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Michael Hanfeld (FAZ): Resisting self-censorship because of Islam

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Michael Hanfeld, the media critic of the FAZ has, in connection with the recent riots, killings, embassy Escalades because of Mohammed film the thing under the title " Respect treated "in his typical level-headed way. However, not really consistent, as will be shown below.

He writes toward the end of his brief analysis:

'With "Innocence of Muslims", it behaves like the Mohammed cartoons - the targeted scandal ignites the fire area.'

And thus concludes:

'He meets relentlessly critical minds in Islamic countries and in the world - the writer Salman Rushdie or the Danish artist.

And therein lies the real scandal. A precept of prudence, it is natural to waive senseless provocation, not to mention the incitement to hatred. Who but the only encounter with the requirement of "respect", speaks of fear of conflict between the self-censorship of the word. '

Although I disagree with him decided in one essential point, must question his position even purely logical. (more ...)

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Kowtow II

Wednesday 03 March 2010

After a few comments following my posts I presented today at freitag.de for Muhammad cartoons debate nor the following one (explanation see the article "kowtow"):

Magnus Goeller wrote on 02.03.2010 at 23:17
What is remarkable about this discussion here, that is, except yours truly previously explicit position relative no discussant on whether the Muhammad cartoons, regardless of their aesthetic or personal, moral judgment, in itself were admissible and were thus to defend in terms of freedom of expression or not; thus became the key question for Krux, down to business the thing, with different accents though, simply said nothing Binding.
It is a bit of, but also a bit too much against freedom of expression, all the back doors open holds, in general tells of respect and intercultural dialogue, but rather lies times no commitments.
This is not surprising: Although you have probably legitimately speak no great fear that soon millions of offended Göllers flags and embassies light and show up with axes, but in the face of a religion that is as Left except for the aspects of racism and nationalism (which the Koran to my knowledge actually not pretending) in almost all aspects traditionally as "fascist" or outright would understand fascist, alone whether their totalitarian claim to absoluteness and the position of women seems a but to be quite nervous, what but again can not really admit in the sense of that a clear dividing line would be drawn, and since you obviously do not even want to attract negative attention.
So you lose yourself in Üngefähren, "somehow left" filibustert and betting that you have not actually really have anything to do with the topic, calls of their own society tolerance and again empathy, while the opposite side no clear signals are set, where is their desire for hegemony in culture and law in us actually end.
I call the dialectic blackout.

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Kowtow

Tuesday 02 March 2010

I have "The Danish apology" by Lars Eriksen, issued on 1.3.10 to "freitag.de" the following comments set today on the occasion of the article there, which I would like to share my blog readers.

(Background is the excuse of the Danish newspaper "Politiken" in eight Muslim organizations for the reprint of Prophet Muhammad cartoons by the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who recently narrowly escaped the assassination of a Muslim fanatic. The quote at the beginning of the second addendum was the conclusion of Holger Hutt translated into German article Eriksen. http://www.freitag.de/kultur/1008-jyllands-posten-politiken-berlingske-tidende-karikaturenstreit-daenemark-mohammed)

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Magnus Goeller wrote on 01/03/2010 at 23:33
While Agitation, Schimpf- and Schandkanonaden against us Westerners, all "unbelievers" madrassas taught in countless thousands and preached in mosques, studiously ignored or dismissed as folklore, "apologized", now a Danish newspaper for the reproduction of cartoons that many Muslims view as unsustainable in the wake of death threats, boycott against an entire country, an assassination.
This is allowed by the policy completely in the lurch, so on the one hand as the other hand, of course shameful.
In Afghanistan young German to bleed to thousands of kilometers away from home, ostensibly to protect women's rights, etc., while it is only about geostrategic interests in reality, and at home there is no (un) responsible politician is straight and explains that with us should just make it universally not only about the here much longer worshiped Jesus Christ and the Pope and Christianity, but also just about Mohammed and Islam jokes or assault the sharp and satirical.
Certainly one must in the Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries do not (more ...)

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