A democracy cannot survive long without freedom of expression, the freedom to argue, to dissent, even to insult and offend. It is a freedom sorely lacking in the Islamic world, and without it Islam will remain unassailed in its dogmatic, fanatical, medieval fortress; ossified, totalitarian and intolerant. Without this fundamental freedom, Islam will continue to stifle thought, human rights, individuality; originality and truth.
Unless, we show some solidarity, unashamed, noisy, public solidarity with the Danish cartoonists, then the forces that are trying to impose on the Free West a totalitarian ideology will have won; the Islamization of Europe will have begun in earnest. Do not apologize.
(via the Center for Inquiry)
Thanks for finding Ibn Warraq's comments on this. The pandering and apologizing elswhere is driving me right up the wall.
ReplyDeleteI have been sketching some cartoons of Mohammed, Jesus, Buddha and some other characters of dubious historicity and doofious hagiography this morning.