'Islamophobia' - Ed Miliband pledges to make criticism of Islam a thought crime

[Kardan]

No & yes, but if you drink in public, have your wife drive a car, kiss in public, you could face prison?

In certain places in certain circumstances - yes. But not in this country.

[Earthquake]

In certain places in certain circumstances - yes. But not in this country.

and that is what they are going to try and do over here, very slowly but eventually.

even ice-cream vans, burger vans at a funfair run by travelers, have ''Halal meat'' written on them. That tells me that they are having a massive influence on our way of life.

[AgnesIO]

And this while hostility towards Jews goes largely ignored, ironic seeing as Mr Miliband is himself from a Jewish family.

Someone could criticise me for being Agnostic, and it wouldn't be criminal. Someone could criticise someone for being Christian/Hindu/Jewish/Sikh etc and it wouldn't be considered criminal, yet Miliband proposes specifically criticism of Islam to be made a crime? Outrageous double standards.

Nothing but an attempt to secure the Muslim vote for Labour.

Antisemitism is mentioned in the article. Nice try, though.

Not being able to criticise Christians? That's what happens in a society where the majority are Christian. It's like not being able to criticise gay people, but being free to criticise straight people...

No & yes, but if you drink in public, have your wife drive a car, kiss in public, you could face prison?

What's wrong with banning alcohol? The only reason it is allowed anywhere else is because it makes huge sums of money in tax revenue...

Saudi Arabia is the only country where women are not allowed to drive.

But no, you will not be treated badly if you visit almost any country in the world for not being muslim. Sorry, you are just wrong.

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In response to the embarrassing thread, here's some (not) muslim paedophiles for you to get angry over.



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and that is what they are going to try and do over here, very slowly but eventually.

even ice-cream vans, burger vans at a funfair run by travelers, have ''Halal meat'' written on them. That tells me that they are having a massive influence on our way of life.

No, that's just capitalism at work.

And an ice cream van with 'halal meat'? Seems unlikely.

[Kardan]

and that is what they are going to try and do over here, very slowly but eventually.

even ice-cream vans, burger vans at a funfair run by travelers, have ''Halal meat'' written on them. That tells me that they are having a massive influence on our way of life.

So you would rather not be told when meat is Halal? At least if you're told it gives you the choice to eat it or not. And if seeing two words on a burger van is a massive influence to your life, then I'd be worried.

Anyway, how are 'islams' trying to do that over here? Very few people in this country believe that you should go to prison for kissing in public, it would be wrong to suggest that all 'islams' in the UK believe in that let alone them wanting to make it a law.

[AgnesIO]

So you would rather not be told when meat is Halal? At least if you're told it gives you the choice to eat it or not. And if seeing two words on a burger van is a massive influence to your life, then I'd be worried.

Anyway, how are 'islams' trying to do that over here? Very few people in this country believe that you should go to prison for kissing in public, it would be wrong to suggest that all 'islams' in the UK believe in that let alone them wanting to make it a law.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE ISLAMS ARE DOING

[Firehorse]

Also on the subject of protection of Jews, the article does cover that:
"Labour Party Manifesto pledged to take a “zero-tolerance approach to hate crime” regarding the growth of Islamophobia as well as anti-Semitism"

Antisemitism is mentioned in the article. Nice try, though.

Where are you getting this stuff from?

Anti-Semitism is mentioned NOWHERE in the article except in the comments criticising the lack of a mention! The same goes for this very thread: it is mentioned NOWHERE except in your posts with your made-up statements.

Flyingjesus's supposed quote doesn't even exist in the article being discussed.

[AgnesIO]

Where are you getting this stuff from?

Anti-Semitism is mentioned NOWHERE in the article except in the comments criticising the lack of a mention! The same goes for this very thread: it is mentioned NOWHERE except in your posts with your made-up statements.

Flyingjesus's supposed quote doesn't even exist in the article being discussed.

Read the actual pledge.

[Firehorse]

Read the actual pledge.

So when you say "article" you actually mean a different source, and not the article which has been posted in this thread.

[Kyle]

An article in The Telegraph omitting information that might ruin their smear campaign. Well, I never!

[GommeInc]

Well that's usually how Islam tends to treat everybody else when it is in the majority.

Same for any religion really. Judaism is one that springs to mind.

As much as I can see the thought process behind what he's suggesting, no religion should be free of criticism, especially when Islam is a much more diverse religion than he seems to think it is. Different branches hold different values, and some are harsher than others. These are the ones that are open to as much criticism as possible. If it verges into assault then it is already a crime, as religion or no religion threatening behaviour isn't tolerated. Why we must divide obvious crimes up to mean different things to different people is absurd.