Comments on The Pensive Quill: Maryam Namazie On Islam Demanding Film Censorship

Larry, 'More likely a campaign to 'exhume...

2012-09-23T16:20:52.265+01:00

Larry,

'More likely a campaign to 'exhume' them haha'

I just hope the right heads get re-attached to their respective bodies! But, sure, if they have their balaclavas on it might not matter.

John McGirr 'Could be interesting. If any of ...

2012-09-23T11:49:34.916+01:00

John McGirr

'Could be interesting. If any of you do, I will join the campaign to free you'

More likely a campaign to 'exhume' them haha

truthrevisionist, Thanks for the clarification ab...

2012-09-22T22:17:56.150+01:00

truthrevisionist,

Thanks for the clarification about that book. It certainly looks as if it could be interesting.

John McGirr, Just a quick point to make. Shlomo S...

2012-09-21T23:22:02.797+01:00

John McGirr,

Just a quick point to make. Shlomo Sands' book does not address any of the above issues that I have tried to explain. As a jewish academic working in Israel,I imagine treading on this territory, would be tantamount to treason for him. His book is essentially a historical synopsis that exposes the fallacy of the jewish state of Israel. Well worth a read.

You have made some interesting points, truthrevisi...

2012-09-21T14:51:12.433+01:00

You have made some interesting points, truthrevisionist, many of them similar to ones made earlier by SMH.That book certainly looks like it might be worth a read.

I wonder would any of the Pussy Riot supporters consider taking part in a protest in a Mosque or a Synagogue?

Could be interesting. If any of you do, I will join the campaign to free you.

I understand the concerns about censorship and sta...

2012-09-21T11:08:19.622+01:00

I understand the concerns about censorship and state sponsored censorship and the concerns of ‘freedom of speech’ but we don’t live in a truly ‘freedom of speech’ society nor do I ever recall a society, both modern and ancient, where that notion persisted or do I envisage a society of that notion ever existing – except on this website although within the confines of libel law! To compound the issue is the current myopic and whimsical foreign policy of the West towards Islamic dominated states which does not create an environment where work produced on the subject of Islam, academically researched or as here say rubbish, is allowed to be produced unhindered by the burden of threats of death and injury. That environment doesn’t actually exist and so currently, the tendency to produce work that questions the tenets of Islam provokes a violent backlash from the Islamic world which is greatly influenced and driven by extremism, due to their perception of it being an attack on Islam or to be more precise as part of an on-going Western Crusade against it.

Thus examining the recent decisions to ‘censor’ academically and scientifically researched work ( I’m not even going to bother to include the racial and sectarian rubbish released in the USA in my comment) for fear of retribution against the author is a sensible decision to take and should not be perceived as censorship in its true meaning. What needs to be questioned is why Channel4 thought that the current global political circumstances was a good environment to produce such thought provoking work and not realise that the work would encounter a serious backlash that would culminate in possible injury. Also, coupled with their timing of the release of this work could have been a lot better and does lend credence to a deliberate attempt to create shock publicity.

I’m not advocating censorship but sometimes the timing of publication is the issue and not the content.

Maryam I could'nt agree more with your sentim...

2012-09-21T02:27:47.419+01:00

Maryam

I could'nt agree more with your sentiments on this whole issue of film censorship.
Why however, do the same western media refuse to scrutinise judaism in the same balanced way, perhaps examining its holiest set of jewish guiding principles enshrined in the Talmud.
Some examples:

All gentile children are animals. [Yebamoth 98a]
Gentile girls are in a state of niddah [filth] from birth. [Abodah Zarah 36b]
Jews may use lies to circumvent a gentile. [Baba Kamma 113a]
On the virgin Mary, 'she who was the descendant of princes and governors played the harlot with carpenters'.[Sanhedrin 106a]
On Christ, jesus is in hell being boiled in 'hot excrement'[Gittin 57a]
On sex with children, 'a jew may have sex with a child as long as the child is nine years old'[Sanhedrin 54b]
We might also be educated on the very common everyday practice of 'Metzitzah b'peh' where the mohel [rabbi] puts the freshly circumcised penis of an infant boy into his mouth and sucks it until the blood stops flowing from the wound. This is very common in US, Canada, Britain Europe and much more so in Israel. Despite the spread of diseases [syphllis and many recent cases of herpes in New York causing death]this is still the only major religion that encourages 'fellatio' with children. This is a commandment of the Talmud [Shabbat 133b]
We might also be enlightened with the 'Kol Nidre' prayer, a vow taken at Yum Kappoor which dissavows all other promises made that year. In other words, all vows, oaths, obligations and promises from this day shall be void.

These are a very few examples of how we have all been subject to censorship by disinformation and discreet silence, engineered by a jewish controlled mainstream media,that seeks to undermine and castigate the believers of Islam and Christianity yet forbids a balanced scrutiny of Judeasm.
Perhaps we might see Channel 4 commission a series based on Shlomo Sands' formidable book 'The Invention of the Jewish People'. Somehow, I would'nt hold my breath waiting, despite the fact that it was first published in Hebrew and was an international bestseller. Now what does that tell you?