Irish University Lecturer Says He Will Take Legal Action Against Media Types Who Spread Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

There’s a commonly-uttered sentence in the English language that puts me in a state of apprehension in about 0.1 seconds:

“I’m a big believer in freedom of expression.”

Pop quiz: About eight out of ten times, what’s the word that follows?

It’s not “Period.”

It’s “But.”

And so it is with Ali Selim, a Muslim lecturerin Ireland who has announced that he’ll go to court to punish or gagIrish journalists who dare spread Islam-mockingCharlie Hebdo cartoons. Selimis also a dignitary with the Islamic Cultu...