Jan 25 2012
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Joan Smith: Strong religious belief is no excuse for intimidation
It’s been a dreadful week for free speech.
A meeting at a prestigious London college had to be abandoned on Monday evening when members of the audience were filmed and threatened by an Islamic extremist. Then the president of a student society at another London college was forced to resign after a Muslim organisation called for a ban on a joky image of the Prophet Mohammed. Finally, on Friday, the author Sir Salman Rushdie cancelled an appearance
Source:
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/joan-smith/joan-smith-strong-religious-belief-is-no-excuse-for-intimidation-6292815.html
