"A Swedish Muslim group on Tuesday said it plans to sue a local newspaper for
publishing a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body. The Nerikes
Allehanda newspaper in Orebro printed the cartoon made by artist Lars Vilks in
an August 19 editorial that criticized Swedish art galleries for not displaying
Vilks’ art. Mahmoud Aldebe, chairman of the Swedish Muslim Federation, said the
group would sue the newspaper for inciting hatred against ethnic groups. “It
ridicules our religion. This is discriminating and insulting... they want to see
just how far they are able to go by pushing the boundaries of press freedom,” he
said."
What makes people angry, is when one group in society attempts to play by different rules than everyone else. Fact is that Free Speech is a value of the Swedish society, that means that you have to understand that people have the right to publish things that you do not like. If the government, or the Christian church, or businesses are not protected, then why should the Muslim religion be protected. The best way to handle this is to go to the people with your own message. Give them a stronger message about what Islam is and what it means than they are getting from some place else and you won't have to worry about what is published.
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