Strong religious belief is no excuse for intimidation

by Joan Smith
Independent
January 24, 2012

https://www.legal-project.org/2081/strong-religious-belief-is-no-excuse-for

Excerpt:

It's been a dreadful week for free speech. A meeting at a prestigious London college had to be abandoned on Monday evening when members of the audience were filmed and threatened by an Islamic extremist. Then the president of a student society at another London college was forced to resign after a Muslim organisation called for a ban on a joky image of the Prophet Mohammed. Finally, on Friday, the author Sir Salman Rushdie cancelled an appearance at India's largest literary festival, saying he feared an assassination attempt after protests by Muslim clerics.

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