tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post5476975224202993598..comments2023-08-25T16:13:51.356+01:00Comments on Martin In The Margins: Freedom to criticise religion under threat againMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-61614843135415204872010-03-29T07:56:04.483+01:002010-03-29T07:56:04.483+01:00Thanks for the comments.
Minnie - a poisonous atm...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />Minnie - a poisonous atmosphere is about right - but the question is, do they order these things any better in France...? <br /><br />Rosie - I agree that the media prominence of the more fundamentalist / extreme faces of Islam hasn't helped. But when 'moderate' Muslim voices like those from Quilliam struggle to be heard, they're shot down in flames (especially from the 'Left') as Uncle Toms, neocon stooges etc (see The Guardian, passim). If Choudary et al really are unrepresentative, then mainstream Muslim leaders - MCB, etc - need to make this clear again and again, and not play the victim card whenever criticism comes their way.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-80452011369420224982010-03-28T15:16:13.910+01:002010-03-28T15:16:13.910+01:00Another thing - as you say the EDL are not likely ...Another thing - as you say the EDL are not likely to have been influenced by documentaries on Channel 4. I would say, however, that the ridiculous amounts of coverage given to Anjem Choudary in the tabloids & Daily Telegraph has had some affect on fanning anti-Muslim flames.KB Playerhttp://www.rosiebell.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-89968021689643227042010-03-27T11:54:03.526+00:002010-03-27T11:54:03.526+00:00Great post - would have written one myself but you...Great post - would have written one myself but you've done it for me.<br /><br />Has anyone come up with one factual error in that Dispatches documentary?KB Playerhttp://www.rosiebell.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-37649351883946331972010-03-26T15:42:55.886+00:002010-03-26T15:42:55.886+00:00'Slippery rhetoric' is right, Martin: exce...'Slippery rhetoric' is right, Martin: excellent post & analysis. I agree wholeheartedly.<br />A fellow expat and I were talking about this sort of thing earlier, grateful we no longer have to endure what seems increasingly like an widespread poisonous atmosphere in England.Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.com