Muslim incitement to violence under scrutiny
We read:
"Authorities in Canada are investigating an anti-Semitic website that accused Jews of being behind several murderous terrorist attacks. The website's creator, York University student Salman Hossain, has been suspended from school and will face a disciplinary panel.
The Ontario Police's hate crimes and extremism unit is looking into Hossain's writings.
Hossain, a dual citizen of Bangladesh and Canada, created a site called “filthyjewishterrorists.com” on which he blamed terrorist attacks in the United States and Canada on “the mass murdering terrorist Jewish community.” He accused Jews of being behind terrorist attacks that were in fact perpetrated by Muslims, and said that the Jews carried out the attacks in order to make Muslims look bad.
He called to murder all Jews in Europe and North America if a terrorist attack were to take place in Canada.
"The university is moving on this issue in a serious fashion,” York University said in a statement. “We want all of our students, all of our community members, to be safe,” the school added.
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There is general agreement that incitement to violence does not have free speech protection
2 comments:
I guess it might depend on how he says it. If he said he " ... wished God would strike all Jews dead" that is probably not an incitement, or he "would not be sad to see all the Jews dead." A call to action, however, is a problem. If he wants to express his backward conspiracy theories and anti Semitic rants, that is a part of freedom of speech and I welcome the spar in the public arena and the opportunity to make this ignoramus look like a fool.
Except, if you'll note the next-to-last paragraph:
He called to murder all Jews in Europe and North America if a terrorist attack were to take place in Canada.
He's not just spewing his wild conspiracy theories. That is clear incitement to commit murder.
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