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					A landmark Canadian hate speech case: Her Majesty the Queen v Keegstra
				
In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a famous ruling in a case involving a high school teacher and alleged anti-Semitism.  Max Harris explains.

					“That Jew died for you”
				
The group Jews for Jesus published a video entitled “That Jew died for you“, depicting Jesus as a victim of the Holocaust. Rabbi Laura Janner –Klausner called for the offensive video to be removed from YouTube.  Brian Pellot discusses the free speech implications.

					Canada champions tolerance abroad. But what about chez nous in Quebec?
				
Charles Taylor asks what motivates practices of exclusion on the basis of religious identity and expression. Dominic Burbidge reports.

					Warum Yale University Press die dänischen Cartoons nicht veröffentlicht hat
				
John Donatich, Direktor der Yale University Press, erklärt und verteidigt seine Entscheidung, Jytte Klausens Buch ohne Illustrationen zu publizieren.

					Why Yale UP did not publish the Danish cartoons
				
John Donatich, the director of Yale University Press, explains and defends his decision not to include illustrations in Jytte Klausen’s book. 

					Jytte Klausen: Should Yale University Press have removed images from the Danish cartoon controversy?
				
Professor Jytte Klausen analyses and criticises Yale University Press’s decision to remove images of Muhammad from her scholarly book on the Danish cartoons controversy.

					Ann Wright: Is secrecy necessary for peace and diplomacy?
				
Former US Diplomat Ann Wright speaks to Kim Wilkinson on the need for whistleblowers and institutions like WikiLeaks, but stresses that in some instances secrecy is necessary, such as in peace-making negotiations. 

					What really threatens free expression in India
				
Faisal Devji explores the deeper lessons from the forced withdrawal of an ‘alternative history’ of the Hindus. 

					Who is threatening free speech in post-revolutionary Tunisia?
				
Middle East specialist Rory McCarthy examines the role of Islamist movement Ennahdha in shaping, and constraining, freedom of speech in Tunisia after the Arab Spring. 

					From Muslim activist to free speech defender: the story of Ahmad Akkari and the Danish cartoon controversy
				
Katie Engelhart speaks to Ahmad Akkari to find out why he apologised to one of the Danish cartoonists eight years after fuelling worldwide fury. 

					Martha Nussbaum: How can we best approach the challenge of religious difference?
				
Legal philosopher Martha Nussbaum gave the 2013 Dahrendorf Lecture, exploring how to live with religious diversity.

					I enjoyed the Book of Mormon musical. Now for the Book of Islam?
				
The Mormons reacted brilliantly to the musical satirising their faith, but something important is lost when we treat religions so differently – writes Katie Engelhart.

					Jesus Christ Superstar? Not in Rostov, Russia
				
The Russian parliament’s vote in support of a declaration against acts offending religious sentiments is symptomatic of worrying trends, write Olga Shvarova and Dominic Burbidge.

					Is the European Court of Human Rights merely defending the uncontroversial?
				
A famous case of state censorship in Austria highlights the tendency of governments to pander to the majority, leaving controversial views unprotected. By Michele Finck.

					Taming the gods: How should we deal with religious threats to free speech?
				
At the 2013 Jaipur Festival, Ian Buruma, Reza Aslan, Ahdaf Souief and Timothy Garton Ash, in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury, talk about the relationship between religion and politics and how to deal with religious threats to free speech.

					How has the internet changed the relationship between the writer and the state?
				
The relationship between writers and the state is complex, multifaceted and changing. At the Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 a panel of experts explores some of the issues faced by writers around the world.

					Has the Strasbourg court allowed too much for local taboos?
				
At the European Court of Human Rights, the case of I.A. against Turkey in 2005 acted as a controversial precedent for limiting Article 10’s definition of freedom of expression in the name of religion, explains Michele Finck.

					Is the ‘hands-off’ internet different to internet freedom?
				
At the invitation of Index of Censorship and the Editors Guild of India, Timothy Garton Ash joins Kirsty Hughes at a panel discussion in Delhi with Shri Ajit Balakrishnan, Shri Sunil Abraham and Ramajit Singh Chima. 

					Free speech as seen by a believer in an Abrahamic religion
				
Islam, Christianity and Judaism are often accused of wanting to restrict free speech. Dominic Burbidge suggests a radically different perspective, from inside the thought-system of the Abrahamic faiths.

					The practice of freedom
				
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi stresses the importance of free speech but emphasises the Buddhist idea of “right speech”.

					William Dalrymple: Why Salman Rushdie was forced to cancel his visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival
				
The historian and writer explains the reasoning behind author Salman Rushdie’s no-show at the 2012 Jaipur Literary Festival.

					Mismanaging India’s temples – violation of ‘freedom to practice one’s own religion’?
				
The Indian constitution grants freedom to worship freely, but the mismanagement of temples undermines this freedom, writes Avani Bansal.

					What’s your beef with my freedom to eat it?
				
Bans on eating beef and pork are contested in India. Manav Bhuhshan discusses why this is an issue of caste discrimination and can be seen as a restriction on freedom of expression.

					Reader’s comment
				
We regularly highlight comments that have made an impression on us. Today’s comes from user Martinned responding to Brian Pellot’s discussion piece on the Innocence of Muslims controversy. 

					What are the biggest debates concerning Islam and free speech?
				
FSD’s Katie Engelhart sat in on this Frontline Club debate to discuss controversy surrounding the YouTube video Innocence of Muslims. 

					A Muslim responds to the YouTube movie – on YouTube
				
While a Pakistani minister offers a $100,000 reward for the murder of the man who made the notorious Innocence of Muslims video, a British Muslim responds in exemplary fashion to “this imbecile named Sam Bacile”. Timothy Garton Ash commends his clip.

					Russia’s convergence of church and state
				
Olga Shvarova argues that Russian officials used the Orthodox Church as a political pawn to reinforce their own power during the Pussy Riot trial.

					Al-Azhar’s ‘Bill of Rights’
				
Following the Arab Spring, a venerable Islamic institution’s new Statement on Basic Freedoms suggests where sharia law may (and may not) be compatible with international conventions to guarantee free expression.

					How Turkey’s imagination was censored during the Olympics
				
During the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a Turkish National TV presenter censored John Lennon’s song Imagine. FSD team member Funda Ustek discusses how Turkey is trying to eliminate its citizens’ ability to imagine a world without religion.

					Pussy Riot, Putin’s Russia and the Orthodox Church
				
Was punk band Pussy Riot’s anti-Putin performance in a Moscow church ‘religious hatred hooliganism’ or an artistic form of political dissent? Olga Shvarova considers the case.

					Pussy Riots Kirchenprotest – ein Akt politischen Widerstandes
				
War der Anti-Putin-Auftritt der Punkband Pussy Riot in einer Moskauer Kathedrale „Vandalismus aus religiösem Hass” oder ein politischer Protest? Olga Shvarova erläutert den Fall.

					Westboro Baptist Church: the right to free speech?
				
In 2011, the US supreme court ruled in favour of the anti-gay church’s right to protest at military funerals, writes Casey Selwyn.

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