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there is another, far more dangerous... (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Twelve people were gunned down for publishing a cartoon of Muhammad.

A teacher was beheaded for showing a drawing of Muhammad.

Cartoonist drew Muhammad, leading to Danish embassies being attacked and riots broke out and people died. Later, people broke into his house to try to kill him.

Cartoonist had to live under police protection because of threats.

Creators of South Park were threatened for including Muhammad in an episode of the show.

Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage

A teacher forced into hiding for showing a picture of Muhammad

I don't care if you want to claim all religions are equally capable of violence.

There is only one religion I'm deathly afraid of pissing off if I choose to criticize them publicly.