27 April 2011

Radical Islamic Threat Grips Denmark

.... And while some Christians and Jews fear for their physical safety because of Muslim violence, in Denmark you had better not insult Islam or you could be charged for hate speech.

Hedegaard was charged with racism under Denmark’s hate speech law, then acquitted on a technicality. But prosecutors appealed and now Hedegaard could be found guilty by a higher court in May.

His alleged crime? He simply stated a statistical fact about the high incidence of sexual violence against Muslim girls. But under Denmark's hate speech law, it doesn't matter if what you said about Islam is true.

"It specifically does not matter if what you say is true or false or whether you believe it's true or can substantiate it," he said. "The only thing that matters is if someone feels offended by it."

But prosecutors have never charged Danish imams for saying those who leave Islam must be killed, or that immoral women must be stoned, or that sharia is better than democracy. [CBN News] Read more