Comments on: Rabat bets on better imams to counter extremist Islam http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/07/05/rabat-bets-on-better-imams-to-counter-extremist-islam/ Religion, faith and ethics Sat, 25 May 2013 11:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: moroccan patriot http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/07/05/rabat-bets-on-better-imams-to-counter-extremist-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-13347 moroccan patriot Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:41:19 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=6913#comment-13347 Imams should be entitled to freedom of speech like everyone else. Everyone should be allowed to say anything they want. However, people should be held accountable for their actions. For example, if you incite people to violence, that is a crime. If you participate in slander or defamation, these carry potential civil and criminal reprecussions. Everyone is responsible for what they say. When you train Imams in a certain nation to tell the population things which they know are not true, you almost defeat the entire purpose of Friday prayers. Imams should be entitled to freedom of speech like everyone else. Everyone should be allowed to say anything they want. However, people should be held accountable for their actions.

For example, if you incite people to violence, that is a crime. If you participate in slander or defamation, these carry potential civil and criminal reprecussions. Everyone is responsible for what they say.

When you train Imams in a certain nation to tell the population things which they know are not true, you almost defeat the entire purpose of Friday prayers.

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