http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/09/26/pakistan-islamist-accuses-obama-of-religious-war-on-muslims-over-hate-video/ Religion, faith and ethics Fri, 24 May 2013 05:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/09/26/pakistan-islamist-accuses-obama-of-religious-war-on-muslims-over-hate-video/comment-page-1/#comment-60523 kafantaris Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:11:53 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=26492#comment-60523 The Muslims ought to bring their ideas of individual freedom up to speed and in pace with the modern world. People elsewhere are free from their government to worship the God they want, and are also free to offend the God that others worship. This is how it must be if religious freedom is to have meaning -- no protection is needed when others agree with you. As for threatening others not to offend Prophet Mohamed or else, this is clearly an imposition of Muslim religious etiquette on non-Muslims. The Muslims ought to bring their ideas of individual freedom up to speed and in pace with the modern world. People elsewhere are free from their government to worship the God they want, and are also free to offend the God that others worship. This is how it must be if religious freedom is to have meaning — no protection is needed when others agree with you. As for threatening others not to offend Prophet Mohamed or else, this is clearly an imposition of Muslim religious etiquette on non-Muslims.

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