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Hi,Just to let you know, I am a Muslim. We believe that anyone who criticises God, or any aspect of our Religion will be challenged and punished in the next life. Islam also states that we should not criticise other religions, even if we don't believe in them, as that is disrespect. We will therefore be punished if we, for example, take the mickey out of the Holy Trinity. I don't need to quote as you should be aware of what is happening in France. Your comment sounded a bit iffy but I will take it and I will say, my ancestors, chose to come to the UK or any other western country because then, the Sikhs, Hindus, Christians and other were friends and here was an Islamic state to protect them.
I don't understand.
The dictum "if the decencies of controversy are observed, even the fundamentals of religion may be attacked without the writer being guilty of blasphemy" was followed in R v Boulter (1908) 72 JP 188.In the case of Bowman v Secular Society [1917] AC 406, Lord Sumner, echoing Hale's remarks in Taylor, summarized the position using the Latin phrase, deorum injuriae diis curae, "offences to the gods are dealt with by the gods": blasphemy is an offence against the (Christian) state, and is prohibited because it tends to subvert (Christian) society; offence to God as such is outside the reach of the law.[citation needed]The last person in Britain to be sent to prison for blasphemy was John William Gott on 9 December 1921. He had three previous convictions for blasphemy when he was prosecuted for publishing two pamphlets entitled Rib Ticklers, or Questions for Parsons and God and Gott. In these pamphlets Gott satirised the biblical story of Jesus entering Jerusalem (Matthew 21:2–7) comparing Jesus to a circus clown. He was sentenced to nine months' hard labour despite suffering from an incurable illness, and died shortly after he was released. The case became the subject of public outrage.
I am a Muslim. We believe that anyone who criticises God, or any aspect of our Religion will be challenged and punished in the next life.
The Government or any western government don’t care about their Muslim citizens. Also, they say that you have freedom of speech but they use that against Muslims and mock their prophet.
Quote from: Salik Imran on 06/11/2020 15:48:11here was an Islamic state to protect them.No. This is a secular state, which aims to protect everybody. But in exchange for the protection of life, property and the right to believe (or not) anything you choose, it is necessary to accept that your expressed hypotheses confer no privilege and may be criticised in public. To do otherwise would permit the sort of horrors that we associate with theocracies and our Irish cousins are still investigating. The principal test of a civilised society is whether the law addresses what you do, or what you are. The objection to blasphemy laws is that they confer privilege on some people for what they are or claim to be.
here was an Islamic state to protect them.
“ and THERE was an islamic state...”
So if you set fire to the flag you may or may not be committing a crime depending on what you were thinking when you lit it.
Quote from: Salik Imran on 06/11/2020 18:00:52“ and THERE was an islamic state...”Where?
French women have always worn headscarves pour etre chic, to preserve la coiffure contre la pluie, or in church. Do they now have to carry an official docket explaining why?
Imagine a world where some sub-set of the men force their wives and daughters to wear a veil.Would banning the veils be a step towards freedom, or away from it?
Quote from: Bored chemist on 07/11/2020 00:24:48Imagine a world where some sub-set of the men force their wives and daughters to wear a veil.Would banning the veils be a step towards freedom, or away from it?I believe that it would be going further away from freedom as you are denying the right for many women to practice their religion.