Discussion on Freedom of Speech and Religion

I currently live in a country that I can burn a Bible, I can spit on a

Bible, I can stamp on a Bible, and I'll go about my

day. If I burn a Quran,

the law might not even be on my side, as we saw with the Turkish-

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... asylum seeker.

I live in a country today that I can say anything I want on this

show right now

about Jesus,

none of you will attack me.

But if I said something about Muhammad, I'll probably put myself, and even

those here who are on screen with me, at risk.

Has anyone heard from the Batley teacher yet?

Mm.

Mm.

No.

I live in a country that I can shout jihad on the streets, and

people will want to understand the cultural context.

Mm.

Say, "Save our kids."

What? We, we know what they, we know what they're on about.

We know what they're up to. Let's put them on a watch list.

I live in a country that I can stand on a pulpit in North

London and

say, "It's okay to beat your wife, just don't leave any marks."

People want to understand the cultural context of what you are talking

about, the religious context of what you

are talking about.

So I don't think that they are exaggerating, and if you do,

then what,

what c- what are you actually looking at

when you're looking around you?

So I think we absolutely need to take that seriously.

We need to talk about it, but we can't talk about these things.

Mm.

The Muslim Greens have just put out a g- put out a

guidance on what's Islamophobic.

You can't talk about the Quran. You can't say Islam, you know,

doesn't like you, or mistreats gay people and,

and things like that,

where, where we have example after example-

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... of Muslim majority countries doing exactly

that.

I think we're in trouble here, to be

honest.