“Muslims should be told quite clearly that our citizens have the legal right to criticise, lampoon, ridicule and mock Mohammed to their heart’s content, in any way that they wish: that Islam and Muslims have no special claim to protection from the rough and tumble of post-Enlightenment intellectual, political and social life. If they cannot live in a society in which this is the case, they should go somewhere else….”
Yes, the usual racist crap. This time from Theodore Dalrymple.
I recall that, back in 2003, the Independent was accused of publishing an anti-semitic caricature of Ariel Sharon. As it turned out, the Press Complaints Commission ruled, rightly in my opinion, in favour of the Independent. But can you imagine the Spectator publishing an article reading: “Jews should be told quite clearly that our citizens have the legal right to criticise, lampoon, ridicule and mock Jewish leaders to their heart’s content, in any way that they wish: that Judaism and Jews have no special claim to protection from the rough and tumble of post-Enlightenment intellectual, political and social life. If they cannot live in a society in which this is the case, they should go somewhere else….”?