With The Current Middle East Situation.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/31/batley-school-what-teacher-in-hiding-can-tell-us-about-our-failure-to-tackle-intolerance

....it's worth reminding ourselves what we are fighting against.

[Old_Geezer]

Clearly there is no such thing as blasphemy, save as an excuse to abuse and control others. Any divine has no need of any defence of it's dignity, even assuming a devine has dignity in the first place.

 

Those who think blasphemy is a thing would probably be better off emigrating to a nation that has the same warped view and where parents pass it on to each new generation.

[brainiac]

About 18 months ago in Wakefield an autistic 14-year-old boy and some friends at school accidentally caused very slight damage to a copy of the Koran.  Amid the ensuing uproar police found that no crime had been committed, but recorded it as a "hate incident."

Then, at a hastily arranged meeting at the local mosque - where the autistic boy's mother begged for forgiveness - a police inspector offered the imam "really, really deep-hearted thanks from me" for " the tolerance and understanding shown."

The autistic boy had received death threats.

Imagine if it had been a copy of the Bible - how do you think the police would have responded?  They'd probably have told anyone who complained to stop wasting police time.

[Canary42]

UK interference in the Middle East has been the ruin of a couple of PMs (Eden, Blair), so we can only hope history repeats and we get a Left Leader the majority voted for.

[ToraToraTora]

yeah thanks canary, any views on the islamification of the UK?

[youngmafbog]

Well we have a left leader, one you your lot, but he wasnt voted by the majority at all.  Only 20% and polled less htan COB.

[naomi24]

Some need educating - not reminding.

[THECORBYLOON]

The 2021 census showed 46.2% of the population of England and Wales identified as Christian, 6.5% Muslim and 37.2% as no religion.

The previous Census showed the percentages were 59.3%, 4.8% and 25.1% respectively.

The number identifying as having no religion is increasing faster than those identifying as Muslims.