Why we shouldn’t execute Islamic State militants with air-strikes
Yesterday, the Prime Minister re-announced that his Government had targeted British citizens with missiles fired from RAF drones. Two men are dead. The Sun and others have cheered the news. Others...
View ArticleAfter Paris, maybe we need to slap ISIS about with Matthew’s Gospel?
Since the hideous Paris attacks last week, a point that has been made over and over again is that ISIS (or, Daesh if you want to annoy them) have a strategy of provocation. Their atrocities are...
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‘1 in 5 Muslims’: How not to do a survey
The Sun have an alarming – some might say incendiary – headline on its front page today: 1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadis There are two aspects to the report by political editor Tom...
View ArticleThe Homophobic Jehovah’s Witness Video Teaches Us Lessons in Parenting and...
First published on the Huffington Post. After this was published I received some challenging, passionate and extremely useful discussions about it on Facebook. I will add some more thoughts about the...
View ArticleBan the Burkini Ban
As someone who blogs about freedom of expression I really can’t let the ridiculous burkini controversy in France go by without comment. Policemen have literally been forcing women to disrobe in public....
View ArticleReligious Doctrine and the Internet
Kwame Anthony Appiah’s series of Reith Lectures is called ‘Mistaken Identities‘. I really enjoyed listening to the first lecture on ‘Creed‘ and am looking forward to the rest: ‘Country’, ‘Colour’ and...
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Hey, Haifa! 1999 called and it wants it’s controversy back!
At a museum in Haifa, Israel, a sculpture called McJesus has been removed from display. The name of piece by Jani Leinonen tells you exactly what it looks like and also gives heavy clues as to why it...
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Censorship and Capitulation at the Saachti Gallery
Oh dear. The Saachti Gallery has covered up some paintings after complaints that they are blasphemous. The gallery, founded by the advertising magnate Charles Saatchi, rejected calls from some...
View ArticleNotes on Seyi Omooba’s Religious Discrimination Case
‘Actress who lost her dream role after quoting Bible on Facebook sues for religious discrimination’ reports the Daily Mail. Here we have one of those fascinating and incredibly tricky cases where...
View ArticleReligious Freedom, Free Speech and Employment Rights: the case of Seyi Omooba
Remember the Seyi Omooba controversy? Back in March 2019, she was cast as the lead in the Curve Theatre’s production of The Color Purple. Soon after this was announced, a Facebook post from 2014...
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