Western limits on speech extend to Holocaust denial but not to anti-Islamic expression

Evidence

For example, many Western nations have intense debates about freedom of speech, and all set some limits on the scope of such speech. Some European countries have laws that prohibit Holocaust denial. One is not free in countries such as Belgium or Austria to deny or condone the genocide that took place in Nazi Germany. But when Muslims raise critical questions about the problems with speech that deliberately and disrespectfully denigrates the texts, figures, or practitioners of Islam, their views are often rejected outright. In 2005 and 2006, various Muslims inside and outside of Denmark raised such questions in response to satirical cartoons of Muhammad published by a Danish newspaper. Their questions were largely dismissed, with some public figures going so far as to point out that the real problem was the inability of Muslims to understand and accept the Western commitment to freedom of speech. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 67

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the report’s criterion that critique is one-way; parallels the asymmetry the reader is tracking in the religion-versus-people distinction. — connects to: Western hate and Holocaust-denial laws contradict the ridicule of Muslim demands for speech limits. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 428; Treating antisemitism and Islamophobia as analogous masks asymmetric power relations. — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 23; Holocaust commemoration in Europe has intensified anti-Muslim prejudice (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Treating antisemitism and Islamophobia as analogous masks asymmetric power relations. #complicates (0.60) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 23
• Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are parallel projects of majority exclusion #qualifies (0.55) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 482
• Holocaust commemoration in Europe has intensified anti-Muslim prejudice #exemplifies (0.50)
• Free speech concerns about the Islamophobia concept are shared across the political spectrum #responds-to (0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 78