Our Head of Public Policy Tim Dieppe spoke to GB News about how introducing the APPG definition of ‘Islamophobia’ as a response to violence in Southport and across the nation would be the end of free speech and honest critique of Islam as a religion. The mention of historical events such as ‘spreading Islam by the sword’ or facts relating to Muhammad would be considered Islamophobic.
“A good term to use is ‘anti-Muslim’ rather than ‘Islamophobia’. You’ve got to be able to criticise the ideology while saying anti-Muslim prejudice against the people is wrong.”
With a majority parliament of Labour MPs who’ve agreed to abide by the APPG definition of ‘Islamophobia’, the future of free speech in the UK is under certain threat.
Read Tim’s report for the Free Speech Union, for which Richard Dawkins wrote the foreword:
