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Source: http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/66665
In Europe, Free Speech Ends Where Islam Begins
(Scripps Howard News) Clifford D. May - Last month, the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) held an event in Amsterdam featuring two speakers who favor liberalizing Islam. More than 20 members of pro-Sharia groups pushed their way in shouting "Allahu Akhbar!" They demanded the event be stopped, called the speakers apostates, spat on them, threw eggs at them and threatened to kill them. Yet few Europeans have expressed outrage over this boot-stomping suppression of free speech. In Europe, increasingly, free speech ends where Islamism begins. Two months ago, the Paris offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo were firebombed and its staff targeted with death threats after publication of an issue "edited" by the Prophet Mohammad. The writer is president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.