PH professor defies ban, proceeds with screening of anti-Islam film

I am not a Muslim but I can understand why they protest against this movie. People like Atty. Harry Roque cannot understand how the Muslim people feel if their Muhammad were used in the film. It is such a disgrace for them. We should be thankful because Filipino muslims try to settle it in a legal way by filing a case in the Supreme Court. He should understand that. What if our Filipino muslims will be like in the other country? protesting while killing people. Can he stop that madness? He should think well. We should be as one even if we have different religion. We are all Filipinos so we should understand one another.

Hi, That's freedom of expression. Let us just see how far that freedom can get, martial law or not. The Muslim community are up and against the one who made the film and they might as well include those who caused their show to be made public. If only the Christian has the same fervor for their faith...

For as long as the showing of the film is confined inside the campus and would not be allowed to go on public. We all know that the film has created a lot of violence outside of our country. We should try to stop this film from being spread outside the confines where the film will be watched by many and would infuriate our Muslim brothers. I think the film is really just a depiction of mockery of their prophet mohammed which I think is strictly forbidden by their religion to be depicted in movies. We should respect this and not feed their frustration over this and suffer the same fate as those in other country.

What is connection of Martial Law, into the anti-islam film. Why that Attorney, want to connect it since Martial is not about Islam? He is a lawyer, but not thinking in what to say. I don't know why people still thinking that Martial Law, is an acts to abuse innocent people. As far as I know they impose it because of the atrocities of those New People's Army, and harassing civilian and they killed innocent people. They should remember that not only the Military, was murdering innocent people. NPA are more to blame...those bombings and all the atrocities in the country is not Military propaganda but NPA propaganda, so that the government was to blame.

Hello romzee, of course they can punish the professor for being defiant to the ban. but I understand why he did it, it's really no such a big deal because it's nothing more than a parody to me. I believe he's right, there's nothing wrong with the video instead those sensitive guys who took it seriously.

It’s his discretion as a professor to do or approve coursework for his students. That’s the academic freedom. However, I think he already knows that the university is banning it and they may take action for this. Personally, if there is an action afterward, he had known it and had it coming. He better not complain because it is already a matter of public record. Then again, don’t tell me that he can’t find another movie to show the concept of freedomof expression. Also, it doesn’t have to a film material to show for his class.