Censorship? Justice asks Xande de Pilares and Ferrugem to exchange song lyrics

The National Association of Islamic Jurists – ANAJI turned to the court and the Public Prosecutor of the State of Sao Paulo accepted the request to Xandé de Pilares AND Rust make a change to the lyrics of the song “Me Abraça”. According to the Islamic community, the section of the song contains prejudicial and stigmatizing connotations towards all followers of Islam, who would be described as terrorists.

According to the editorialist Daniele Nascimento, from the newspaper O Dia, we read in the trial that they are trying to adapt the song ‘Me Abraça’. In addition to Xande and Ferrugem, Claudemir Júnior, Peu Cavalcante and Rodrigo Leite were also informed.

Also according to ANAJI, the section of the song “violates the rights of the Muslim community in Brazil, associating the Islamic religion with terrorism and ends up “conveying to listeners the idea that all followers of Islam are terrorists and murderers”.

Judge Luiz Gustavo Esteves, of the 11th civil court of the district of São Paulo, ruled that singers and composers must modify the work within 30 days, under penalty of a fine set at R$10,000. Furthermore, the association requests compensation of R$30,000 for collective moral damages.

In conversation with the lawyer Roberto Nassifhe informed the journalist that, in his opinion, there is no censorship in the judge’s decision.

“The topic is obviously controversial, since it involves the fundamental rights provided for by the federal Constitution: on the one hand we have freedom of expression and artistic freedom, but on the other we have the protection of religious freedom and the prohibition of prejudice”, he began.

Nassif also highlighted the passage cited in the trial, which clearly suggests that religion propagates terrorism.

“On a careful reading of the passage, it seems very clear to us that the passage presents a distorted view of Islam by clearly mentioning “this is not Islam”, implying that Islam propagates terrorism and retaliation,” he continued editing. “The verse continues with an appeal: ‘Disarm this bomb in the name of Allah.’ In other words, it leads to the logical conclusion that followers of Islam are ‘bomb-setters.’

“It is clear that the text contains a rhetorical figure, but in the context in which it is inserted it has a clear prejudicial tendency and seems to us to clash head-on with the Federal Constitution. Therefore, although the Federal Constitution establishes freedom of expression, it cannot be used to harm the rights of third parties, much less to give shelter to prejudicial speech”, concluded the lawyer.

Check out the excerpt mentioned in the process:

“Why bomb, why trigger. This is not Iran, or Islam, Baghdad. It was simply bad timing and there is still time. Defuse this bomb in the name of Allah.”

Source: Terra

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