New age blasphemy laws must be stopped
9 March 2023
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Marc Glendening quoted in the Yorkshire Times
IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Marc Glendening has been featured in the Yorkshire Times condemning the suspension of a student from a school in Wakefield for scuffing a copy of the Qur’an.
Marc commented:
“Suspending pupils for ‘showing disrespect’ by dropping a book is not compatible with the right to free speech.
“Britain’s Blasphemy and Blasphemous Libel laws were abolished in England and Wales in 2008 and in Scotland in 2021. In a free society no religion should be exempt from attack and ridicule.”
The full piece can be read here.
Marc commented:
“Suspending pupils for ‘showing disrespect’ by dropping a book is not compatible with the right to free speech.
“Britain’s Blasphemy and Blasphemous Libel laws were abolished in England and Wales in 2008 and in Scotland in 2021. In a free society no religion should be exempt from attack and ridicule.”
The full piece can be read here.
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