Op-Ed

CNN.com: Graffiti is illegal; anti-Islam remarks are not Asma Uddin, International Legal Fellow at the Becket Fund, writes for CNN about the importance of freedom of expression:

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Just as patriotism was renewed while Americans mourned on 9/11, it flourishes again less than 10 years later as we celebrate the long-awaited justice finally served by Osama bin Laden’s death.

But while we celebrate, we must guard against condemning Islam as the force behind bin Laden’s reign of terror. As President Obama stated in his speech announcing the mass murderer’s death, we are not at war with Islam. Bin Laden and his extremist cohorts have wreaked havoc on Muslims and non-Muslims alike, across the globe.

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