On #freespeech after the attack on #SalmanRushdie, it is time to strongly support our friendly #blasphemers #PhilosophyIn4Squares
https://twitter.com/JandMo/status/1559891999033024513?s=20&t=DRuI4yjkxbglX4sjCTI1bA
What side are you? Do the quiz: Salman Rushdie : quel soutien êtes-vous ? charliehebdo.fr/jeux/quiz/salm…
Keep reading: humanists.uk/2022/08/12/rea…
#quote Salman raises his voice for freedom of expression, for humanism, and for human rights. He has been under threat for many decades by violent extremists, who want to silence his voice because they have no rational answer to these values
#quote Attacks on artists and thinkers strike at the heart of an open and democratic society and should be opposed by all people of good will, whatever their beliefs
And be sure: yes, it is a religious crime, by fanatics of islamism, it is a state crime, endorsed and commanded by the Iranian regime charliehebdo.fr/2022/08/religi…
#quote C’est un crime religieux, commis par un idolâtre enragé dont les motivations ne laissent place à aucune ambiguïté ni à aucune éventuelle « abolition du discernement », si pratique à invoquer quand on veut éviter les sujets qui heurtent les « convictions »
#quote C’est un crime d’État, ordonné par un régime totalitaire et terroriste, l’Iran, au nom d’un culte qui prétend s’imposer par la force et la peur à l’ensemble de l’humanité
But also it is a crime that many other main religions would like to be able to openly endorse. And also many intellectuals on the "west" (whatever it does mean) that are putting religions on top of #freespeech and #secular and #humanist values.
Read here for "I'm with Salman (replace with Charlie Hebdo, anything else, anyone else) but..." aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/…
#quote "We can be thankful once more for the moral clarity of Pope Francis who in the impromptu setting of a plane taking him from Sri Lanka to Manila shined some light on the darkness.
#quote Unlike those who so ardently wielded the slogan “Je Suis Charlie”, the pope understood that free speech without limits is an invitation to indulge the worst negative impulses that will then operate as viruses destroying the vital organs of the body politic
Clearly the attacks put everybody on fear: secularism.org.uk/opinion/2022/0…
#quote But a string of Islamist atrocities has scared many into submission. Images of Muhammad are routinely censored secularism.org.uk/news/2014/01/c…
Criticism of Islamic practices is branded 'Islamophobic secularism.org.uk/news/2021/11/i…
and anything deemed offensive by fundamentalists is quickly shut down theguardian.com/film/2022/jun/…. A climate of self-censorship has emerged.
#quote But Rushdie recognises that we cannot, as individuals or a society, be cowed by violent extremism or afford to place religion off limits for critical examination, literature, art or satire.
#quote Pandering to fundamentalism is not a road to an open, tolerant or peaceful society. The Islamist demands will never be satiated.
#quote As the late Christopher Hitchens, a close friend of Rushdie, said: "We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt."
#quote The best way to show solidarity with Salman Rushdie is by making sure his voice continues to be heard, says Stephen Evans.
What can you do to support #SalmanRushdie? Read his books! theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
In Amazon: amazon.fr/Satanic-Verses…
and support your friendly blasphemer. Mine? patreon.com/jandm/posts
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