By Andrew L. Jaffee

France’s publication, Charlie-Hebdo, will be allowed to print the infamous caricatures of Mohammed, but the country’s Islamists just don’t understand free speech. From the BBC:

In France, a court threw out on technical grounds an application for an injunction against a satirical publication that planned to print the 12 caricatures in its Wednesday edition.

The editor of Charlie-Hebdo welcomed the ruling.

“Criticising religion is legitimate in a state of law and must remain so,” Philippe Val said.

But the Union of Islamic Organisations of France, one of the groups that applied for the injunction, said “one cannot insult a religion”.

“To defend the dignity of one’s religion does not mean one is radical,” Fouad Alaoui said.

Sorry, Mr. Alaoui, but free speech allows insults. Don’t read it if you don’t like it.

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