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18 Gonz. J. Int'l L. 1 (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/gjil18 and id is 1 raw text is: THE WEST VERSUS ISLAM: THE BATTLE OVER FREEDOM OF SPEECH Aisha Mahmood* IN TR O D U CTION .............................................................................. 2 INTERNATIONAL LAWS .............................................................. 3 THE EVOLUTION OF WESTERN THOUGHT ON FREEDOM OF EX PRE SSION ...................................................................... 4 From Ancient Greece, to the Reformation in England, to the Am erican Revolution ..................................................... 4 The clash between Western human rights and the Muslim new com ers ..................................................................... 6 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND ISLAMIC TEACHINGS ...... 7 Cultural relativism ................................................................ 7 Islam's view on freedom of expression ................................. 9 T U R K E Y ............................................................................................ 11 The Turkish Constitution ..................................................... 12 Other important Turkish laws ............................................... 14 Outsiders' observations: NGOs, foreign governments, and scholars ......................................................................... 16 SA U D I A RA BIA ............................................................................. 20 The role of Islam in Saudi Arabia's political and social realm s ........................................................................... 23 Saudi Arabia's Basic Law .................................................... 24 Other Saudi expression laws ............................................... 25 Outsiders' observations: NGOs and scholars ....................... 27 JO R D A N ........................................................................................ 31 The Constitution of Jordan ................................................. 32 Other important speech laws in Jordan ................................ 32 Outsiders' observations: NGOs, foreign governments, and scholars ......................................................................... 34 C O N C LU SIO N ............................................................................... 38 1

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