"You are Allah's enemy!": Muslim stabs Russian radio host for criticizing Muhammad






This article contains this
appalling statement: "Such statements could not but stir the Muslim
community." The West is completely losing the idea that one's reactions
are one's own responsibility, and that the only people to blame for
violent thuggery are the thugs themselves. This is a massive
capitulation to violent Islamic intimidation and a retreat from the
principle of freedom of speech, which involves the societal agreement
that one will not respond to being offended with violence or attempts to
shut the offender down. Freedom of speech is our foremost bulwark
against tyranny, and tyranny is coming.

"'Allah's enemy!' Radio host slash-attacked for anti-Islam rant on air," from Russia Today, May 29 (thanks to Pamela Geller):



A radio host has been hospitalized after being cut 15 times
by an unidentified criminal. Two weeks ago the journalist ventured to
criticize the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed, on air.

RT, like the rest of the mainstream media, assumes that we are all Muslims now and all acknowledge Muhammad as a prophet.



­Sergey Aslanyan, 46, was brought to Moscow’s hospital with numerous non-penetrating knife wounds to the chest, neck and arm.

According to the police report, on late Monday evening an unknown man
called to Aslanyan’s flat over the building intercom and called him
outside for a talk. When the journalist stepped out of the entranceway
he was knocked over the head with a heavy object, after which the
assailant brought the knife into play.

Aslanyan claimed that the attacker was shouting “you are Allah's enemy!” while slashing at the victim.



Police say the abuser was a slim man of about 30, while according to some witnesses there were several attackers....



Still, Izvestia newspaper made a guess that the attack could be
linked to recent statements made by the journalist in a radio show.
While discussing religion in general he made some “from zero to hero”
remarks towards the Prophet Mohammed.

“The Prophet Mohammed, as we know, was not a religious figure. He was
a businessman, but after getting considerable financial support built
plans as to how to get to the top,” Aslanyan disclosed. He also said
that the Prophet “rewrote the Bible” so that “now everyone would know
the Prophet Mohammed was not a market shopkeeper, but an outstanding
political figure.”

According to Aslanyan, the idea of Islam was a “business project from
the very beginning,” and turned out to be successful due to “handsome
financing.” Besides that, the journalist, who was an external expert at
this radio show, speculated that the Prophet had some sort of sexual
disorder.

Reportedly, the journalist later apologized on air for the harsh
statements he had made, but that did not change public opinion much.

Such statements could not but stir the Muslim community. There was a widespread angry reaction on the Islamic internet forums.



Outrageous capitulation to thuggery.



Muslims from the Republic of Tatarstan, where Islam is the
dominant religion, wrote a letter to the Prosecutor General’s office
saying Aslanyan’s statements had insulted them.

“These insults wound our religious feelings and come
into conflict with Russian legislature, because they unleash ethnic
discord and interreligious hatred,” insists Imam Seijarfar Lutfullin.

Despite being disappointed with the journalist’s position,
representatives of the Muslim clergy of Tatarstan refused to have
anything to do with the assault on the journalist.

“Islam does not recognize the resort to force – for this there are
authorities and courts,” the spokesperson of the Clerical Administration
of the Republic of Tatarstan told Izvestia....

Funny how so many Muslims misunderstand the idea that "Islam does not recognize the resort to force."



As bad as the RT article is, this one from the Guardian is even
worse: "Russian journalist attacked in Moscow," by Miriam Elder in the Guardian, May 29 (thanks to all who sent this in):

A Russian journalist is in hospital after being lured out of
his home and stabbed 20 times late on Monday night in the latest attack
on a member of the press.

Sergei Aslanyan, 46, works for Radio Mayak and spent 10 years as a
presenter on Echo Moskvy, Russia's leading liberal radio station.

Police sources said Aslanyan received a call from an unknown number
just before midnight, inviting him outside for a chat. After leaving his
home in southern Moscow, he was stabbed repeatedly in the chest, neck
and arms by a man, or several men, wielding a knife.

"The victim has been hospitalised, his life is not in danger," a police source told the Itar-Tass news agency.



Police have opened an investigation into the attack.



The Izvestiya newspaper suggested the attack could have been linked
to a recent radio appearance during which Aslanyan insulted the prophet
Muhammad.

The programme prompted an angry response among some Muslims, with an
imam in the eastern city of Kazan asking prosecutors to investigate the
journalist.

Others linked the attack to Aslanyan's reporting on Russia's auto industry and corrupt traffic police....



Although the article does acknowledge that the attackers may have
been Muslims, it also suggests an alternate explanation, and completely
ignores the cry of "You are Allah's enemy."

That's the mainstream media for you.