It's illegal to criticise openly Islam in Eurabia

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Jun 26, 2010 at 18:05

alvin day wrote :

" Somehow, no matter how often these men clearly state their goal and their drive, it's always airbrushed away or treated ( condescendingly?) as though the protagonist doesn't understand his own motives"

And there are good , albeit hidden , reasons why a spade can't be called a spade . In 1991 the EU issued fraudulently Recommendation Nr. 1162/1991 which has become part of the legal system in all EU states and which pratically makes any open and honest debate on Islam impossible .

Now what sort of opinions on Islam can you express in public if the EU despots have imposed upon you on pain of different sanctions if you defy the wisdom and competence of the EU such stifling a priori guidelines as :

" 6. Islam has, however, suffered and is still suffering from misrepresentation, for example through hostile or oriental stereotypes, and there is very little awareness in Europe cither of the importance of Islam's past contribution or of Islam's potentially positive role in European society today. Historical errors, educational eclecticism and the over‑simplified approach of the media are responsible for this situation."

8. And While this incompatibility certainly does exist, as between Islamic fundamentalism and the cultural and ethical principles which the Council of Europe upholds [...] it is not representative of Islam as a whole. It must be recognised that intolerance and distrust unfortunately exist on both sides, Islamic and non‑Islamic.

9. Islamic values can make to the quality of life through a renewed European approach on an overall basis to the cultural, economic, scientific and social fields."

I am no longer surprised or even angry at all the standard nonsense and recurrent lies produced by the EU-controlled media about Islam . You touch upon this critical probelm by saying " Somehow, no matter how often these men clearly state their goal and their drive, it's always airbrushed away or treated ( condescendingly?) as though the protagonist doesn't understand his own motives".

Well, we agree that the protagonist does understand his own movitves perfectly well . It is only the observing journalist that has a EU-made muzzle put on his mouth and so he can't say what he feels about the issue if he wants to continue his jobs and avoid a jail sentence for breaking "hate speech" laws or other medieval laws we have in the meantime got .

I suspect that an analogous unwritten recommendation is in force in the US as well which would explain the dull uniformity of response to the bold confession of an Islam-motivated criminal .

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