29 October 2015

Controversial ads for atheist author who was in famous TV row with Ben Affleck over Islam are BANNED for 'discrimination' - because they said it should be OK to flush the Koran down the toilet

A series of billboards mocking communion biscuits and arguing it should be fine to flush to Koran down the toilet without fear of violence have been banned because they 'discriminate or vilify'.

Prominent atheist thinker Sam Harris, who famously argued with Ben Affleck about Islam on American television earlier this year, will visit Australia on a speaking tour next year.

But organisers are furious APN Outdoor won't them run the advertisements which feature quotes from Mr Harris. They argue: 'To reject these posters is to censor free speech - pure and simple'.

One advertisement said people should be able to flush all books including the Islamic holy text down the toilet without fear of violent reprisals.

Another jokes Jesus Christ who was 'born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens - can now be eaten in the form of a cracker'. [Daily Mail] Read more