Summary:
A+ A-Hyderabad: The attempt to restrict free speech is dangerous for a democracy, an editorial in Deccan Chronicle said. Darsgah-e-Jihad-o-Shahadat is an Islamist group founded by Shaikh Mahboob Ali in 1983 in Hyderabad. It claims to have trained people in self-defence techniques at its camps. Condemning the arrests the editorial stated, “There is nothing reasonable in restricting speech, and nobody gains – not democracy, not society.”Highlighting the dangers it poses to the country when free speech is hindered, the editorial noted, “Dissent and free speech must be perceived, pragmatically, like the whistle of a pressure cooker. Irresponsible exercise of free speech is the best guarantee of democracy, not its worst danger.”.