Quoting Holocaust-denial precedent highlighted selective application of free speech law

Evidence

At the height of this tumult, Charlie Hebdo published disparaging cartoons of Muhammad (Sayare & Clark, 2012). Using a comparative argument of equitable treatment, an Egyptian spokesman urged the French judiciary to condemn the newspaper, citing the precedent that Holocaust denial is legally prohibited in France. The government announced that it would block protests against the offensive cartoons. Charbonnier challenged the decision on the grounds that it infringed on freedom of speech. “We have the right to express ourselves, they have a right to express themselves, too” (Sayare & Clark, 2012). Critics argued that pouring fuel on a raging fire was an inflammatory way of affirming freedom of speech and was likely to incite acts of violence. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2184

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’: both treat symbolic expression controversies as sites where groups weaponize legal precedent selectively, the Egyptian spokesman invoking Holocaust denial law while French law shields blasphemy.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2184
• XREF: connects to: Free speech doctrine strengthened across the twentieth century despite wartime repression — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3998; Western limits on speech extend to Holocaust denial but not to anti-Islamic expression — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 67; Holocaust denial laws criminalize a claim states leave flat-earth beliefs free — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1846 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Free speech doctrine strengthened across the twentieth century despite wartime repression — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3998; Western limits on speech extend to Holocaust denial but not to anti-Islamic expression — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 67; Holocaust denial laws criminalize a claim states leave flat-earth beliefs free — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1846 (+2 more)