It says a lot about the mentality of the French left that calling a religion &quot;stupid&quot; gets you a criminal charge...<p>&quot;Touche pas a mon pote&quot; has devolved into &quot;say nothing about Islam, except that it&#x27;s the religion of peace&quot;.<p>Hopefully this will change, and we&#x27;ll be able to make meaningful criticisms.<p>I leave it as an exercise to the reader to translate the following quote: &quot;Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n&#x27;est pas d&#x27;éloge flatteur.&quot;