We risk a two-tier blasphemy law, fit for Starmer’s two-tier Britain, Robert Jenrick MP warns

 Citing a recent incident of a man who was charged for burning a Quran, Robert Jenrick MP argues that burning a religious text as an act of protest should not be a criminal offence, and that doing so would create a two-tier blasphemy law that only applies to one particular religion – Islam. “It’s a two-tier blasphemy law, fit for Keir Starmer’s two-tier Britain,” he writes.

It’s not only the Crown Prosecution Service that is attempting to introduce blasphemy laws. Senior Labour Party figures, including Keir Starmer, have been promoting the idea of introducing blasphemy laws to protect Islam.

Blasphemy laws were abolished in the UK as a signal that in a free society, no religion should be shielded from insult, irreverence or ridicule. “We knew then, as we know now, that freedom of speech means nothing without the right to cause offence,” Mr. Jenrick says. “We must be much stronger in our defence of free speech – including, and especially, when that speech is offensive....<<<Read More>>>...