What is meant
What is meant is that people are free to express their opinions when that expression is peaceful. This is a specific declarative atom; do not add conditions or guarantees to the statement that the witness does not mention.
What is attributed to Shahrur
He says: “People are free to express their opinions peacefully.” The statement affirms freedom to express opinion and describes that expression as peaceful.
Atlas explanation
The page records one claim: freedom to express opinion peacefully. The word “peacefully” is part of the witness’s own wording, so the page retains it and does not turn it into a detailed theory of rights or law.
Conclusion
The statement can be read as a concise affirmation of freedom to express opinion, with the expression described as peaceful. This characterizes the witness’s immediate meaning, not an inference of a complete legal system.
Open question
The witness alone does not specify in detail what peacefulness means, nor any other possible restrictions, nor the mechanisms for protecting freedom of expression. Connecting it to general freedom or to civil law requires additional evidence from the book.
Links that help with reading
- Muhammad Shahrur, Religion and Authority
- Freedom, the Human Being, and Responsibility
- Freedom
- Jurisprudence is historical and civil law is separate from it
Religion and Authority · Jurisprudence is historical and civil law is separate from it