Posted on 02/07/2007 12:20:36 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
A FRENCH court will debate the extent of free speech versus religious sensitivities today as Muslim groups sue a satirical magazine that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
The Grand Mosque and the Union of French Islamic Organisations accuse Charlie Hebdo of inciting racial hatred by reprinting the Danish caricatures that sparked violence in the Muslim world last year.
Politicians, intellectuals, secular Muslims and left-wing pressure groups have lined up behind Charlie Hebdo, arguing that Muslim groups have no right to call for limits on free speech.
"I just cannot imagine the consequences not only for France but for Denmark and Europe if they lose the case," Fleming Rose, the Danish editor who first published the cartoons said.
"It would turn back the clock decades, ages."
However, an opinion poll on Tuesday showed 79 per cent thought it unacceptable to ridicule a religion publicly and 78 per cent ruled out parodies of Jesus Christ, Mohammad or Buddha.
"Are the French rediscovering the sacred?" asked the Catholic weekly Pelerin which published the poll. "Are they renouncing the critical spirit that has inspired a French tradition since Voltaire and the Enlightenment?"
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No wonder the 9/11 hijackers never even thought about taking out the New York Times building, why would they want to harm their ALLIES?!?
When there's nothing to seethe and fume about at the moment, when the racist infidel sons of pigs and monkeys forget who the real victims are, there's always the Danish cartoon atrocity to remind everyone who the real barbarians are.
Dammit, I can't find my Mooooooohaamed bobble head either. But got my spitcan, ball cap, rolled up tee shirt, beat up pickup truck and 12 ga in rear winder though. Just a waitin so i can giterdone with these ragheads.
Fox showed the mo cartoons on it's special "in their own words", I thought it was very courageous. Why aren't the crybaby CAIRs whining over this?
Let's see now. . . .
No Jesus
No Christmas
No baseball
No football
No hockey
No golf
No Wal-Mart
No Home Depot
No pork BBQ
No hot dogs
No burgers
No chocolate chip cookies!
No lobster
No shellfish, or even frozen fish sticks
No gumbo
No jambalaya
Rags for clothes and towels for hats.
Constant wailing from the guy next-door because he's sick and there are no doctors.
Constant wailing from the guy in the tower.
More than one wife.
You can't shave.
Your wives can't shave.
You can't shower to wash off the smell of donkey cooked over burning camel dung.
Your bride is picked by someone else.
She smells just like your donkey.
But your donkey has a better disposition.
Then they tell you that when you die it all gets better!
I mean, really, is there a mystery here?
One thing's for sure, it couldn't get any bloody worse!
Gone, you left out BEER!
Damn and I had one in my hand when I typed this....yea I know it's early for some but it's late for me
Bahahahahaha!!
"Islam is a religion of hate, racism, bigotry and death..."
You forgot intolerance, ignorance and degenerates.
Nothing wrong with the Breakfast of Champions -- BEER!
I can see the headline now:
MUSLIMS RAISE HELL - FRENCH REACH FOR SACRAMENTAL WINE
It's difficult to understand how one can be a 'french muslim' - you would think it would be impossible, what with one half of you wanting to cower in a corner waving a white flag while the other half wants to declare world jihad while lopping off your head.
Thank you.
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