Saturday, 1 February 2025

Alarm Or Distress Thereby

When Muslims set fire to The Satanic Verses (not his best book; it is no Midnight's Children), then they were compared to the Nazis by those who are now rushing to defend the burning of the Quran.

That is a public order offence. Whether or not it should be, and while it is nothing more than that, that is what it is. Under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. Who was the Prime Minister in 1986?

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