A teenager has sparked a national debate about blasphemy in France after an Instagram
post calling Islam a "religion of hate". Mila, 16, posted her comments online after receiving homophobic abuse from a Muslim commenter. She received death threats and has not attended school since. But Mila has refused to back down, saying in her first television interview that she "wanted to blaspheme". The country has no national blasphemy laws and has a rigidly secular constitution. Police initially opened two investigations: the first into whether Mila was guilty of hate speech, and the second into her online attackers. They have since dropped the hate speech case as Mila was expressing a personal opinion on religion and not targeting individuals. On Tuesday, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told the National Assembly that Mila and her family were under police protection.
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Source: Mila: "No regrets" for French teen targeted for criticising Islam
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We see the way Muslim express violent ideas in non-muslim countries. They protyest, they attack people and places and somehow they manage to be protected by those countries laws. It would be very hard for a Christian or an atheist to express similarly in a Muslim country. Their punishments are radical and unquestioned.
To say that a given religion promotes hate or love is an opinion, just like saying that a given artist is great or mediocre. Would I be promoting violence against an artist if I say what he/she does is crap? Do critics promote violence when they rate a movie or a book with few or no stars?
If a given organized group, whether they are religious or not does not want to be labeled as violent or hateful, they have to make sure their actions follow their words.
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I guess some people are threatened by the symbolism that Islam parades, however I feel it's not fair to generalise it and I also feel individually, people who are islamists by faith should always try hard to be better Irrespective. As for the teen I'm sure it was the anger
yeah she said it out of anger,i won't totally blame her...
Well, when you read the verses that support and call for violence what else can you assume about the Religion? That's their core guide for the religion. Thats why I go crazy when religious zealots site specific verses in any bible they follow and when I pick a controversial verse they tell met o ignore that one! They are selective in what to read and belive.
don't mind them,that is their usual dumb tactics...
can you just imagine what religion have turned into??
it is sickeneing...
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everyone should have the right to their own opinion,the death threats she was receiving shows that some people who claim to be religious are even more evil than the devil which they claim is evil...
the french teen should get the maximum security that can be given because those islamist can do anything to anyone to who says something negative about their religion,it is shameful that this is the kind of society we now live in,no more freedom to express your opinion without someone asking for your head..
her confidence is amazing though...
i knew this was going to happen,i knew she was going to be threatened and they would kill her if they have the opportunity,killing people and using religion as a cover-up for their evil act...
what has religion turned into in the world of today....
religion is currently doing more harm than good in the society in my own opinion...
i do not think she has problem with the individuals who practice the religion,i think what she has problem with is the religion itself,i also have problem with it too...
this is the best time for her to be protected before she gets murdered....