Imam Qazwini Responds to the Charlie Hebdo Attacks in France

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nice speech

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Even though I've no idea what this "antisemitic" cartoon was like, I can still say that of course he shouldn't get fired from a paper like Charlie Hebdo for making it. The paper's point is to be blunt and mean about things. However, to fire him was Charlie's own decision to make, so he was clearly biased, and a hypocrite. Still, while I understand the argument that there's definitely hypocrisy in the west when it comes to talking about jews vs. any other religion (I think it's because of the obvious historical reasons (the holocaust)), I think he's making the completely wrong argument. If we don't defend *everyones* freedom of speech first and foremost in cases like the Hebdo shooting, we end up condoning this kind of violent retribution. So when he says in the aftermath of the shooting: "They have no right to attack our holy prophet" it's quite obvious that he sees some kind of *understanding* for the retribution that ensued for "attacking" Mohammed. It shouldn't be *understandable* to kill anyone for saying mean things.