Just to clarify, but are you saying freedom of speech is better for a non-religious nation, or that the government rules should be non-religious?
Once you rule by logic, science and democracy then you should fight your way to keep that right at full force all the times, no matter what the circumstances are.
Otherwise, you risk being cheated and the truth to be hidden forever by your government, and later on the transparent democratic role could eventually be lost forever.
But in a perfect religious government, I'm totally ok with predetermined limits of speech freedom on the religious matters. What I exactly mean is, we really have had to limit the number of Islamic doctrines whereas everyone setting the rules out of his head, distorting the laws and believes, and later he might wage a war against the other group.
Guess, however, the pure Islamic government how many years it lasted after the Prophet death? Thirty years (the four Caliphates age), that's all what I completely recognize as a fully honest and completely truthful Islamic ruling.
This I vehemently disagree with. The US is not saint (zing), but it is far better than many of the Islamic societies.
Here is a PEW poll that helps explain my position.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/01...ddle-east/pg-2014-07-01-islamic-extremism-10/
The number not on the never side is far too many. Same thing goes with honor killings and other punishments. Remember, I am talking about societies and not governments. That is a much bigger and longer convo.
Religion aside, sure the US as a nation could be considered overall better than any other Islamic nation out there. However, I still find the Western societies are truly lacking in many aspects like in some ethical and solidarity issues.
That poll seriously didn't surprise me at all, as the Islamic nations are full of propaganda against the West that kept fed to us by some scholars and governments, about how the West has been fighting "Islam" and Islamic nations and are in control of our countries. Hell, I even heard the Israeli occupation is considered a religious war by a few.
Now I'm not debating the US role in the corruption of this region, but suffice to say that some of the voters were letting the oppression to cover their minds and vote against the humanity.
As for Gaza, you may keep them outside the equation, as a nation who been betrayed many times in each aggression against them, and are still under a siege by Arabic parties before Israel itself.
Trust me, to feel being betrayed by the world, especially the current hypocrite Islamic nations, is something that would blow the mind out of our heads.
The problem with religion in my view, is that it assumes a lot of answers, and fills in the gaps. That causes some pretty shitty justifications for people. If/when you feel your god has been offended, you are almost unbound in any action you take, because you are defending the most important thing ever. That is not a Islam issue, that is a religion issue. I will defend your right to believe and practice your religion, so far as it does not infringe on others rights. If you want to be apart of a religion, that is fine. But, if someone wants to stop free speech because it offends, they should not be able to legally. Granted, what many are now doing is going outside of the law, and there is little you can do about that other than prosecute.
Freedom>Security. That is a very bold statement, and I hope that I would have the courage to stick to that.
I'm bound to admit that you pretty hit a nail here. Especially since we're living in a modern, scientific and technological era, I believe tolerance-standards must be set high by the religious groups against others who seriously consider discussing the various religious matters.
