tisdag, juni 10, 2008

Pakistan kräver ändrad yttrandefrihetslagstiftning i Europa

Pakistan skall nu skicka en delegation till EU som skall kräva att EU förändrar sin yttrandefrihetslagstiftning.

"Pakistan will ask the European Union countries to amend laws regarding freedom of expression in order to prevent offensive incidents such as the printing of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and the production of an anti-Islam film by a Dutch legislator, sources in the Interior Ministry told Daily Times on Saturday.

Pakistans ambassadör till Danmark uppvisar lite klassisk muslimsk chutzpah*.

"'It isn't just the people of Pakistan that feel they have been harassed by what your newspaper has begun,' she said. 'I'd like to know if your newspaper is satisfied with what it has done and what it has unleashed?'"

CPHPOST

* "One example given of the ultimate of chutzpah is: "A boy, having just been convicted of murdering his parents, begs the judge for leniency because he is an orphan."

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