[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: 'This pig must have his head cut off'

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
'This pig must have his head cut off'
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1159540249.shtml


   Via [1]Expatica *

     PARIS, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - French anti-terrorism authorities
     Friday opened an inquiry into death threats against a philosophy
     teacher who has been forced into hiding over a newspaper column
     attacking Islam, legal officials said.

     Robert Redeker, 52, is receiving round-the-clock police protection
     and changing addresses every two days, after publishing an article
     describing the Koran as a "book of extraordinary violence" and
     Islam as "a religion which ... exalts violence and hate".

     He told i-TV television he had received several e-mail threats
     targeting himself and his wife and three children, and that his
     photograph and address were available on several Islamist Internet
     sites.

     "There is a very clear map of how to get to my home, with the
     words: 'This pig must have his head cut off'," he said.

     Speaking on RMC radio, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said
     such threats were "unacceptable".

     "We are in a democracy, everyone has the right to express his views
     freely â of course while respecting others. That is the only
     restriction that is acceptable on this freedom.

   Fausta's blog has more, including her translation of the Le Figaro
   article in her post [2]The article that may cost a man his life, and
   that of his family.

   * Link thanks to [3]Fausta too.

References

   1. http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=33407
   2. http://faustasblog.com/2006/09/article-that-may-cost-man-his-life-and.html
   3. http://faustasblog.com/