Insulting the Prophet of Islam is not freedom of speech: Russian President

Ground Report | New Delhi: Russian President on Prophet of Islam; Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that insulting the Prophet of Islam is not an expression of freedom. The Russian president said in his annual press conference on Thursday night that "insulting the Prophet is a violation of religious freedom and hurts the feelings of those who believe in Islam."

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The insults to the prophet of Muslims are a "violation of religious freedom and the violation of the sacred feelings of people who profess Islam," said the Russian president at a press conference on Thursday.

The Russian president also criticized websites that post pictures of Russians and Na%is killed in World War II. Putin said such moves increase extremism. He cited the attack on the editorial office of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris as an example, adding that such remarks add to extremist thinking.

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In his press conference, the Russian president praised aesthetic freedom, saying "there should be limits to creative freedom as a whole and it should not infringe on anyone else's freedoms." "Russia has emerged as a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country, so the Russians respect each other's traditions," he said. But in many countries such respect is rare.

“Russia has evolved as a multinational and multi-confessional state, and we are accustomed to treating the interests and traditions of others with respect. such a culture of communication. Why do we need to transfer this deficiency, like immunodeficiency, into our environment, into our society? "

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Putin called for the formation of an "internal restriction." “Here we have gathered the leaders and owners of our largest networks, the founders of a public organization and adopted certain internal rules on how to organize our work in such a way as not to harm people, not harm adolescents, children, and so on. Along this path, it seems to me, I have to go, "he explained.

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