Blasphemy work on hold despite rise in extremism reports

Dec 24, 2024 by

by Geraldine Scott, The Times: Campaigners warn that Islamophobia is being ‘deployed as a strategic manoeuvre’ to reintroduce prohibitions that were abolished more than a decade ago. The government has shelved work surrounding the issue...

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As an Anglican priest, I defend the right to blaspheme

Nov 29, 2024 by

by Michael Coren, The Times: ‘The only way to the truth,” said the Catholic American novelist Flannery O’Connor, “is through blasphemy.” Could someone please send her books to Sir Keir Starmer, because his response to the Labour MP Tahir...

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Does Labour back Islamic blasphemy laws?

Nov 28, 2024 by

by Fraser Myers, spiked: Keir Starmer failed to reject a Labour MP’s demand to ban the desecration of religious texts. What century is this again? Earlier today, at Prime Minister’s Questions, a Labour MP stood up in parliament demanding...

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Labour MP calls for blasphemy laws

Nov 27, 2024 by

from UnHerd: Labour MP Tahir Ali has today advocated for blasphemy laws during Prime Minister’s Questions. The MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley asked Keir Starmer if he would “commit to introducing measures to prohibit the...

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How the charge of ‘Islamophobia’ menaces free speech

Nov 24, 2024 by

by Tim Dieppe, spiked: Islamic blasphemy laws must have no place in modern Britain. The term ‘Islamophobia’ tends to almost be taken for granted in Britain today. It is treated by many politicians, commentators and campaigners as an...

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Why is it okay to mock Christianity, but not Islam?

Aug 3, 2024 by

by  Julie Birchill, spiked: Earlier this month, the Church of England issued new ‘guidance’ for teachers at Anglican schools – all 4,630 of them, attended by around one million children. It asserted the modish nonsense that biological sex...

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