Freedom of expression Between law and Islamic law ((Comparative study))

Abstract

Freedom of expression opinion means the ability of the person to express his views and thoughts quite freely regardless of the medium he uses , the news papers, the magazines , direct talk , speeches or through the radio , the television , the cinema , the theatre, the internet or anything new in this field . Freedom of expression is considered the criterion for '' measuring '' the dominant democracy in the society . Asociety cannotbe considered democratic without ensuring ahigh degree of protecting the expression of thought regardless of the means adopted in that expression . Freedom of opinion is also regarded as abasic pillar of the pillars of democracy . It is afundamental guarantee of democracy and one of its most prominent appearances . There fore the constitutions and legistlations and all the world and regional declarations of human rights , all international charters have recognized and acknow ledged it , for with out freedom of expression ,other freedoms might be violated and lostand man would never be able to defend it .