In Denmark and western democracies beyond it, free speech has been exploited as a Trojan Horse for Islamophobic expression and activities – including Quran burnings.
Lol I am really supposed to feel bad for the countries of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in regards to their lack of civil rights? And your suggestion that the violence is justified by the actions of the provocateur shows how backwards your thinking is.
Burning a book - any book - in public is, indeed a provocation (to those who accept to be provoked). It should be sanctioned for what it is: a bad idea. But not more. There are other ways to express our disagreement with the content of the Quran. Like writing books ... But that would require some effort.
This said, I am surprised that a professor of law would use the term «islamophobia» to describe the dislike of Islam tenets. A phobia, if my sources (the DSM V) is correct, is a mental disorder, more specifically classified as an «anxiety disorder». More importantly, it is a fear of something or of a situation out of proportion with the cause of the fear. Thus, for someone to suffer from islamophobia, that would require two things. First, this individual should be diagnosed as having a mental disorder, second, the object of his/her fear should not be threatening to a normal individual. But how a normal individual would not feel threatened by the actions of Islam inspired fanatics of the last 25 years ? This fear is not «out of proportion» with its cause. As long as Islam inspires the beheading of «infidels», «blasphemers» and the like, any sensible man or woman will fear Islam. This fear will stop when Islamic clerics stop to defend barbarous practices and distribute terrible fatwas to those who disagree with them. Not a minute before.
Lol I am really supposed to feel bad for the countries of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in regards to their lack of civil rights? And your suggestion that the violence is justified by the actions of the provocateur shows how backwards your thinking is.
Burning a book - any book - in public is, indeed a provocation (to those who accept to be provoked). It should be sanctioned for what it is: a bad idea. But not more. There are other ways to express our disagreement with the content of the Quran. Like writing books ... But that would require some effort.
This said, I am surprised that a professor of law would use the term «islamophobia» to describe the dislike of Islam tenets. A phobia, if my sources (the DSM V) is correct, is a mental disorder, more specifically classified as an «anxiety disorder». More importantly, it is a fear of something or of a situation out of proportion with the cause of the fear. Thus, for someone to suffer from islamophobia, that would require two things. First, this individual should be diagnosed as having a mental disorder, second, the object of his/her fear should not be threatening to a normal individual. But how a normal individual would not feel threatened by the actions of Islam inspired fanatics of the last 25 years ? This fear is not «out of proportion» with its cause. As long as Islam inspires the beheading of «infidels», «blasphemers» and the like, any sensible man or woman will fear Islam. This fear will stop when Islamic clerics stop to defend barbarous practices and distribute terrible fatwas to those who disagree with them. Not a minute before.