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Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah
Why not use both methods?
Da'wah and outreach on one hand to reach out to those who are receptive, and legal action to reply to those who insist on spreading hatred?
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Because the legal system isn't the proper venue to stop spreading the hatred. Resorting to the awesome power of the state will be counter productive. Free speech is free speech. Its not in the interest of anyone for the government to restrict if. If you don't like the speech that a person is making, then you respond to it with better speech. Thats how its done in democracies.
I think there are more better ways to engage the cartoonists such as by pointing out the hypocrisies of their philosophy. Place the moral burden on them and get them engage in some inner reflection.
Litigation isn't going to stop anything and it'll antagonize social relations. Its better to just respond in more creative means. That'll definitely be harder and it requires more intelligence, but its the better path, in my opinion.