You may find Mila’s remarks crude and in poor taste, and even highly offensive. But should she be raped and killed for them? France, and the rest of the West, is going to have to choose between Sharia blasphemy laws and the freedom of expression, much as they are trying to avoid making the choice. […]
Malta: Muslim tells French girl who criticized Islam ‘We are going to rape you in a cellar…in the name of Allah’
As far as the man who issued these threats is concerned, Mila is a blasphemer who thus deserves death in accord with Islamic law. He therefore sees no incongruity in mixing expressions of piety with his violent threats. “‘We’re going to rape you in a cellar’: Mila threatened during her vacation,” translated from “‘On va […]
France: Three Muslim teens charged for threatening to murder high-school girl for criticizing Islam
This is good, but it needs to be a consistent policy. The Muslims who threatened Mila do not accept the principle of the freedom of speech. They are unlikely ever to do so. Either France will defend that principle, or surrender it. That goes for all the other countries in the free world as well. […]
France: Macron says “blasphemy is no crime” in case of teen forced into hiding after “Islamophobic” posts
To find the ongoing coverage about Mila on Jihad Watch, see HERE. Finally, Mila’s case has attracted attention from French President Emmanuel Macron who weighed in with the obvious, declaring that “blasphemy is no crime” in France. Westerners need to freeze-frame that statement. Unless Sharia has taken over, criticizing Islam is perfectly acceptable in Western […]
France: Teen hunted for criticizing Islam moves to new school “to allow her to continue her life”
“A French teenager who criticised Islam on Instagram has moved to a new school after receiving death threats. Education minister Gabriel Attal told broadcaster LCI on Monday that they had found a new school for Mila ‘to allow her to continue her life.’” Jihad Watch has been covering the story of a teen girl whose […]
French Socialist leader: Teen hunted for criticizing Islam should have shown more “respect, manners and knowledge”
“But some on the left, like former Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal, appeared torn between the desire to defend the unfettered free speech for which the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists died and reprimand the teen for her foul-mouthed outburst. While defending Mila’s ‘total’ freedom to criticise a religion, Royal said she should have shown more ‘respect, […]
France: Hate crime case dropped against teen who received death threats for criticizing Islam
“French prosecutors have dropped a potential hate crime case against a French teen named Mila who received death threats after she criticised Islam online.” Mila said nothing that targeted Muslims as a whole. She merely expressed her views about Islamic doctrine, which she is allowed to do according to the constitution of France. Her tormentors […]
France: Justice minister accuses teen girl who insulted Islam of violating nonexistent law, “freedom of conscience”
“The French justice minister, Nicole Belloubet, has also been criticised after she failed to come to the teenager’s defence, and instead accused her of breaching a legal concept that does not exist, ‘freedom of conscience’. When she was told that none exists in French Law, Ms Belloubet apologised for her words and professed they had […]
France: Leftist elite accused of cowardice for not supporting teen girl facing death threats after insulting Islam
“He also accused ministers of being fearful of upsetting France’s five million Muslim citizens, claiming their inaction amounted to a betrayal of values laid down by Voltaire, the 18th-century champion of free speech.” Of course. The Leftist political and media elites are not going to anger their allies in their grand project of destroying the […]