In respect of the EU - of the supposedly Enlightened West - this is the most stupid judgment I have ever come across.BERLIN — The European Court of Human Rights says an Austrian woman’s conviction for calling the prophet of Islam a pedophile didn’t breach her freedom of speech.
The Strasbourg-based ECHR ruled Thursday that Austrian courts had “carefully balanced her right to freedom of expression with the right of others to have their religious feelings protected.”
The woman in her late 40s, identified only as E.S., claimed during two public seminars in 2009 that the Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to a young girl was akin to “pedophilia.” A Vienna court convicted her in 2011 of disparaging religious doctrines, ordering her to pay a 480-euro ($547) fine, plus costs. The ruling was later upheld by an Austrian appeals court.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/eu ... 5d62525747
Jesus Christ and the founders of other religions had been mocked left, right and center but there is no case of protecting the feelings of their religious followers who had complained.
Why this special case of the Prophet of Islam?
This is a case which prove my thesis that religions [especially theistic] has more to do with the desperate psychological impulses of the follower than there is a real God.
The contrast and control is the approach in which Buddhism recognized the psychology related to the feelings and sufferings [Four Noble Truths] associated with religiosity to deal with the internal feelings of desperation arising from an existential crisis.
Certain Muslims are like small children and cry-babies seeking the court to protect their feelings. They should be man enough to take care and be responsible in handling their own feelings and weaknesses.
Should the court protect religious feelings?
Your views on the above?
