News: Dutch gov bureau: It's OK to muslims send gay people threats

MothtoaFlame

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In a shocking move, the taxpayer-funded hotline said it would not pursue a criminal complaint over horrific messages from radical Islamists because the Koran says gay people can be killed.

The disgraceful stance came to light when a member of the public complained about death threats posted to an online forum which called for homosexuals to be “burned, decapitated and slaughtered”.

Dutch MPs today reacted with horror to the revelations, demanding an immediate inquiry into the remarks and calling for the hotline to be stripped of public funding.

According to Dutch media advisors from the anti-discrimination bureau MiND said that, while homophobic abuse was usually a crime, it was justifiable if you were Muslim due to laws on freedom of religious expression.

They argued that the Koran says it is acceptable to kill people for being homosexual, and so death threats towards gay people from Muslims could not be discriminatory.

In a jaw-dropping email explaining why they could not take up the complaint, they wrote: “The remarks must be seen in the context of religious beliefs in Islam, which juridically takes away the insulting character."

They concluded that the remarks were made in "the context of a public debate about how to interpret the Quran" and added that "some Muslims understand from the Quran that gays should be killed”.

And they went on: “In the context of religious expression that exists in the Netherlands there is a large degree of freedom of expression. In addition, the expressions are used in the context of the public debate (how to interpret the Koran), which also removes the offending character."

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HumanitySector

I think we need another wall.

LoKoPaNdA

An online forum though? I mean, in America you can say all types of hideous things online too

I do not support this though. Hate speech is not taken seriously enough in the US and apparently the Netherlands is starting to slack too.

wolfaire

Watch no one comments in here. What a vile group of people. This world is doomed y'all!

HumanitySector

Inb4 ATRL runs in to defend hateful religious muslims 'not every muslim is a terrorist!!11' style

you wanna move in and spew your hate and attack a whole culture that accepted you? they should deport them all.

Reinvention

It's not like Christians haven't been chasing down and killing gays for literally thousands of years too though, they're all just as cherry-picking with their beliefs and what suits them.

F**k any religion that has sh*t to say about the person I was born as, opposed to the fictional religion you decided to adopt to make sense of your horrid life.

Buddy

PoKiTaurus

Hitler's book said it's OK to kill anyone who isn't a healthy, hetero, blue eyed, blonde Aryan man or woman.
Based on his response, would he protect that book aswell with that logic?

Salacious

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Originally posted by Reinvention

It's not like Christians haven't been chasing down and killing gays for literally thousands of years too though, they're all just as cherry-picking with their beliefs and what suits them.

How is Christianity applicable here? Most of the Dutch are areligious, and Muslims are threatening gay people. We are focusing on Muslims and Islam. That is the problem here, and there is no need to divert attention away from the problem by bringing up a totally irrelevant point.

Muslims like that should just be kicked out of the country honestly.

Adonis

Europe stays loosing as usual.

Dessy Fenix

Yikes. This is why hate speech need to be curbed.

Bicassie

How problematic

Hate Speech needs to GO

That would also mean hate speech against MUSLIMS,too

But yeah.......very tricky situation

How far can the Freedom of Speech go.....?
Cuz Homophobia is REAL

AND islamophobia is alo REAL

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Originally posted by HumanitySector

Inb4 ATRL runs in to defend hateful religious muslims 'not every muslim is a terrorist!!11' style

you wanna move in and spew your hate and attack a whole culture that accepted you? they should deport them all.

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Amsterdam

Mess at you being from here......I cant....

a black pete tea
a sylvana simons tea
a Wilders PVV tea

Dont be ignorant and islamophobic

Like...this should be stopped.......but just dont phobic of another minority group...cuz of this...

SIT

LilKim

I hope they die.

LilKim

“The remarks must be seen in the context of religious beliefs in Islam, which juridically takes away the insulting character."

b-b-bu-but our religion is a religion of p-pe-peace!!!!!1

Bicassie

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Originally posted by LilKim

I hope they die.

Swine

I don't see any Dutch source reporting on this? I call bs.

Lord Blackout

Looks fake

funnychick

Disgusting.

Fire him/her.

Cain

A hotline? Gurl bye.

There's no source in that article whatsoever either.
Also no Dutch publication is reporting this.

Cain

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Originally posted by Bicassie

How problematic

Hate Speech needs to GO

That would also mean hate speech against MUSLIMS,too

But yeah.......very tricky situation

How far can the Freedom of Speech go.....?
Cuz Homophobia is REAL

AND islamophobia is alo REAL

Mess at you being from here......I cant....

a black pete tea
a sylvana simons tea
a Wilders PVV tea

Dont be ignorant and islamophobic

Like...this should be stopped.......but just dont phobic of another minority group...cuz of this...

SIT

He's not Dutch, I'm not even sure that he is living here.