{"id":281949,"date":"2020-11-01T05:50:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T10:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=281949"},"modified":"2020-11-03T05:55:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T10:55:54","slug":"canadian-opposition-aghast-as-trudeau-responds-to-violence-over-mohammed-cartoons-by-saying-freedom-of-expression-must-have-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fa\/canadian-opposition-aghast-as-trudeau-responds-to-violence-over-mohammed-cartoons-by-saying-freedom-of-expression-must-have-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian opposition aghast as Trudeau responds to violence over Mohammed cartoons by saying freedom of expression must have LIMITS"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL’S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
If the freedom of expression has limits then there is no freedom of expression.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Canadian opposition party leader Erin O’Toole was appalled by Justin Trudeau’s tepid support for “free speech” in the face of Islamist attacks over Mohammed cartoons, saying the prime minister is undermining a pillar of democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very disturbing when the prime minister sends the signal that he is not protecting freedom of expression,\u201d\u00a0O’Toole\u00a0said\u00a0on Saturday on Twitter.<\/p>\n

O’Toole’s rebuke came one day after Trudeau responded to a question about the right to show a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed by\u00a0saying:\u00a0\u201cWe owe it to ourselves to act with respect for others and to seek not to arbitrarily or unnecessarily injure those with whom we are sharing a society and a planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trudeau made his comments amid a wave of terrorist attacks in France, which began\u00a0last month with the beheading of a schoolteacher who had shown his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed as part of a discussion on free speech. Those cartoons had been first published by Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, triggering outrage all over the Muslim world and a\u00a02015 terrorist attack that killed 12 people at the satirical magazine’s office in Paris.<\/p>\n

French President Emmanuel Macron last week responded to the schoolteacher murder by defending free-speech rights, leading to calls for a boycott of French products by Turkey and other Muslim countries.<\/p>\n

Canada has strong\u00a0ties\u00a0to France. In fact, French is the mother tongue of 7.2 million Canadians, or 21 percent of the country’s population. Canada also is home to more than a million Muslims.<\/p>\n

Trudeau called this month’s terrorist attacks\u00a0\u201cunjustifiable,\u201d\u00a0but appeared to distance himself from Macron.\u00a0\u201cIn a pluralist, diverse and respectful society like ours, we owe it to ourselves to be aware of the impact of our words, of our actions on others, particularly these communities and populations who still experience a great deal of discrimination,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

Trudeau’s comments were met with criticism at home and abroad. Quebec journalist Benoit Dutrizac\u00a0said\u00a0Trudeau should be forced to resign after making statements that\u00a0\u201cplace him on the side of the worst Islamists.\u201d\u00a0He added,\u00a0\u201cWe already knew he had bad judgment, but now he’s gone way too far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley said Trudeau failed to give a\u00a0\u201cfull-throated\u201d\u00a0defense of the free-speech rights granted to all Canadians.\u00a0\u201cWhat Justin Trudeau did this week was say that he agrees with freedom of speech or freedom of expression as long as no one is hurt \u2013 or as long as you don’t offend people who may act out violently,\u201d\u00a0Lilley\u00a0wrote.<\/p>\n

The controversy raised eyebrows as far away as India, where Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut blasted Trudeau for failing to defend free-speech rights.\u00a0\u201cIf every petty crime’s punishment is beheading each other, then why [do] we need a prime minister or any law and order?\u201d\u00a0she tweeted.<\/p>\n

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