Freedom of Speech, “Anti-Semitism” and
the “Islamic Threat”
Global Research, January 19, 2015
The Western democracies have a real problem with the concept of “freedom of
speech”. Their hypocrisy and double standards know no borders. The inflicted
state terrorism of the West against Muslims in the Middle East or non-white
peoples in Africa or elsewhere is boundless. But when these downtrodden victims
of Western genocidal attacks fight back, they are called “terrorists”. Insults
and incitement against Muslims and their prophet Mohammad falls allegedly under
the concept of freedom of speech, which is assumed unlimited, however, when
this noble concept is used against the atrocities committed by the Zionist
occupying regime in Palestine or its US master, it’s considered a “crime” by
the French judiciary.
Maurice Sinet,
who worked as a political cartoonist for “Charlie Hebdo” for 20 years, was
fired in 2009 for his “anti-Semitic” cartoon mocking the relationship of
Nicolas Sarkozy’s son, Jean, with a wealthy Jewish woman. Commenting on rumors
that Jean considered to convert to Judaism out of carrier reasons, Maurice
Sinet quipped: ““He’ll go a long way in life, that little lad.” He was charged
of “inciting racial hatred”. After the journalist Claude Askolovitch thought,
Sinet’s article was anti-Semitic, then editor in chief, Philippe Val, demanded
an apology from Sinet. He refused saying: “I’d rather cut my balls off.” He
lost his job. One of the many Zionist front Organizations took him to court,
and Sinet won a 40, 000 Euro court judgment against his former publisher.
I’m Maurice Sinet – “I feel like Charlie Coulibaly”
The controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala posted on
facebook “I feel like Charlie Coulibaly”. An investigation by the Paris
prosecutor’s office followed immediately, and two days later, Wednesday 14
January, he was arrested for exercising his right of freedom of speech. His
shows are banned because of being “anti-Semitic”. With the approval of the
French government freedom of expression can be utilized, but if it doesn’t fit
into the prevailing political concept of the ruling political and media class,
one has a problem.
The “protest march of millions” in Paris, “led” by 40 big shots, was a
fake. The heads of states did not lead the march, instead they flew in for a
photo op on a hermetically sealed street. No wonder that US President Obama did
not want to waste his time for such a gimmick. Many of these heads of states
fight against freedom of speech in their own countries. Was this the only
manipulation by the corporate media?
The circumstances of the terror attack at “Charlie Hebdo” raises more
questions that it has answered so far. The cold-blooded assassination of police
officer Ahmed Merabet at point-blank range did not cause a single blood
splatter on the sidewalk. In the assassination of John F. Kennedy, however,
there was blood and brain all over the car. How come that the attack by the
Kouachi brothers and their getaway were filmed from roof tops? Who were these
people and who stationed them there? Do people take their IDs with them, when
going on a deadly rampage? But the world knows already that it’s possible to
find a brand-new passport besides the pulverized twin towers in New York City.
Like the 9/11 hijackers, the perpetrators of the Paris atrocities were known
within minutes.
Also the anti-terror raids in Belgium produced explosions and a burning
apartment but no perpetrators. In Germany, suspects were arrested in camera.
The Paris terror attakcs will be used by the local governments to crack down on
civil liberties and bring the European governments in line with Washington’s
expansionist and deadly policy in the Middle East, against Russia and Africa.
By the way, did the Kouachi brothers know, when they committed themselves
to “Al-Qaeda”, that the CIA invented the term in order to subsume all the
“mujahedeen freedom fighters” against the Soviet occupation of
Afghanistan? Didn’t US President Carter’s security adviser Zbigniew
Brzezinski not only meet with Osama bin Laden but also posed with a
Kalashnikov with these so-called freedom fighters for a photo op and told them
the following:
“We know of their deep belief in God, and we are confident their struggle
will succeed. That land over there is yours, you’ll go back to it one day
because your fight will prevail, and you’ll have your homes and your mosques back
again. Because your cause is right and God is on your side.” How come that
within few years these religious people turned into terrorist?
The US and other Western so-called “Friends of Syria” have created, in
cooperation with the Gulf dictatorships, Islamist gangs of mercenaries who lead
the imperialist war by proxy. Nobody knows who hires these jihadist fighters.
Are they following NATO or Salafist propaganda? Although these mercenaries
still risk their lives in the struggle of the West against the Assad regime,
they are misused by Western propaganda in order to present them to the domestic
audience as an “Islamic threat”.
After the
attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, the “Islamic threat” as a permanent tool of
war propaganda that has been implanted into the consciousness of the peoples of
the West. If the West does not turn away from this wrong track, he will
continue to expose its populations to “Islamist threats”. Western policies and
media reporting over parts of the Muslim world are totally irresponsible and
should be corrected.
Dr. Ludwig Watzal
works as a journalist and editor in Bonn, Germany.
