Pamela Geller claimed that the event was to advocate free speech. But by drawing caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, and paying the winner $10,000, what is she trying to prove?
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By Nabila Kermani | May 15, 2015
Dear Editor:
On May 3 there was a “Draw Muhammad Cartoon Contest” in Garland, Texas organized by Pamela Geller and the American Freedom Defense Initiative. Two Muslim gunmen opened fire and in return they were shot and killed.
By no means was it okay for the perpetrators to attack the event; however, it was not okay to hold such a contest in the first place. Pamela Geller claimed that the event was to advocate free speech. But by drawing caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, and paying the winner $10,000, what is she trying to prove?
Is it really freedom of speech or hate speech if it is hurting the sentiments of more than one billion people of the world? Instead of paying someone $10,000 to draw insulting pictures of a religious founder, revered by a large group of people, why not pay them instead to draw peaceful pictures of the world living together in a united brotherhood? Wouldn’t that make more sense?
Nabila Kermani
Jamaica, NY
Read original post here: Opinion: Freedom and hatred | Nabila Kermani
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