“I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it”
- Evelyn Beatrice Hall
The reaction that Islamic extremities had given to Charlie Hebdo, is iniquitous and reprehensive. This will further aggravate the situation and deepen the gulf between Islam and rest of the world. Apparently, the world is slowly moving towards a nasty situation of hostilities between religions.
This incident is the result of strife between western sanctimoniousness and Islamic zealotry. Freedom of speech is th latitude but not the license to do something unacceptable. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted during the French Revolution in 1789, specifically affirmed freedom of speech as an inalienable right. The Declaration provides for freedom of expression in Article 11, states that:
“The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.”
What Ccartoonistsof Charlie Hebdo were doing is totally absurd, stupid and poignant. Lampooning the believe system of a particular religion on the name of ‘freedom’ is disgraceful. You simply cannot mock a religion or anything, which prohibits doing so- it’s immoral and terrible for peace.
But the way that three blockheads had chosen to avenge the Prophet is even deplorable. Mohammad ElBaradei famously said, “There is no religion that was found on intolerance- and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life.” Killing someone is not justified and it would never be. Such acts will not make Prophet happy, nor it is going to do any good for Islam. Time to sought-out things in a peaceful manner- an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
Note: The Cartoon depicted in the post is not endorsed by the writer.
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