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Just a heresay which he might have heard from an evengalist or someone holding prejudices to Islam.

Prophet Muhammed became so angry when on Capture of Mecca some children of infedals got injured from the horses of some Muslims. So once Prophet said to be careful someone said "they were the children of the non-believers!''.  On hearing this Prophet lost his temper and said, "Remember the children of non-belivers are better than you!, Remember the children of non-believers are better than you!, Remember the children of non-believer are better than you!," so do not kill any even by negligence.... (or words to this effect).

I don't know where he read this that Prophet killed the children. Mere cynical propaganda.

Shams Zaman

Servitus,

I am really not very qualified to answer questions on law.

In Danish law is what is commonly refered to as the racist parapraph. It gives equal protection to people based on religion, race, sexual preference, nationality, and some more. It is used now and then. The punishments are not very severe. In the past is has been a applied to a few cases. Mostly local radio stations. The cases that pops to mind are nationalistic Danes expressing hatred for Muslims. And also cases where Muslims express hatred for jews. When I say hatred I mean, very clear hateful statements ... . So from a legal and moral standpoint these cases has been very clear. Radio station responsible person gets a sentence, permission to broadcast is revoked.

Thats all I can recall. It's never been a big deal in Denmark.

Hi Shams Zaman,

Please explain what the hypocracy consist of. You say David Irving was sentenced in Austria. I heard about that too. Exactly how does this makes the west hypocritical. Lets forget that he was sentenced according to Austrian law. I am not sure how many European countries have this law. I think its an excellent law.

If we have fixed the problem where we don't allow nazis to spread their venom. In the way David Irving does and others. Why do you complain? Would you like us to undo this? The nazis are "our" extremists. We form laws to keep them under control. Their actions don't just hurt westerners. They hurt anything and anybody who does not look like, or behave like them.

Law in democratic countries are formed based on political processes, and on need. Practical and moral needs.

In this case where an insult, that never was intended to be an insult, by a single newspaper, has turned into a hateful protest against an entire nation. The democratic process has a problem to handle this. Democratic processes don't work well under preassure, they require discussion and thought. Goverments work under the control of law.

When you say you view westeners as "igonarant and clueless" I don't feel I need to address this. It's a statement full of the very same. True, I am ignorant when it comes to Islam and Muslim countries. But you have showed me no evidence, saying you are not equally ignorant when it comes to Europe. I do value your contribution.