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Jesus and Mo: Twitter serves UK journalist with warning of ‘illegality’ (blasphemy?)

October 28, 2018
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Observer journalist Kenan Malik had tweeted out a Jesus and Mo cartoon (do check them out – it's quality stuff), and was just penning a piece about the ECHR judgment on the Austrian court's decision to fine a woman for…

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…

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Imam to preach Eucharistic sermon at University Church, Oxford

October 17, 2018
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The University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford dates back to 1086. It was the first building adopted by the University of Oxford in the 13th century, and…

Iftar in the Cathedral is exactly what the Queen (and Jesus) would want

June 11, 2018
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If it had been called 'Tea & Chapatis' no-one would have batted an eyelid. But the meal had an upper-case Islamic name – Iftar – and it involved Arabic food:…

Met Police confirm that criticism of Islam constitutes ‘Islamophobia’

June 5, 2018
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The Metropolitan Police Service report 'Hate Crimes against London's Muslim Communities' was published five years ago, and it outlines the everyday nature of Islamophobic incidents: The Islamophobic incidents reported to…

Advent-cum-Mawlid: church holds joint birthday celebration for Mohammed and Jesus

December 4, 2017
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Mawlid (or Milad) is the Islamic festival commemorating the birthday of Mohammed. The only thing it has in common with Christmas is that it isn't actually the day the celebrated…

If it’s the “so-called Islamic State”, why is Mohammed not the “so-called Prophet”?

September 18, 2017
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The BBC and Channel 4 News appear to have a policy of referring to the ISIS/ISIL/Daesh as the "so-called Islamic State". Senior BBC News Producer David Waddell has explained why…

The problem with ‘The Muslim Problem’

August 15, 2017
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Trevor Kavanagh, political editor of The Sun, wrote an article yesterday gracefully entitled: 'Now Philip Hammond is finally Out he must shut the door behind him and take control over…

LGBT Pride London: police attempt to remove ‘Allah is Gay’ placards for causing offence

July 16, 2017
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"Pride is full of placards saying 'God is Gay', 'Jesus had two fathers', as well as those mocking the church and priests and pope," writes Maryam Namazie, spokeswoman for the…

Piers Morgan on the “evil cult” of Scientology – why is Dianephobia not a hate crime?

June 22, 2017
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"Why do you not want to read the violent paragraphs of the Qur'an?" Piers Morgan was asked by Ramthrax on Twitter after interviewing the 'hate preacher' Tommy Robinson. To his…

Welby says Islamism is everything to do with Islam, and Muslim leaders must take responsibility

June 6, 2017
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has boldly gone where other other religious leaders fear to tread, and politicians daren't hardly ever go. Cutting straight across the liturgical denials of those who…

We need to talk more about Jesus and Mohammed and less about Christianity and Islam

June 5, 2017
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This is a guest post by the Rev’d Dr Gavin Ashenden. _____ The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham claimed in public that Salman Abedi, the man who slaughtered children…

London Bridge terror attack: they shouted “This is for Allah!”, as the Holy Spirit descended for Pentecost

June 4, 2017
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Just as the nation was crowning techno-pianist Tokio Myers the winner of Britain's Got Talent, a few more Islamists decided to stage their own version of the show on London…

The plot to terrorise the mushrikin of Manchester – where’s the analysis of this prophetology?

May 29, 2017
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"'Mecca is BELIEVED TO BE the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad.' Good to see the doubts over that breaking through!" tweeted historian Tom Holland, who knows a thing or two…

Islam, Islamism and Islamophobia: our culture has lost its reason, or its capacity to reason

May 25, 2017
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This is a guest post by the Rev’d Dr Gavin Ashenden. ___________________________ The public square is a charged place. Three contenders are striving against each other. Emotion, reason and fundamentalism…

England has defeated religious fanatics in the past, and will do so again

May 24, 2017
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When in 1587 Pope Sixtus V began conspiring with King Philip II of Spain in 'The Enterprise of England', it was the world's most powerful religious leader giving his blessing…

Trump’s Saudi Islam speech will not bind Islamic State’s progenitors

May 22, 2017
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Donald Trump goes to Saudi Arabia and the world awaits his much-trailed Islam speech. And what a mighty fine speech it was. The President of the United States boldly reiterated…

Adrian Elms was a violent Christian before he became Muslim terrorist Khalid Masood

March 24, 2017
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Through the modern geopolitical lens of Western categorical convenience, the world's countries are invariably ascribed a religion, or at least identified by majority ethnic religious adherence. Hence terms like 'Muslim…

Qur’an in the Eucharist? The Provost of Glasgow Cathedral subverts Christian revelation

January 12, 2017
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This is a guest post by the Rev’d Dr Gavin Ashenden, Chaplain to the Queen. __________________________ I have just returned from Paris where I was invited to be part of…

The Spectator brands Justin Welby “liberal left” – for seeking Islamist understanding

October 5, 2016
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Spectator columnist and associate editor Rod Liddle sometimes sounds like he's channeling the EDL, or at least supping with Ukip, but he is, in fact, a fully paid-up member of…