Posted on 02/04/2006 7:28:38 AM PST by Dark Skies
Norway needs anti-blasphemy regulations to protect minorities against derisive and hateful expression, says lawyer Abid Q Raja.
"The point is not to restrict freedom of speech but to give it direction so that weak groups do not feel insulted or mocked. If we do nothing the differences within Norwegian society will increase in the future," Raja told newspaper Dagsavisen.
Raja's statement comes after the new wave of controversy surrounding caricatures of the prophet Mohammed, first published in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last September and now recently in the Norwegian Christian weekly Magazinet.
Raja said he perceives the caricatures as a clear insult of Muslims and their faith.
"I would like a new blasphemy regulation that defines limits for what type of offensive expression shall be allowed towards society's minorities," Raja said.
Professor of Public Law Eivind Smith at the University of Oslo is skeptical but believes it is high time to discuss views of blasphemy.
Norwegian law already forbids threats and insults to person on the background of their skin color, nationality, outlook on life or sexual preference. Smith believes it is important than any future tightening of the law favors human rights rather than religion.
"The point is to protect people against insult. God should be able to take care of himself," Smith told Dagsavisen.
How about if they just develop thicker skin?
Dear Muslims: If you don't like the way things are done in the West, leave. If you won't abide by Western laws, you don't deserve the benefits that accrue to you from living in a Western nation. Buh-bye.
I "want" a winning Mega Millions ticket, but I'll survive without one.
I swear, Muslims are so good at being professionally offended, Jesse Jackson is jealous.
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Officially a religion? of NUTZ.
They should behead themselves for being so stupid.
Raja wants to dictate law to Norway, or differences will increase? Differences: as in more violence from Muslims? Go home, Raja.
This cartoon thing is just another part of their effort to force the wimpy west to conform to islam.
THANK YOU!!! Expect more Mo-lovin' cartoons soon.
Just another step to sharia Law, and world domination By Islam, and world wide Tyrany.
They are at War with Us.
It will NEVER END...
Of all the strange "crimes" that human beings have legislated of nothing, "blasphemy" is the most amazing - with "obscenity" and "indecent exposure" fighting it out for the second and third place.Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973
Well said! When did we turn the corner in America and start down the road that says if you come here and don't like the "American Way" that we are obligated to make changes to make your stay in your adopted country more to your liking. As Michael Savage puts it, "Borders, Language and Culture." We are rapidly diluting all three here in America and I fear the "American Way" will be a thing of the past if we don't wise up pretty quickly.
Yeah, "hateful" only if it expresses anything about Mad Mo's Insane Murder Cult known as Islam. These mooselimbs want to retain the right to kill Christians, Jews and anyone one else not a mooselimb.
Smells like a hate-crime or thought-crime law to me. Maybe the muslims need an economic's class - if they don't like something then they don't have to buy it or look at it?
It will never end! And, frankly our State Department missed a perfect opportunity to just shut up! Their statement lends validity and justification to these animals to continue their behavior. Memo to U.S. State Department: Support our friends not our enemies, or just shut up!
have the people who wish to remove 'Freedom of Speech' been rewarded for their efforts yet?
don't seem so...therefore we too (America) is inviting the same type suit if a suit hasn't already been filed?
Muslims, as well as the ACLU, use the same tactics. There is nothing more dangerous to liberty than the regulation of thought, of speech, of ideas, which is what both groups work toward. Soon, we will become a society of whisperers hiding in our basements.
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