Counter Extremism Project: CounterPoint Brief - The Fear of Blasphemy Laws in Britain
December 06, 2024
December 06, 2024
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release:
Last week, British Labour MP Tahir Ali asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer if the government would "commit to introducing measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of the Abrahamic religions." Starmer did not immediately dismiss the idea of adopting such legislation, sparking fears about "blasphemy laws" and fears that would be fundamentally at od . . .
Last week, British Labour MP Tahir Ali asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer if the government would "commit to introducing measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of the Abrahamic religions." Starmer did not immediately dismiss the idea of adopting such legislation, sparking fears about "blasphemy laws" and fears that would be fundamentally at od . . .