Double standards increase Islamophobia in Europe
Former Arab League General Secretary Amr Musa said, “While anti-Semitism is banned, I cannot understand that anti-Islamism is freedom of opinion. Double standards cause an atmosphere of conflict.” said.
While the double standards of Islam and Muslims continue in Western countries, the phenomenon of Islamophobia, a wave of hatred against Islam and Muslims, has recently reached dangerous levels.
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The West has been calling for “antisemitism and hatred of the Jews to be criminalized” for years after the Holocaust of World War II. Now, the atmosphere of hatred against Muslims makes it necessary to enact laws that criminalize anti-Islamism.
While anti-Semitism is considered a crime in European countries, taking refuge in media and freedom of expression in insulting Islam reveals the double standards in the West.
Experts call for a distinction between freedom of expression and insult against all religions, including Islam, and to enact laws that criminalize anti-Islamism.
“Anti-Semitism is forbidden, but anti-Islamism is freedom of thought”
Amr Musa, who served as the General Secretary of the Arab League between 2001 and 2011, said in a written statement on his Facebook account, “While anti-Semitism is banned, I cannot understand that anti-Islam is freedom of opinion. Double standards are a big trouble, the policies and reactions resulting from them are leads. ” used the expressions.
Musa stated that the constitutional and legal institutions in countries where Muslims are subjected to discrimination, maltreatment and double standards policies should urgently do the necessary work to correct this injustice and to criminalize insulting Islamic religion and values.
“If the West were honest, it would enact laws to protect all beliefs”
Lebanese researcher-journalist Ali Bekir told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the main problem in the West’s relations with Islam and Muslims is the double standards they apply with various excuses.
Stating that there is no such double standard when it comes to Israel or other religions other than Islam, Bekir said, “Any criticism against Israel is considered anti-Semitism and is not seen in freedom of expression, the owner of this criticism is judged.”
Criticizing the West for being dishonest, Bekir said, “If the West were honest, instead of undermining Muslims on the pretext of freedom of expression, it would act consistently and enact laws to protect them by defending the same freedom against all religions and beliefs.” he spoke.
Bekir emphasized that such laws will prevent the rise of Islamophobia in Europe and prevent politicians from using this issue as election material.
“Western leaders should rethink adopting a law that criminalizes insulting Islam”
Iraqi researcher-writer Nazir al-Kenduri said, “The Western world welcomed Jewish demands for legislation criminalizing anti-Semitism after World War II. At that time, Western leaders thought that this law would reduce hatred in society and many social problems.” used the expressions.
Noting that Muslims are subjected to various attacks that cause major social problems in Western countries, Kenduri said, “Attacking Muslims and their sacred values hurts the feelings of not only Muslims living in the West, but the whole Islamic world, whose number exceeds 1.5 billion.” said.
He warned that deliberately insulting Muslims’ saints would adversely affect the political and economic relations between Islam and Western countries, saying, “Western leaders should rethink and take this issue seriously, as is the case with criminalization of anti-Semitism, a law that criminalizes insulting Islam. ” He spoke in the form.
“For true freedom of expression, a law must be passed that criminalizes Islamophobia.”
Kenduri said that when looking at the facts in the West, freedom of expression is more than just an allegation, and that attacks against Prophet Mohammed are supported, but when the French President Emmanuel Macron is mocked, they react to it.
“Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Macro that he says ‘there is a need for treatment in mental point’ we saw after the words of the Prophet of Islam to attack deliberately done. We do not have anything to do with this freedom of expression. They can not tolerate Macro to spoken words.” Speaking as, Kenduri stated that freedom of expression or person should come to an end when it comes to insulting the sacred values of other people, otherwise this will be regarded as a deliberate provocation against a large community such as the Islamic world.
Kenduri ended her words with the following statements:
“Incitement against Islam and Muslims will cause an increase in sectarian, ethnic and racial conflicts in Western countries. It is necessary to enact a law that criminalizes Islamophobia or ridicule of sacred values for true freedom of expression and respect for the sacred values of all members of society.”
