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FROM ANN MARIE WATERS, DIRECTOR OF SHARIA WATCH UK, Ltd
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FROM ANN MARIE WATERS, DIRECTOR OF SHARIA WATCH UK, Ltd
DANGEROUS WORDS – THE TRUTH HAS BECOME THE ENEMY
Speech given at the Dangerous Words conference in Stockholm, October 2016
In 2016, we might assume that the most dangerous words we could utter would be words that are critical of Islam – and it would be a fairly safe assumption. To be critical of Islam, or even un-flattering, can result in death at the hands of the state in numerous Islamic countries – including countries from which thousands, if not millions, are now arriving in Europe.
Punishment for insulting Islam has widespread support from Muslims around the world. The death penalty for leaving the faith for example has support across North Africa and the Middle East that in some countries is above 80%. In the UK, a Channel 4 poll revealed that 78% of British Muslims believe that those exhibiting Mohammed cartoons should be criminally punished.
Writers butchered in Bangladesh, Christians jailed in Pakistan, bloggers lashed in Saudi Arabia. Vast swathes of the Muslim world, either by law or vigilantism, will not accept the expression of anything that reflects badly on Islam.
