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.