Blasphemy Laws

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Speakers’ Corner adopts a de facto sharia blasphemy code

"Saddening to hear Christian preacher Hatun Tash say Speakers' Corner - a bastion of free speech since 1872 - has become 'hostile and dangerous'", tweeted Stephen Evans, Chief Executive of the National Secular Society. "The threat of a de facto…

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Batley Grammar School teacher suspended for showing a cartoon of Mohammed

March 26, 2021
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A Batley Grammar School teacher is today in hiding and under police protection. He reportedly showed the infamous Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Mohammed during a Religious Studies class, and the…

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Call for Evidence: How should the Government engage with faith groups?

November 23, 2020
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The Prime Minister has appointed Colin Bloom (who may be known to some) as the Faith Engagement Advisor at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. He is charged…

Don’t defame Mohammed: ECHR affirms European sharia blasphemy law

October 26, 2018
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The European Court of Human Rights has unanimously decreed that national governments may fine or imprison their citizens for attacking or defaming Mohammed. The judges determined that "the Prophet of…

Louis Smith is threatened and suspended for mocking Islam, and Theresa May preaches tolerance, balance and responsibility

November 3, 2016
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This wasn't the first time that four-time Olympic medallist Louis Smith had been rebuked by his professional association British Gymnastics for breaching their Standards of Conduct. So when a video…

Do we really need a faith minister for “fairies, goblins and imaginary friends”?

September 15, 2016
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We live in an age of ever-increasing secularity, in which religious practice must be half-hidden and religious conviction often-denied. You have to excavate quite deep to discover the moral sources…

Why is it "great to welcome" Muslim hate-preachers to Lambeth Palace?

July 31, 2016
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"Great to welcome Herod Antipas to the Cenacle on Mount Zion today," tweeted Jesus, just after the Tetrarch of Galilee has ordered the decapitation of the notorious hate-preacher John…