South Africa’s equivalent of the FCC has ruled an Islamic station did not break “hate speech” rules when one of its broadcasters said Jews “could not be trusted” and would be “chastised when judgment comes.”
The Radio Islam broadcast was made on April 3rd and a complaint was promptly made against the station with the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA).
However, in its ruling published yesterday, the BCCSA found the bounds of “bona fide” religious speech had not been overstepped in this instance.
“Bona fide” relates to the question as to whether the broadcast was indeed, according to objective standards, a genuine expression of bona fide religious belief.
“Ultimately, to decide otherwise, would amount to a rejection of the inherent and often vehement differences among religions and other similar viewpoints and expressions of opinion as protected by section 15 of the Constitution,” the BCCSA said in its ruling.
The commission added that since there was no shouting “or acclamation” in the broadcasts, then was “evidence of the fact that the objective aim was not to incite.”
The BCCSA did not that that the broadcast was “very critical” of Judaism and Christianity but not outside the bounds of freedom of religion.
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Do you seriously think the darkies at BCC understand the definition of the term “anti-Semitic”?
So the Hate Speech Laws are starting to backfire on those who pushed heaven and earth to have them implemented in the first place.
How ironic… :-))