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Disrespecting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is not freedom of expression: Putin
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MOSCOW, 25 December 2021, (TON): Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that disrespecting Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) did not count as the “expression of artistic freedom”.
He said while addressing his annual news conference “Blasphemy of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is a violation of religious freedom and the violation of the sacred feelings of people who profess Islam.”
Putin said “these acts give rise to extremist reprisals, citing as an example the attack on the editorial office of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris after it published blasphemous sketches of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).”
Putin also criticised posting photos of Nazis on websites such as the one titled the Immortal Regiment and dedicated to Russians who died in World War II.
While praising artistic freedom in general, Putin said it has its limits and it shouldn’t infringe on other freedoms.
Russia has evolved as a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional state, so Russians, he said, are used to respecting each other’s traditions.
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