called for Margaret Thatcher to be prosecuted when the Bill becomes law.) The Director of Public Prosecutions has said that this law will “criminalise a state of mind”.
Most dangerous of all are the enormous expectations that this law has raised in parts of the Muslim community. Iqbal Sacranie, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, seems to envision that any “insult” or “outrageous comment” about Islam or the Muslim community would become illegal. Since this is not the Government’s stated intention, at least one minister has admitted that tensions will need to be defused after the election. This does not stop them rushing the law through, however. With the Muslim Council threatening the Liberal Democrats with the loss of 25 seats if they continue to oppose the Bill, the race for the Muslim vote is well under way. […]
A modern society should abolish all blasphemy laws. It should disestablish the Church. That would give Muslims the parity they seek; not enshrining a free-for-all persecution.
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