Written by: Prof. Dr. Samer Muayed Abdul Lateef / Director of the Center for the strategic studies – Karbala University
Translated by:Hiba Abbas Mohammed
Macaron’s statements, which incited the continued publication of cartoons offending the Prophet Muhammad under the pretext of protecting freedom of expression in France after the murder of the French teacher Samuel by the Chechen student, are a spark that ignited anger in the European and Islamic societies, despite the different motives between the two parties. While Western societies, including the French people and their political leadership, defend freedom of expression, Muslim societies have stood up against the inclusion of these offensive images of their prophet.
Although the agreement of Islamic and western peoples to denounce the manner of killing,The disagreement remains because the issue of the problem roots and causes and the parties that stand behind it, eliminating it and not repeating it In the future.
Expel of hundred foreigners living there, the dissolution of an anti-Islamophobia association in France, more than 50 Islamic associations and organizations have been under attack to distract French public opinion from Macron’s failures in making reforms.
On the other hand, losing the support of the Islamic community, which represents 5% of the total French people, not a problem for Macron’s election plans to calculate the severity of the French popular dissatisfaction with the problems it is accused of raising in the suburbs of the capital Paris after the failure of its governmental program to handle their situations and integrate them into the French society.
Logically, extremism is not fighting by extremism, hate speech feeds it rather than addressing it, this extremism is the Western industry and the production of its direct and indirect policies, the policy of isolating, restricting, and depriving Muslims in cantons and regions was The opportunity to integrate into Western and French societies, especially, is an important reason In producing a generation of extremists.
All the above opens the Legal debate doors on the limits allowed for the freedom of expression in France, western and Islamic world, to test the trueness of this situation, In principle, individual liberties have borders and controls even in the most careful countries, just as the common rule “is that your freedom ends when the freedom of the other begins.” This emphasized in Article (11) Of the Human Rights Declaration of the French Republic in 1789″Freedom of expression is the most precious human rights, and every citizen has the right to freedom of speech, writing and publication, to be responsible for his or her work within the limits set by law.” This in harmony with Article (29) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: ” the rights and freedoms of the individual shall be subject to the restrictions set by the law”, and the purpose of adhering to the law is to ensure recognition of the rights of others and respect their freedoms and to achieve the just conditions required by public order.
The International Covenant on Civil and political Rights has defined some of these Restrictions on the freedom of expression in the context of article 19/3 such as A. Respect the rights or reputations of others. B. to protect national security, public order, public health, or morals”, the offending of the French magazine ” Ebdo” , which published the offensive photos of the prophet (PBUH) and the subsequent statements of the French president, is within the scope of inflaming public opinion and inciting hatred among the components of the one people, thus destabilizing the security and stability imposed by the public order provided for in the above-mentioned article. As well as the French law prohibits incitement to racial or religious hatred.
Dozens of international laws, including article (20) talked about “In law, Any advocacy of national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence should be prohibited .”
The condemnation of these abuses is also guaranteed to Muslims, like Western peoples, and they have the right to boycott French products as a form of expression against these abuses, as long as every action has a reaction and the freedom-person has to assume responsibility.
In any case, fair treatment begins with pure intention and determination, resolving disagreement before it is aggravated, by finding legislation to prevent the offending of religions to overcome these provocations, and then finding ways to resolve the divisive issues between East and West.
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