Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Given that Iran’s president has already labeled the Holocaust a “myth,” it’s not really clear to me what free-speech limits the Iranian newspaper thinks it’s testing with its “Holocaust Cartoon” contest. They can already say whatever they want about the Holocaust and Jews. And they have been for years. And nobody goes out and burns down their embassy.
Here’s the latest, in which Iran’s Supreme Leader blames the publication of the Dutch cartoons on Israel.
And free speech on this point has already been tested in the West. Right here in the heart of the Zionist controlled United States, you can also say whatever you want about Jews and the Holocaust. The point is: Jewish students aren’t burning down Northwestern University.
I don't think anyone would argue with you about how the new president of Iran is crazy. But y'all keep harping on about how 'we' in 'the West' are not burning down embassies (read: we're better than they are, aren't they so backward and uncivilized!). This is all beside the point. Islam is not to blame, Muslim extremists are to blame, the right-wing leaders of Iran and other Muslim countries are to blame. And in Europe, the riots, seems to me, are more about how Muslims are marginalized. Protesting has become the only way to get heard. Let's be specific and not just claim we're all the same, cuz it ain't a level playing field for all involved.