Spot the extremist
05 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in liberalism Tags: Age of Enlightenment, Blasphemy, Leftover Left, regressive left, religious toleration, Twitter left
Speaking of the right not to be offended
24 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in liberalism Tags: Blasphemy, free speech, Freedom of religion, political correctness
Religion and blasphemy
10 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, liberalism Tags: Blasphemy, free speech, political correctness
Where is it still illegal to insult religion?
29 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, economics of religion, liberalism Tags: Blasphemy, free speech
HL Mencken on superstition
20 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, liberalism Tags: Blasphemy, free speech, HL Mencken, superstition, tolerance
RT international blasphemy day
29 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of religion, liberalism Tags: Blasphemy, free speech
Rowan Atkinson on the right to offend
09 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism Tags: Blasphemy, free speech, Rowen Atkinson
Link to share: Blasphemous artwork removed from Paris exhibition (due to Islamist threats)
30 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Blasphemy, Censorship, free speech, freedom from religion, Freedom of religion, religious bigotry, religious tolerance, terrorism, The Age of Enlightenment
Fareed Zakaria: Blasphemy and the law of fanatics
10 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of religion, liberalism Tags: Blasphemy
By contrast, the word blasphemy appears nowhere in the Koran. (Nor, incidentally, does the Koran anywhere forbid creating images of Muhammad, though there are commentaries and traditions — “hadith” — that do, to guard against idol worship.)
Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has pointed out that “there are more than 200 verses in the Koran, which reveal that the contemporaries of the prophets repeatedly perpetrated the same act, which is now called ‘blasphemy or abuse of the Prophet’ . . . but nowhere does the Koran prescribe the punishment of lashes, or death, or any other physical punishment.” On several occasions, Muhammad treated people who ridiculed him and his teachings with understanding and kindness.
“In Islam,” Khan says, “blasphemy is a subject of intellectual discussion rather than a subject of physical punishment.”
HT: http://wapo.st/1zXY2PA but cartoon inserted independently, not in Washington Post
On Charlie Hebdo and campus speech codes
10 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism Tags: Blasphemy, campus speech codes
On blasphemy against Monty Python
08 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, liberalism, TV shows Tags: Blasphemy, Monty Python
HT: Tyler Cowen
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