Freedom of speech in Europe under attack: Journalists come to Oriana Fallaci's defense
Now, along with the demise of Europe due to population decline as outlined in Patrick Buchanan's book, "The Death of the West," we can look forward to the persecution of any journalist in Italy who dares to oppose the religious tyranny of Islam over Christianity. What an irony: threatening to jail the renowned journalist who has always been a great proponent of freedom--within the heart of Christendom, her native Italy--for daring to criticize the excesses of the puritanical practitioners of Islam.The treatment of Fallaci by an Italian court is ominous and bodes ill for freedom of speech in Italy. Numerous journalists around the world have taken up the banner in her defense.
T. Varadarajan in today's Wall Street Journal editorial, "Prophet of Decline: An interview with Oriana Fallaci," points out her plight:
Oriana Fallaci faces jail. In her mid-70s, stricken with a cancer that, for the moment, permits only the consumption of liquids--so yes, we drank champagne in the course of a three-hour interview--one of the most renowned journalists of the modern era has been indicted by a judge in her native Italy under provisions of the Italian Penal Code which proscribe the "vilipendio," or "vilification," of "any religion admitted by the state."more...
In her case, the religion deemed vilified is Islam, and the vilification was perpetrated, apparently, in a book she wrote last year--and which has sold many more than a million copies all over Europe--called "The Force of Reason." Its astringent thesis is that the Old Continent is on the verge of becoming a dominion of Islam, and that the people of the West have surrendered themselves fecklessly to the "sons of Allah." So in a nutshell, Oriana Fallaci faces up to two years' imprisonment for her beliefs--which is one reason why she has chosen to stay put in New York. Let us give thanks for the First Amendment.
And, in a May 31, 2005 Daily Press commentary, "Silence is not freedom's way," Kathleen Parker declares her ironical "outrage" at the charges against Fallaci:
more...Let's hear it for outrage to religion. So goes my prayerful response to news that Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci will be prosecuted on charges of "outrage to religion." Apparently, the outspoken Fallaci, now in her 70s, has offended some disciples of Islam with her book, "The Force of Reason," and, by Allah, they intend to see she pays for it.
At least they didn't shoot her.
Yet.
posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 6:47 PM
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