A glimpse into the future of the West. This is where the Left’s “hate speech” rhetoric is tending. We are very close to this now, far closer than most people realize. Supporters of the President are defamed and smeared now, but for years, critics of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others have been routinely excoriated, vilified, demonized, deplatformed, and shunned by all decent people. What is the next step? This. Remember: Biden has pledged to combat “hate speech,” which is any speech that those in power dislike, and a member of his transition team wants to outlaw desecration of the Qur’an. As the movement for criminalization grows, so will violence directed at transgressors. We are far closer to this than most people think.
“Moroccan Court Convicts Woman for ‘Publicly Insulting Islam,’” by Shaquile Goff, Morocco World News, June 30, 2021 (thanks to Rachid):
Denver – A Moroccan judge has sentenced a 23-year-old Moroccan-Italian woman who “insulted Islam” to three and a half years in prison and the payment of a fine of nearly $6,000, according to an official announcement by the Ministry of Justice.
The unnamed woman was arrested at Casablanca airport immediately after returning from Marseille, France, where she was studying law. The arrest was linked to a 2019 Facebook post in which the woman rewrote quranic verses in a parodic praise of the consumption of alcohol.
According to statements from the woman’s father, who requested both he and his daughter remain anonymous, his daughter “did not know” she was the target of an arrest warrant for her Facebook posts. The man also defended his daughter by expressing that she “is not fluent in Arabic” and was unaware of the nature of the content she shared on social media.
After paying his daughter a visit in prison, the woman’s father described her as having been “broken” by her lengthy and harsh sentence. He also stated that the court’s sentence “ruined” his daughter’s future.
Sources familiar with the case reported that the investigation originated from a religious association in Marrakech, which formally submitted a complaint to Moroccan legal authorities prior to the girl’s return to Morocco.
Under Moroccan Penal Code 267(5), anyone “who offends the Islamic religion or the monarchy, or incites territorial integrity” is liable to face stiff fines and prison time. Moroccan law enforcement have arrested several people over the past year for perceived slights against Islam, mainly via social media posts….
Shirley Ann says
HATE SPEECH of any sort now rivals RACISM IN THE FIELD OF THE MOST VICIOUS CRIMES IN AMERICA. MURDER IS RANKED FURTHER DOWN THE SCALE OF IMPORTANCE, depending upon the Status of the Perp & the Victim.
Buckle-Up, HATE SPEECH & RACISM ARE INTERTWINED, so an Accused Person, has little chance of escaping from the clutches of those, who are EXPERTS at identifying HATE SPEECH & RACISM!
mortimer says
Agree with SA: it is a witch hunt for people who express dislike for anything.
The neo-Marxists are now turning on their own. No one can tell a joke anymore and professional comics have turned from real comedy to mere politically correct commentary … that is as boring as hell !
The Left wants no one to take a risk by stepping out of their Official Party Line.
Hoi Polloi says
For years all we heard from them was, “Don’t be so sensitive!” and “Everyone has a turn at the wheel. Laugh it off!” and “If your faith (your heritage, your profession, your region) can’t withstand being targeted, you don’t have confidence in it. That’s your problem!” and “Open your mind! It’s a sign of intelligence!” and more. Now after decades of that we’re told words are hate and silence is violence and that free speech is to be subjugated to sharia by no less than Bezos himself.
gravenimage says
Agree, Shirley, Mortimer, and Hoi Polloi. And this only goes one way–no one cares if Infidels and conservatives are offended by anything.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Over 3 yrs and $6K, wow. What would people like us in here get? My guess is life, or maybe even the electric chair, and all our assets would go to the nearest Imam. An remember, Biden himself called for Jihad, so the fervor is swirling close to home.
mortimer says
Bribed-man notoriously read a text written by a Muslim supporter calling for a ‘jihad’ in favor of the Dementia-crat Party.
Hoi Polloi says
Love “Dementia-crat Party” and will remember that one.
mortimer says
The purpose of Islamic blasphemy laws is to stop everyone from saying ANYTHING AT ALL that the mullahs do not like. Once the mullah’s declare that someone is saying something derogatory, the sentence is passed. The mullah’s don’t even need a trial, nor do the accusers. If the blasphemy is severe and obvious to everyone, a private Muslim is given permission in Sharia law to proceed to an execution without consulting a mullah or without a fatwa. Islam, in other words, permits vigilantism.
The Islamic blasphemy law not only ruins a person’s life, but it places a red target on the back of every blasphemer, whether convicted or merely ‘accused’ of blasphemy. Anyone may execute the blasphemer for he/she is now a ‘HARBI’ … someone at war against Islam.
A youthful prank lampooning the Koran and praising alcohol would be greatly appreciated among students in officially secular France where anti-clericalism is open and often very sarcastic. Not so, in the Sharia paradise of Morocco where it is assumed that Sharia law has all the answers to life’s questions. Comical Facebook and Twitter posts can now get Muslims cancelled permanently by other Muslims.
There is no fun in Islam … why would anyone join this backward, obscurantist, kill-joy cult?
Raja says
Mortimer,
The ecstasy derived from rape of white girls with koranic-quoting, murder by chopping of heads, curse of all infidels and the would be 72 bosomy virgins, pearly boys far exceeds the dirty jobs they are having to on earth.
Elizabeth Lawson says
For all of you out there who might reel in disbelief at the assertion that this outrageous and unreal event could occur in YOUR country – well, wake up – it COULD! So far, the inroads successfully negotiated by militant Islam are frightening. They have not been accomplished by brilliant minds, but as the result of unaware, intellectually vacant career politicians whose self interest dominates all. Then, we are also afflicted by a collection of activists who want the world to be caring, loving, fair, etc. Of course these goals are uppermost in the minds of all civilized people; regrettably, they remain predominantly in Western countries. The media does not publicize what won’t sell, only on the rare occasion do we read of the atrocities dished out to human beings who refuse/ fail to toe the line demanded by totalitarian/ theocratic entities. Thanks to huge immigration numbers from Islamic countries, we are now confronted by demands that we address “Islamophobia” all the while statistical evidence of violent Moslem murder of innocents across our nations continue to rise. The list is painful – and angering. Are not the victims – and there are many, of Islamic totalitarianism to be honoured and grieved AND protested as are Moslem victims? The list of the innocent beheaded, stabbed, blown up etc., is long and demands, at the very least, a level playing field in the political and justice departments. As for freedom of speech, I certainly do not wish to see it negated. I am Roman Catholic, and I have been intrigued by John Horgan’s response to the burning down of Catholic Churches – silence. I thank the indigenous community for their support and comforting words, and cannot express my surprise more at the absolute absence of compassion and rejection of this disrespect for God’s house by the public at large. We three vilified peoples/religious faiths, the Jews, the indigenous peoples and we Catholics now appear to be on a level playing field. Who is next? ALL of you.
CogitoErgoSum says
On the subject of the school graves, it does seem odd that even leaders within the Roman Catholic Church are remaining silent about the discovery of the graves in Canada. I see that about 600 unmarked graves were found on the grounds of one of the schools and the school operated from 1899 to 1997. If people were being buried there over that entire length of time it would come to about 6 burials per year. Could not those deaths have been caused by disease or accidents? What about the flu pandemic of 1918? Also, could not some people who were unable to afford a grave for their child have been allowed to bury their child at the school out of a sense of compassion for them? Why is the immediate reaction to jump to the conclusion that some sort of wrongdoing was going on at the school? I suppose anything is possible but people should find out more about the situation before passing judgment on the people who ran those schools.
Keith O says
Cogitoergosum, If and it is a big IF these children died of natural causes etc. then why were the graves un marked? Not in consecrated ground?
Why has this pattern been repeated in Ireland, Australia, Mexico and other countries?
Why have mass graves NOT been found on Lutheran, Uniting Church, synagogues, Hindu temples or Buddhist temples?
Only on the grounds of Roman Catholic organisations.
Anything is possible, however, the trail of breadcrumbs suggests this was not an isolated event.
CogitoErgoSum says
If you have proof of any crimes I certainly encourage you to make it public. Otherwise, you are just spreading gossip.
Screw U says
Keith O, hate to say it but your right. I watched the news reports about the graves at the orphanage in Northern Ireland and the coverup by the Vatican. I’m a Catholic myself but this is just sickening and apparently this is not the only one that has been found.
CogitoErgoSum says
Before I say something is true I like to see the facts that support the truth. Again, if people have proof of a crime I wish they would come forth with that proof instead of just guessing about what is true. In my country a person is considered innocent until proven guilty. In my religion it is a sin to bear false witness. Yes, I too want to know the truth about those graves because also in my religion murder and the mistreatment of helpless children are horrible sins but at this point it seems that no one knows the truth – and churches are being burned because of what could in truth just be lies.
john smith says
Well if this pledge to combat hate speech does eventually become law in western nations. I’m afraid most of
us who comment here will end up being jailbirds.
Keith O says
Or dead!
tim gallagher says
Spot on in saying that this is the future for the western world if enough Muslims are allowed to pollute western countries with their backward, barbaric crap. Islam is totally incompatible with our western values and most Muslims will always try to impose their barbaric garbage on any non-Muslim country foolish enough to let them in. All non-Muslim countries should slam the door on Islam and avoid all the primitive garbage Muslims inevitably bring. Islam, and all the primitive, backward crap it contains, needs to be kept contained in its own barbaric area of the world. Islam has nothing positive to offer the more civilised, non-Muslim countries of the world.
Keith O says
Given the way the lunacy of so called hate speech is heading, I would not be shocked if we get to the point that refusing to pick up a Koran and convert to Islam becomes hate speech.
gravenimage says
Morocco: Woman gets 3 1/2 years prison, $6,000 fine for ‘publicly insulting Islam’
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I guess we are supposed to consider Morocco “moderate” for not beheading this poor woman…
Trevor Loughlin says
I reserve the right to take direct action against judges who impose pseudo-crime law, whatever their creed. What is the name and address of the judge?
sidney penny says
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/05/cal-poly-free-speech-under-attack-in-academia
What is “hate speech”
Who is right the female student at 200.37 or Robert Spencer.???