“Point of view that homophobia is allowed on the basis of islam is unacceptable’ – The guardian nigeria

The Hotline Internet Discrimination (MiND) has, after considerable controversy, a controversial position on religious homophobia adjusted. In the first instance, saw the hotline is legal nothing illegal in homophobia if it came from religion. MiND has by now taken away from this position and now speaks of an “incorrect assessment”.

The point of view of the MiND followed on from a complaint about comments under an article on the website Bladna.nl. According to the letter writer was there more written that gays should be ‘burned’ and ‘finished’.

” I was shocked by the comments under the article,” says the person, who wishes to remain anonymous, opposite The Post Online. ,,But I was shocked even more by the reaction of the MiND.”

The hotline found the statements offensive, but he nothing to do, because, of,the statements must be considered in the context of religion, called Islam”. That increases, according to the MiND , is,legally speaking much of the offensive character”.

The hotline has the reaction after all the fuss re-examined and says that the expressions are incorrectly assessed. ,,That we lament strongly”, let the organization know. ,,In this kind of incitement to violence, the context is never important.” MiND has Bladna.nl asked the comments to delete.

no excuse
For the independent Members of parliament Joram van Klaveren and Louis Bontes is the response to the discriminatiemelding error and unacceptable. They came up there today to ask about in the Room to the ministers of Justice and Social Affairs.

,,, you Share our vision that this kind of business is always belong TO, and that islam (like other ideologies) never can be used as an excuse for actual discrimination or the incitement to violence?”, reads one of the questions of the Members of the chamber.

islam and other philosophies of life can, according to them, never to be used as an excuse for actual discrimination or the incitement to violence.

COC Netherlands speaks of an ‘incomprehensible pronunciation. ,,Religion is not a license to discriminate.” The organization argued recently understand for the preservation of the hotline. ,,But you should MiND the work to do well,” said a spokesman of COC Netherlands. This proves once again that a hotline understand is sorely needed.”

From the jurisprudence in this area shows that the first position of MiND are not completely out of thin air. So was cardinal Simonis ever vrijgespreken of insult when he homosexuality ‘Evil’ is called. What the court regards his statements from sacred writings to be done only punishable if they are ‘unnecessarily offensive’. So was the strict christian couple Lucas and Jenny Goeree were convicted when they said that homosexuals AIDS earn as death penalty.

Politics
Pia Dijkstra (D66) as a champion of gay rights not to speak about the first position of MiND ,,This can not be, and is, of course, nonsense. Violence against gays is no appeal to religion to justify. If you look at what it is about, then is there really calls to violence and incitement to hatred.”

What Dijkstra is concerned, it is of importance that the centre in this type of cases the responsibility lay with the authority that there is about, the law. ,,I take it that this doesn’t happen again. I think the hotline is a very important means.”