Islam's Free Speech Hypocrisy

YouTube has banned this video as "hate speech." My appeal has been denied. Notice that the only "hate speech" in this video is speech I'm criticizing. I'm responding to people who are calling on Western governments to outlaw cartoons of Muhammad (and to people who think that violence is appropriate if Western governments do not outlaw cartoons of Muhammad). I point out that if they really believe that offensive speech or mockery should be banned, then their own religious texts should be banned, because these texts are offensive to many people. My message is that we shouldn't ban speech simply because it offends someone, and that it's hypocritical to say, "Ban speech that offends me, but it's okay if my speech offends you." The fact that YouTube is banning my speech because I'm defending consistency and freedom of speech is simply amazing.

Muslim leaders around the world are calling for bans on offensive speech. But the most offensive speech of all is found in the Quran, so how do they not see their own hypocrisy? David Wood discusses the issue.