The intimidation continues in Germany. And he didn’t even draw you-know-who. In Ohio, a local Muslim representative says the following: "Allah curses and condemns [the editors of the Akron Beacon-Journal] and every Muslim in this community should curse and condemn them." Why? A cartoonist made fun of CNN. The effrontery! Eugene Volokh comments:
"So I guess it’s not just that we aren’t supposed to draw pictures of Mohammed as terrorist, or of Mohammed at all; we aren’t even supposed to draw pictures that are obviously not of Mohammed, and that are meant to mock the inability to draw pictures of Mohammed."
Yes, Eugene. The point is this: everyone is supposed to observe the religious constraints of one particular faith, regardless of whether we share it. And if we don’t observe Islamic etiquette … we’re lucky if we only get cursed and condemned. Get that?
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