‘Charlie Hebdo’ Redux: Islam and Free Speech
Are there ‘natural’ limits to freedom? This essay argues that the dignity on which freedom is based must be recognized as underpinning not only traditional but also secular conceptions of freedom.
M. Ali Lakhani, KC, the founding editor of Sacred Web, is a lawyer and author. Raised in England, he lives in Canada, and writes on traditional metaphysics, modernity and literature.
Are there ‘natural’ limits to freedom? This essay argues that the dignity on which freedom is based must be recognized as underpinning not only traditional but also secular conceptions of freedom.
What hatred would permit such cruelty?/ Might those who stand here be provoked to kill?/ A valve of anguish opens, another/ Shuts, disconnects, allows the blood to spill.