A judge has ordered best-selling writer and journalist Oriana Fallaci to stand trial in her native Italy on charges she defamed Islam in a recent book.The "liberal" who posted this story at DU sounds a bit, well, "classical" in his liberalism:
The decision angered Italy's justice minister but delighted Muslim activists, who accused Fallaci of inciting religious hatred in her 2004 work "La Forza della Ragione" (The Force of Reason)...
I have to say that, independently of what Oriana Fallaci said, this is NOT a good development. This should not stand in a free society, and allowing a writer to stand trial because she "defamed" a religion is tantamount to censorship. By the way, Fallaci has not gone nearly as far criticising Islam as some of our domestic loudmouths like Coulter. To her credit, Fallaci was both a feminist activist and a war reporter (sort of an Italian Christianne Amampour) in the Middle East for a decade.Surprisingly, some of the DUmmies agree.
Furthermore, it's my humble opinion that charging this writer with "defamation of Islam" is tantamount of forcing Islamic laws into our societies. I may not fully agree with Oriana Fallaci, but she deserves full protection of the right to free speech that we defend in western civilization...
Terrorism · Wed, 05/25/2005 - 15:30 · · Importance: 1
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Ms. Fellani has every right to say what she like
about the Moslem Invasion of Europe.In Egypt , Sudan , Pakistan , Indonesia,Saudi Arabia they do not allow building new churchs or in some countries even repairs need permission that never come.
Posted by: Mounir M. Hanna at Aug 11, 2005 5:52 PM
Its about time!The Kooks are starting to wake up, and see the who the real threat is. My old Earth First Pal wants me to stop repling to his e-mails, because I made this type of statement:
"Most Muslims see suicide bombers as Noble..."
Now again, he calls this a "racist" statement, because he see's EVERYONE as a white Euro, with white european values. Now, whos the RACIST?
The goofy LIBERAL is! Doy...Again, I cant believe ONLY badmonkey gets this????? Whats going on guys????
Posted by: BAdMonkey at May 25, 2005 6:09 PM