Demands to screen potentially un-Islamic films threatens dangerous rise of censorship.
There are many areas of the world where Islamic governments are known for being strong censors of art in all its forms. When government and religion are deeply tied together, the potential for abuse against freedom of speech is great. In the Western world, we prize our freedom of speech highly, and so these acts are often seen as attacks, despite beliefs on the other side of the argument that such censorship is in the right. The recent tragedy with the Innocence of Muslims video a
