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To: carranza2 who wrote (50819)	10/10/2002 12:09:30 PM
From: zonder	Read Replies (3) of 281500

I live (practically) in France, and can say that there is very little media coverage on this trial. I looked it up after reading about it here. Here are some ideas as to why the French might be trying to ban "Rage and Pride", the book in question: One plaintiff, the anti-racist group MRAP, wants the book banned from France altogether. Two others, including the Human Rights League, simply want disclaimers that its disparaging passages on Islam don't accurately reflect the Muslim religion. In her book -- a best-seller in Italy and Spain -- Fallaci characterized Muslims as "vile creatures, who urinate in baptistries" and "multiply like rats." upi.com The charges arise from comments quoted in the magazine Lire that Islam is "the most stupid religion" books.guardian.co.uk I cannot approve of any book being banned, for I believe in freedom of expression. Nevertheless, I can certainly symphathise with believers of Islam whose religion is being called "stupid" (hardly an intellectual assessment worthy of a literary author, if you ask me) and who are practically insulted ("vile creatures"???) by this author. It would not be unnatural if he was sued for his shirt if this took place in the US, right?

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