What the Islamists Get Right

Michael Moynihan at Tablet critiques laws in many European countries that criminalize speech denying the Holocaust. Moynihan agrees with some “Islamists” who argue that these laws create a double standard, and do more harm than good. “If the goal of free-speech restrictions is to prevent the rise of right-wing extremism, such legal measures have been largely unsuccessful,” writes Moynihan.

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