Read this one sitting down. At the heart of this decision lie two absurd assumptions: First, there is the idea that fighting terrorism — indeed, seeing that justice is served — causes terrorism, and so not fighting quite so hard will make the enemy dial it back a notch, too. The second is the notion […]
UK: Christian couple charged with criminal offense after offending Muslims during discussion of religion
Yet another indication of the walking-on-eggshells that British authorities (and plenty of non-British authorities) are doing around Muslims these days. Absurd Britannia Update: “Christian hotel owners hauled before court after defending their beliefs in discussion with Muslim guest,” by Jonathan Petre for the Daily Mail, September 20 (thanks to all who sent this in): A […]
UK Home Office staff officially warned not to eat in front of Muslims during Ramadan – in case it made them feel hungry
MPAC plays the victim card while denouncing this document below, but nonetheless the organization has a point: this is the kind of walking on eggshells around Muslims that only creates resentment among non-Muslims in a land where there ought to be equality of treatment of all people, regardless of creed. Now if MPAC could come […]