{"id":353,"date":"2015-05-05T18:59:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T18:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrbiggs.net\/ron\/?p=353"},"modified":"2017-01-05T20:23:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T20:23:21","slug":"douglas-murray-on-offending-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mrbiggs.net\/ron\/?p=353","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Murray on offending Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"

So apparently the Garland Shooting at the Pamela Gellar “Draw Mohammed” event raised this “controversy” about whether people approve of offending Islam. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since people seem to continue to have a problem with this, let me summon Douglas Murray’s words after that initial Charlie Hebdo attack:<\/span><\/p>\n

“They offended Islamic blashpemy laws, which European nations do not follow and do not believe in.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Twelve\u00a0people were gunned down because European citizens asserted their right, and they have every right to do that… to do their job as cartoonists in a free society.<\/p>\n

“The most important discussion at the moment is whether or not the press stands up for the right to draw what they like … the key issue cannot be stressed enough, most of us are not Muslims, we do not believe in Muhammad… Muslims should not expect non-Muslims to abide by their belief systems… There’s a growing idea in Europe that people who do NOT follow of Islam will also have to obey the rules of Islamic blasphemy.”<\/p>\n

“Let’s get on to the substance of this … what Charlie Hebdo has asserted the right to do is treat Islam the same way they treat every other religion.”<\/p>\n