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May 7, 2009

Muslims and Public Religious Outrage

Filed under: Is this Blasphemy?, Islam, Kevin Myers — Michael Nugent @ 3:46 pm

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed:

“Religious ‘outrage’ is an almost unknown phenomenon in our culture: but it is so common on the Islamic street that one often wonders: do Muslims know any other public mood? And whereas I can ask this question today, might it not be blasphemous under Dermot Ahern’s new law? For some Muslims might hold that it is grossly abusive or insulting to things they hold sacred, to dispute their right to endless public anger.”

Kevin Myers, Irish Independent, May 7 2009

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