Harrow Council has been called upon to reject a popular definition of Islamophobia because it is a “back door blasphemy law”.
The authority is due to debate supporting the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) definition at a council meeting tomorrow.
National Secular Society CEO Stephen Evans has written to councillors, asking them to reject the motion.
He warns that it is at odds with the concept of free speech, and that it “conflates hatred of, and discriminaton against, Muslims with criticism of Islam”. [Harrow Times] Read more
