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MVRS Publications, et al. vs. Islamic Da'wah Council of the Philippines, et al.

MVRS PUBLICATIONS, INC., MARS C. LACONSAY, MYLA C. AGUJA and AGUSTINO G. BINEGAS, JR., petitioners, vs. ISLAMIC DA'WAH COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., ABDUL-RAHMAN R.T. LINZAG, IBRAHIM F.P. ARCILLA, ABDUL RASHID DE GUZMAN, AL-FARED DA SILVA and IBRAHIM B.A. JUNIO, respondents.

G.R. No. 135306 | 2003-01-28

EN BANC
 

BELLOSILLO, J.:

 
I may utterly detest what you write, but I shall fightto the death to make it possible for you tocontinue writing it. - 
 
Voltaire 
 
Voltaire's pontifical verse bestirs once again the basic liberties to free speech and free press - liberties that belong as well, if not more, to those who question, who do not conform, who differ. For the ultimate good which we all strive to achieve for ourselves and our posterity can better be reached by a free exchange of ideas, where the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the free market - not...