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| Israeli Rabbi Condemns Anti-Islam Film |
| 2012-09-13 |
| [An Nahar] An Orthodox Israeli rabbi and former cabinet minister on Wednesday condemned as "garbage and slime" a film deemed offensive to Islam that has sparked deadly anti-U.S. protests in Libya and Egypt. "Although freedom of expression and the right to use satire are sacred democratic principles, these freedoms should not be used as an excuse to publish garbage and slime," Michael Melchior, a long-standing advocate of inter-faith dialogue, wrote in a statement. "The film of Sam Bacile, who identifies himself as a Jew and an Israeli, published under the guise of the 'war on terror,' is in fact a film that tramples upon the faith and dignity of hundreds of millions of Mohammedan believers and upon Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, in the most degrading and ugly way," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |