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Originally Posted by Pierre
I would expect the police to exercise the powers that have just been granted to arrest and charge these people.
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They can't do anything under the new bill because (I think) it has not had Royal assent yet, so is not yet law.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Because like it or not that law was only brought in to arrest those that spoke out against and opposed Islam - not the other way around.
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Part of the reason for the new bill was to afford Islam the same protection already enjoyed by other religions.
Clearly they want more than that.
Of course, under this new legislation the cartoons would probably still be legal, but the banners would not.
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Originally Posted by Incognitas
I've known for 30 odd years that I should NEVER ask a muslim child to draw a representational picture of animals or humans for art or any other subject.
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Makes one wonder how a Muslim becomes a doctor...
I find the attitude towards images, which appears to be more Hadith than Koran, rather bizarre. And a shame that it means that artful expression is stifled.
I cannot help but believe that a religion that is so prescriptive and restrictive is more of a burden to people than any kind of help. It clearly confuses their ideas of right & wrong, otherwise we wouldn't be watching the scenes of violent protest.