.... People who consider themselves liberal and who feel it is their duty to protect Muslims from discrimination – such a Students Union leaders – haven't yet worked out that criticising Islam is not the same as persecuting Muslim people.
We would all stand against unfair treatment of individuals. Equally, we must all stand against the restrictions on free speech that these attacks represent.
The Guardian did not allow any response to the letter it printed. This is another indication that soon any public criticism of Islam as a theology will be completely impossible in this country.
And that is the ultimate aim of the violent and intimidatory activists who were so evident in British universities last week. [National Secular Society] Read more
