“Many, many Muslim spokesmen since 9/11 (and before that also) classify any honest discussion of the elements of Islam that jihadists use to justify violence and supremacism as ‘hateful.’ It is therefore likely that if Katzir got his way and ridicule or fun-poking at a religious figure were classified as ‘hate,’ jihadists and their allies would use such laws to stifle any investigation into jihadist motives and goals, and thus put us all at greater risk.”
