Filed under: Culture, Politics | Tags: Islam, Canada, hate speech, Jesus Camp, free speech
Heard about this documentary? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Camp)
Read this to see what’s going on here in Canada. (See this stuff too.) A major Canadian news magazine is being brought before a human rights tribunal for publishing generally unflattering articles on Islam. Three Muslim law students initiated the complaint against the magazine.
Here’s a tiny excerpt from the response of the editors of the magazine:
The students complained that the story and the cover image we used, presented a prejudicial and sinister image of the Muslim community and stoked unreasonable fears of a Muslim conspiracy to take over the world.
Sub in ‘Christian community’, ‘Christian conspiracy’ and ‘take over America’ and then you’ve got the same complaint against Jesus Camp. Isn’t it the case that more people in American will fear and hate Christians because of Jesus Camp? Well, then according to the current rules here in Canada, the makers of the film should be brought up on charges.
I’m against ALL tribunals of this kind, whether they stand to benefit some Christians or some Muslims. In the end they’re bad for everyone.
BTW - I haven’t seen Jesus Camp, but from what I’ve read about it, I’d say the “Christians” in the movie deserve to be publicly shamed.
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finally got so see Jesus Camp; i appreciated the fact that the movie’s makers let the people interviewed do all the talking; then again i couldn’t help wondering, “wait, what’s the problem? these kids seem to have a high quality of life…” of course, the film’s makers cut and pasted together a film that would support their agenda; i mean, please, is Pastor Becky Fischer supposed to represent Christian parenting in general? And could they found anyone more infamous than Ted Haggard to interview? I suppose their second choice would have been that one republican congressman who recently resigned for that other sex scandal…
Comment by patrick May 8, 2008 @ 11:16 am