Bill Clinton urges religious tolerance

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton says the followers of Islam shouldn’t resort to violence when they hear their faith challenged in an increasingly diverse and Internet-connected world.

Clinton tells CBS “This Morning” that “you cannot live in a shame-based world. You won’t make it in the 21st century.”

He says in an interview broadcast Tuesday the United States wasn’t “disrespecting Islam” by declining to censor a film trailer that, quote, “nobody in authority knew anything about.”

Clinton says the world has learned the hard way that people must be allowed in a free setting to say and do things that others might find abhorrent. He adds, quote, “you can’t react every time you’re insulted.”