Pair held for 'offending Islam'

BBC NEWS, Calcutta ^ | Page last updated at 13:23 GMT, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 | By Subir Bhaumik

[Cindy]

SNIPPET: "The editor and publisher of a top English-language Indian daily have been arrested on charges of "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims.

The Statesman's editor Ravindra Kumar and publisher Anand Sinha were detained in Calcutta after complaints."

SNIPPET: "The article was entitled: "Why should I respect these oppressive religions?"

It concerns the erosion of the right to criticise religions."

[RC one]

The Koran would be more appropriate prined on rolls of toilet paper.

[bmwcyle]

Culture of dead is Islam.

[R. Scott]

Those poor Muslims. They’re so sensitive - except when they’re cutting off a head with a knife, beating a woman for being unaccompanied or showing a little hair or skin, forcing little girls back into a burning building because they forgot to grab their scarves ...

[Joe Boucher]

Hang on, I’ve got to point my rear end towards mecca and pass a bunch of gas.
And that is the nicest thing I will do towards islam.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

"The editor and publisher of a top English-language Indian daily have been arrested on charges of "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims.

Meanwhile, Dutch politician Geert Wilders has been banned from entering the United Kingdom because he has also dared to criticize Islam. Obviously India and the UK don't value freedom of speech enough to overcome their fear of Islamic anger. The US is different - for now, anyway.

[Merlinator]

Coming soon to the US....

[constitutiongirl]

For a religion that takes pride in being ‘masculine’ and ‘powerful’, they sure act like a bunch of sissy-babies whenever anyone says anything bad about them. My 2 year old daughter doesn’t whine like these Muslim men do every other hour. Perhaps they should add an extra sura to the koran...”Sticks and stones...”

[Kakaze]

"Not anticipating the reaction to the story was an error of judgement and we have regretted that, " Mr Kumar told the BBC in an interview.

News he regrets......its not realizing the damn muslims would go crazy at any word of criticism.

We are going to have to get over this P.C. mentality or we will devolve, into the chaos of the third world.

[Red in Blue PA]

Nail on the head post!

[Sunshine Sister]

I would have to say a really naughty word followed by "you and the pigs you rode in on" to the complainers.

Having said that, I would probably be in trouble even in the US this day in age.

[Cronos]

don’t apologize, Mr. Kumar

[Moltke]

Well, they certainly got a quick answer to their question...

[TexasRepublic]

Radical Muslims chop off heads and the “moderates” silently approve. But we shouldn’t hurt their feelings. Guess what I think about that!