Any image of Mohammad is supposed to be blasphemy, but is a cartoonist really a threat to Islam?
Cartoonist Lars Vilks has a $100,000 bounty on his head with a 50% bonus if his throat is slashed. He has been under police protection since 2007. He is the twenty-first century version of Salman Rushdie, who has [...]
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Seven Muslims Arrested For Plotting To Kill Swedish Cartoonist
Posted in March 11th, 2010
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Member of Irish Parliament Speaks His Mind With Profanity
Posted in December 13th, 2009
I bet a lot of politicians have wanted to speak their mind as Green Party member Paul Gogarty does in this video from the floor of the Irish Parliament. Too bad there were not more members present to hear Gogarty’s “Fuck you.”
Ireland Has A New Blasphemy Law That No One Wants
Posted in August 3rd, 2009
by Glenn Church in Ireland
Ireland has a new blasphemy law, and no one is happy about it. It came about because the 1937 Constitution says there should be a law, and there was not one. The Catholic Church did not want it. Even the sponsor of the law said the country is better off without it.
By a single vote, [...]
Ireland Considers Blasphemy Law
Posted in May 8th, 2009
Dermot Ahern, Ireland’s Minister of Justice, wants to bring the laws up to date with the country’s constitution. Normally, that is a commendable idea. However, when the constituion is a few centuries behind modern standards, then it is not such a good idea.
The Irish constitution states, “the publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent [...]
Nude Pictures Of Irish Prime Minister Lead To Censorship
Posted in March 28th, 2009
When pranksters installed nude artworks of Prime Minister Brian Cowen at the National Gallery, some considered it funny, including Irish National Broadcaster RTE.
The government did not consider it quite so funny and pressured RTE to apologize for a light-hearted story on the incident. That has created a political ruckus in itself with charges of censorship.
The [...]
Ignore Irish Vote Says EU Leader
Posted in July 1st, 2008
by Glenn Church in Czech Republic, European Union, France, Ireland, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Václav Klaus
Irish voters recently rejected the Lisbon European Union Treaty. This treaty was a redrafting of the Constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters three years ago.
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former French President and drafter of the EU Constitution, has suggested that the Irish will have to vote again until they get it right. “There is no [...]
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