the attack. The attack touched off a wave of killings claimed by Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group across Europe.
On January 9, 2015, Said and Cherif’s friend, Amedy Coulibaly, took hostages and killed four people at a kosher supermarket in Paris. Coulibaly and the Kouachi brothers, who were in contact during the attack, were killed in standoffs with the police.
10 months later, in November 2015, a group of Daesh gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people and injured more than 400 at multiple sites across Paris, which became the deadliest of the attacks.
Throughout the world, many Muslims see the publication of the cartoons as a renewed provocation by Charlie Hebdo, which has a history of publishing material considered racist and anti-Muslim.
Tehran on September 3 strongly condemned the French magazine, saying any insult against the prophet of Islam and other divine prophets is not acceptable at all.
“The French magazine’s offensive move, which has been repeated on the pretext of freedom of speech, has hurt the feelings of the world’s monotheists, is a provocative move and an insult to the Islamic values and beliefs of over one billion Muslims in the world,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a statement….
Jmb77 says
Islam is a garbage ideology that is such a joke it should be made fun of constantly and everywhere.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear!
Rufolino says
It’s amusing that just above your comment there is a photograph of the dear Duchess of Sussex, “the wokest woman in the western world”.
Look out, you’d better not tell her what you said. The stress might burst the lid on her Netflix millions.
jewdog says
Hey, Khameini, when it comes to free speech you just don’t get it , do you? Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KoKWf6pLs8
mortimer says
Islam doesn’t acknowledge the concept of ‘freedom of expression’. Period.
Muslims follow the principle of TAQLID … if you don’t understand ‘TAQLID’, then you will never understand why Islam is INCOMPATIBLE with a free, open, modern society.
Please note: Taqlid is closed-mindedness Islamic-style
-Islam contains a compulsory teaching called TAQLID … which accounts for the INTELLECTUAL PASSIVITY of Muslims and their general LACK OF INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY and determined closed-mindedness.
-Taqlid (blind imitation or blind adherence) is based on an absence of critical activity on the part of the believer and their acquiescent intellectual passivity to the Islamic sheikh.
-Taqlid is a teaching in Islamic theology referring to the acceptance of a religious ruling in matters of worship and personal affairs from someone regarded as a higher religious authority (e.g. an ‘alim) without necessarily asking for the technical proof.
Key Quotes: “He (the mureed=learner) should remain in submission and with respect and dignity to his expert Shaikh just as a mayyit (dead body) is in the hands of the one who gives it ghusl.”
-“Annihilate all your wishes, desires and intentions. Submit yourself to your Shaikh. Do not raise the slightest objection against the taleem (teachings) of your Shaikh.”
(From Irshaadul-Mulook under the heading, ‘Obedience to the Shaikh’)
The Koran warns Muslims not to ask probing questions. Koran 005.101(Yusufali version):
-“O ye who believe! ASK NOT QUESTIONS about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur’an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah will FORGIVE those: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing.”
(Note: But why do questioners need forgiveness? Is it so wrong to ask for evidence of claim?)
Since demanding answers about Islam’s anomalies will cause a loss of faith, this verse (5.101) suggests the writer knows that Islam is false and can be proved false by probing analysis.
Close examination of Islam does indeed often lead to discovering discrepancy and anomalies in both Koran and hadiths and it often makes Muslims lose their faith in Islam’s inconsistent messages and amoral messenger.
UVG says
I am beginning to think Muslims are just scared of drawing muh-mad because they know exactly what he looked like: he was an ugly looking dude.
mortimer says
Christine Douglass-Williams brings out an important point: “The hurt feelings of Muslims or anyone do not take precedence over the freedom of speech.”
In response to the ‘hurt feelings’ or ’emotional argument’ against free speech, Justice Dolores Sloviter wrote:
-“A heckler’s veto is an IMPERMISSIBLE content-based RESTRICTION on speech where the speech is prohibited due to an ANTICIPATED DISORDERLY or VIOLENT reaction of the audience.”
Clearly, the mullahs and ayatollahs are threatening to send violent mobs to wreck and kill as their way of preventing the criticism of Mohammed.
gravenimage says
+1
FYI says
So if it is an ‘unforgiveable sin’ then WHO says?
allah?
No,khamenei does:that is a made up ‘sin’.
‘holy’ religious men just love to invent such things:islam is the worst.
{Question for muslims:would drawing a picture of muhammed’s winged flying donkey with
a woman’s face and a peacock tail,buraq ,be an ‘unforgivable sin'{it either is or it isn’t:let us know}is it a sin to draw muhammed’s magical mode of celestial transport?
And what about the enmity of the islamic world toward all us ‘infidels’ for centuries?}
Just as muslim trolls defame their religion when they post here in their desperate attempt to justify islam{they just don’t get it,do they?},khamenei’s behavior and threats confirms the intolerant nature of islam.
This is ridiculous:here we are in the 21st century and these ‘holy’ hypocrites claim to be offended by… cartoons.
Peter Buckley says
All connected with Charlie Hebdo may be aware that the clown known as the Ayatollah is no longer representative of the Iranian people:
https://iranintl.com/en/iran/iranians-have-lost-their-faith-according-survey
Sure, Western countries are indeed very negative towards Islam:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/02/poll-islam-negative-britain
And….?
David says
Pain to mus, doesnt even get near the pain of having your throat cut.
FYI says
That pain of having your throat cut{…or Aorta,like muhammed did..}?
“The prophet,in his ailment from which he died said,”oh Aisha!I STILL feel the pain caused by the food i ate at khaibar and at this time i feel as if MY AORTA IS CUT from the poison”
{Sahih Bukhari 4428}
This is an interesting thing for muhammed to have said because the koran’s definition of a FALSE PROPHET and his fate is given in the koran:
“It is a revelation from the lord of worlds and if he had invented FALSE sayings
We assuredly had taken him by his right hand and then CUT HIS AORTA”
koran 69:43-44
That calamity that befell muhammed?
“No calamity befalleth save by allah’s leave”
koran 64:11
So muhammed’s death by poisoning{‘the ailment from which he died’} could only have happened by “allah’s leave” because he was…a FALSE prophet as indicated by his statement to Aisha{he at least suspected he was one because that explains the MY AORTA IS CUT statement:in al tabari 6:111 muhammed says ‘I have fabricated things against God and imputed to him things he has not said”}
muhammed’s end is in accordance with the fate of FALSE prophets given in the Bible Deut 18:20:muhammed,a mass murderer of Jews{Abu Dawud 4390} who preached his fake god allah, dies after being poisoned by a captured Jewish woman whose family he had killed…
According to the Bible,the koran,his own admission and his prophecies being demonstrably false we can say with certainty that muhammed was a FALSE PROPHET.
Martin says
TEHRAN – Protest in front of the French Embassy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQOb4mOl5zA
Rarely says
Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons are most often disgusting and rarely funny. It was (or is) an equal opportunity offender taking pot shots at Christians and Jews as well as moslems. Any right thinking person would find the cartoons rude, offensive and often racist/bigoted. To call them “satirical” is an insult to satire.
They are clearly intended to offend and have no other apparent purpose BUT they do not qualify as “terrorism” under any conceivable definition of that word.
gravenimage says
Rarely, I know you were also going on on the “Charlie Hebdo Reprints Muhammad Cartoons, Pakistan Goes Crazy” thread about how Charlie Hebdo has no redeeming features and is merely offensive.
Thus is what I said there:
Rarely, some of this stuff is just “offensive”, but much of it actually has something to say, like the cartoon of the crying Muhammed saying “It’s hard to be loved by idiots”.
This is not just offensive–it actually makes a salient point.
Then, even more so is the cartoon of the truck running over people in the streets, titled “Islam, religion of peace”.
To claim that such criticism of Islam and its sick values is just “offensive” without purpose is something I have to disagree with.
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But even if you really believe that condemning the violence of Islam is offensive, it is of great importance that we support those like Charlie Hebdo. Do you really believe that if only these cartoons were not so crude that Muslims would be fine with them? The Danish cartoons were overall gentler, yet Jihadists still threatened them. We have seen this over and over again.
I find some of the Charlie Hebdo stuff a bit offensive myself–but for me, that does not matter. I find freedom of speech *far* more important than I do not being offended by sometimes crude cartoons.
I still say, Je Suis Charlie!
James Lincoln says
gravenimage says,
“Do you really believe that if only these cartoons were not so crude that Muslims would be fine with them?”
There are a few hadith “teachings” that have explicitly prohibited muslims from creating visual depictions of muhammad – even if they are “tastefully” done…
gravenimage says
Also true, James.
tedh754 says
The west doesn’t like Islam? I can’t imagine why.
somehistory says
I draw and paint, but I don’t put paint and canvas or pen and paper to such filth as their fake prophet. So, I’ll just state my enmity toward the evil islam.
I try to do as the Bible says, “Oh, you lovers of Jehovah, hate what is bad.” islam is “bad” in the extreme, straight from the arch enemy of Jehovah God.
From Genesis chapter 3, God proclaimed there would be “enmity between” Christ and satanl; between the children of Christ and the children of the devil.
It’s better than great to be on the good side in this battle for the souls of all of mankind. The good side is also the winning side., no matter how it may look to some.
elee says
Got that right raghead. We don’t like you and we don’t like your totalitarian death cult. Any more questions?
FYI says
Yes.
Have anyone in the islamic world,and in the entire history of islam… by any chance seen a magical winged flying donkey with a woman’s face and a peacock tail called buraq,the one muhammed flew on from mecca to Jerusalem{koran 17:1}
“Here buraq,where are you girl…?”
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“…Khamenei has condemned the republication of cartoons…saying the move once again exposed the enmity … of the Western world toward Islam.
Yes, that’s true. Any clear thinking person should hate the religious/political ideology that is islam.
According to Merriam-Webster:
Definition of enmity:
“positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will”
Aussie Infidel says
Khamenei says “Muhammad cartoons ‘unforgiveable sin,’ shows ‘enmity’ of ‘Western world toward Islam’.
What about the enmity that Islam shows toward the West? Enmity toward non-Muslims is one of the fundamental tenets of Islam, and recorded in the Quran for everyone to read – unless they are wilfully blind or stupid!
“So let those fight in the cause of Allah (jihad) who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. And he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed or achieves victory – We will bestow upon him a great reward”. (Quran 4:74). The ‘great reward’ promised by Allah is a place in Paradise – with all those virgins.
“O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you – then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.” (Quran 5:51 SI). This verse is responsible for the ethnic hatred and apartheid so prevalent in the Islamic world, and a continuation of the Israel-Palestine conflict..
“And fight them until there is no fitnah (opposition or disbelief) and [until] the religion is all for Allah. And if they cease – then indeed, Allah is Seeing of what they do.” (Quran 8:39).
“Indeed, those who disbelieve will be addressed, ‘The hatred of Allah for you was [even] greater than your hatred of yourselves [this Day in Hell] when you were invited to faith, but you refused’.” (Q40:10).
“Those who dispute the signs of Allah without authority are greatly hated by Allah and those who believe”. (Q40:35).
Then to add fuel to the fire, Pakistan’s erstwhile cricket captain (and now PM), Imran Khan, vowed to take the matter [of blasphemy] to the United Nations, saying that “few in the West understand the pain caused to Muslims by such activities”.
What about the pain Islam has caused countless millions of non-Muslims? The author M A Khan in his book ‘Islamic Jihad’, estimates that the Jihad against Imran’s own country (India-Pakistan) cost some 80 million lives. And Imran is concerned about hurt feelings?
To suit his own purposes, Imran is reversing the principle of ‘Cause and effect’. The reactions of Charlie Hebdo and others in the West are simply the effects caused by Muslim hostility toward non-Muslims.
“And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists (Pagans & Christians) wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” (Quran 9:5). This is the infamous ‘Verse of the sword’. To Muslims, ‘Repent’ means to accept Islam; and then of course there is no need for further fighting.
“Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth (Islam) from those who were given the Scripture (Jews & Christians) – [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled (as dhimmis or second class citizens).” (Quran 9:29). The jizyah is ‘protection money’ paid by dhimmis. Islam is just like the Mafia.
With his call to jihad, Muhammad effectively declared war on all non-Muslims. If these Muslim stalwarts think Westerners should respect Muslim’s feelings, they can go to hell!
gravenimage says
Khamenei: Republication of Muhammad cartoons ‘unforgiveable sin,’ shows ‘enmity’ of ‘Western world toward Islam’
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The “enmity” of civilized Infidels is shown through cartoons; the enmity of ravening Muslim savages through murdering peaceful cartoonists.
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The French magazine’s offensive move, which has been repeated on the pretext of freedom of speech, has hurt the feelings of the world’s monotheists, is a provocative move and an insult to the Islamic values and beliefs of over one billion Muslims in the world.
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This *is* freedom of speech. And Charlie Hebdo also twits Christians, Jews, and many other individuals and groups, none of which go violently ape sh*t about it.
That Muslim “values” include love of a caravan-raider, pedophile, slaver, rapist, and mass murderer should int fact be a point of shame for Muslims.
Vladimir says
Charlie Hebdo has frequently blasphemed the Holy Trinitarian God and Blessed Virgin Mary in it’s pages so i’ve got no use for them. Nor do I have any use for unlimited ”freedom of expression”. But I also have nothing good to say about Islam and it’s false prophet. Evil eats itself.
gravenimage says
You may have no use for freedom of expression–and Muslims certainly agree with you.
Surely you don’t believe that Muslims have the right to murder peaceful cartoonists, even if you are not fond of their work?
Vladimir says
You engaged in a ”strawman” tactic; I said ”unlimited freedom of expression” not ”freedom of expression”. And Muslims agreeing with me is tautological, because in this particular instance, it’s like saying ”2+2=4”. As far as ”Muslims having the right to murder peaceful cartoonists”, what exactly is ”peaceful” about yelling ”fire” in a crowded movie theater? But even were I to concede your point about them and their lives, in a sane society we would not be in a position to cater to either proponents of a false religion, nor scatological and blaspheming scribblers and cartoon drawers to begin with. As I said; evil eats itself, and Charlie Hebdo by it’s very existence creates (with other examples of immoral infestation) a condition of spiritual and cultural sickness that allows for these Muslims to exist in our lands to begin with. That was understood in Christian society for centuries, and what I’m saying would have been regarded as self-evident, but I imagine it won’t be received as being so now…
gravenimage says
Vladimir
You engaged in a ”strawman” tactic; I said ”unlimited freedom of expression” not ”freedom of expression”.
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Actually, I asked a question. And the difference between freedom of expression and unlimited freedom of expression is pretty vague. Unless you are talking about inciting violence and threats, then expression should indeed be allowed in a free society.
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And Muslims agreeing with me is tautological, because in this particular instance, it’s like saying ”2+2=4”.
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How so? Muslims disagree with allowing freedom of expression; sadly, it seems that you agree.
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As far as ”Muslims having the right to murder peaceful cartoonists”, what exactly is ”peaceful” about yelling ”fire” in a crowded movie theater?
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The idea that Charlie Hebdo in publishing cartoons exposing Islam is violent is “yelling fire in a crowded theater” only makes sense if you agree with Muslim thugs that any criticism of Islam should be met with violence.
Civilized people don’t act this way. I note that you *will not* condemn Muslims having slaughtered cartoonists at the Charlie Hebdo offices. This is just appalling
Yes, drawing cartoons–even cartoons that you or I may not like–is indeed peaceful, while murdering those cartoonists is not.
That you apparently cannot grasp this is *very* disturbing.
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But even were I to concede your point about them and their lives, in a sane society we would not be in a position to cater to either proponents of a false religion, nor scatological and blaspheming scribblers and cartoon drawers to begin with. As I said; evil eats itself, and Charlie Hebdo by it’s very existence creates (with other examples of immoral infestation) a condition of spiritual and cultural sickness that allows for these Muslims to exist in our lands to begin with. That was understood in Christian society for centuries, and what I’m saying would have been regarded as self-evident, but I imagine it won’t be received as being so now…
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Wait–daring to criticize the violence of Islam is what creates the violence of Islam? Don’t you realize that this is what Jihadists say, in blaming their victims for the violence done against them?
In that case, violence against all Anti-Jihadists is condoned, for our daring to say anything critical about Islam, including its being violent.
I *do not* believe that criticizing the horrors of Islam such as pedophilia, robbery, slavery, rape, and mass murder is “spiritual sickness”–just the opposite, in fact.
infidel says
Thus spewed the vile loathsome bearded creature, whose ancestors cruelly exterminated / evicted the Faarsis, the original peaceful and intelligent and gentle fire-worshipers from their own lands in the name of their cruel intolerant faith… Shameless creature is now lecturing us on ethics and hurt feelings. Even if the cartoons were not drawn, we infidels know that we offend Ur kind by our very existence.
Mafya says
This is so sad. They destroyed countless religions, cultures and people. I am so afraid that same thing will happen to other non-Muslim lands. ?
Valkyrie Ziege says
; 11 September 2001 – Thanks, Mohammedanism, for your vivid reminder of Muhammadanism, at it’s finest, to help civilization Never Forget what we’re dealing with. Good Job!
OTTER says
I feel to understand why they should be anything but enmity against Islam considering this ideology and what it’s followers do. In fact anything other than enmity towards Islam is suicidal for us.
Vladimir says
@gravenimage;
The bottom line is that Islam is able to attack as it does because of the weakness of it’s opponents. And it’s opponents are weak because they allowed secular liberalism to eat away at the very foundations of what makes a strong society. So when I say ”evil eats itself” or words to that effect, it’s just stating a fact, call it karma or whatever you will. One can deny that fact just like one can deny God, but one cannot deny the reality God has made, like gravity. And so it’s no surprise that Charlie Hebdo was attacked and will likely be attacked again, because they are the sort of people who weaken society with their garbage. I’m not going to make alliances with devils and tolerate devils just because they are against other devils.
gravenimage says
Vladimir wrote:
@gravenimage;
The bottom line is that Islam is able to attack as it does because of the weakness of it’s opponents. And it’s opponents are weak because they allowed secular liberalism to eat away at the very foundations of what makes a strong society. So when I say ”evil eats itself” or words to that effect, it’s just stating a fact, call it karma or whatever you will. One can deny that fact just like one can deny God, but one cannot deny the reality God has made, like gravity. And so it’s no surprise that Charlie Hebdo was attacked and will likely be attacked again, because they are the sort of people who weaken society with their garbage. I’m not going to make alliances with devils and tolerate devils just because they are against other devils.
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I don’t believe that criticizing Islam for its violence is evil, nor do I believe that Jihadists only attack those you believe are evil. What about when Jihadists attack churches or schools?
Criticizing Islam *does not* weaken society, despite what you may claim. In fact, it is refusing to say anything negative about Islam that weakens us and makes us more vulnerable to the inroads of aggressive Islam.
Vladimir says
This is a kind of dodge though, a ”whataboutism” as they say, because while it is legitimate to attack Islam as the pernicious Other, as a negative and evil threat against the good, it is also not legitimate (in it’s essence) to attack oneself. And that’s what Charlie Hebdo does with it’s immoral and Anti-Christian garbage, attacking the very basis of our Civilization which provides the space for it to even exist. They’re sawing off the branch of the tree upon which they sit. And all they’re interested mainly in doing is using attacks on Islam as cover to attack everything else.
OLD GUY says
Khamenei: somebody flush this guy down the commode. Enmity towards Islam, you bet. Islam and their leadership deserve every bit of Enmity based on their violence and hate that they promote openly around the world.
Islam can never gain the respect of the world as long as its actions are still based in the 12th century, Any so called religion that promotes pedophiles, rape, murder, slavery and terrorism can never be allowed to gain control of a freedom loving people.
Khamenei is a dangerous idiot.