by IRFAN HUSAIN
The other thing to realise is that in most cases, Western governments do not have the power to prevent citizens from committing acts that are offensive to other faiths. Thus, even though President Obama can authorise death and destruction thousands of miles away, he cannot prevent a lunatic like Terry Jones from burning the Holy Quran. The First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees complete religious freedom, and this includes the right of citizens to criticise other religions. Similarly, the Danish government could not prevent a newspaper from publishing offensive cartoons under the country’s freedom of expression laws. And the Internet, of course, is virtually free from any kind of government controls.
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(Thanks to Salim Amersi)