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| Islamist stops university debate with threats of violence (police do nothing) |
| 2012-01-30 |
| A talk on sharia and human rights by NSS Council Member Anne Marie Waters' at Queen Mary University of London was cancelled at the last moment because of an Islamist who made serious threats against everyone there. Ms Waters was due to give a talk on behalf of the One Law for All campaign on 16 January but before it started, a man entered the lecture theatre, stood at the front with a camera and filmed the audience. He then said that he knew who everyone was, where they lived and if he heard anything negative about the Prophet, he would track them down. The man also filmed students in the foyer and threatened to murder them and their families. On leaving the building, he joined a large group of men, apparently there to support him. Students were told by security to stay in the lecture theatre for their own safety. The President of Queen Mary's Atheism, Secularism and Humanism Society, who organised the event said: "This event was supposed to be an opportunity for people of different religions and perspectives to debate, at a university that is supposed to be a beacon of free speech and debate. "Only two complaints had been made to the Union prior to the event, and the majority of the Muslim students at the event were incredibly supportive of it going ahead. These threats were an aggressive assault on freedom of speech and the fact that they led to the cancellation of our talk was severely disappointing for all of the religious and non-religious students in the room who wanted to engage in debate." The police were contacted about the incident. You can read Anne Marie Waters' account of the event here. Also see Maryam Namazie's account here. In yet another instance of Islamic bullying and threats, skeptical blogger Rhys Morgan decided to show solidarity with the University College London Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society after the controversy it endured after posting a Jesus and Mo cartoon on its Facebook page. Rhys posted the image on his own blog and was immediately bombarded with threats, menaces and abuse from Islamists who aimed the usual accusations of racism and Islamophobia at him. Rhys has remained defiant and reasoned in the face of this avalanche of bile and ignorance and the NSS offers its full support to him. |
| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #10 The mysterious thing is that such a crowd would have dozens of cell phone cameras that would film this terrorist back. Didn't anyone do that? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-30 17:10 |
| #9 The man committed assault [threat] but did not consummate it with battery. Anyone who'd smacked him one might be charged with simple battery acting out of a perceived self defense, but would certainly get the identification and address from the arrest record of the miscreant. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-01-30 16:34 |
| #8 The muzzies are begging for a right-wing backlash. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2012-01-30 16:18 |
| #7 I mean, as in, somebody tracks the terrorist down and chokes the shite out of him. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-30 15:01 |
| #6 How long before people start taking the law into their own hands? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-30 14:59 |
| #5 Lesson learned. Liberal sanctuaries can be cowed with threats of violence. Good to know. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-01-30 14:42 |
| #4 I'm sure it won't happen again. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-01-30 14:21 |
| #3 this report is a few weeks old but still important the hotlinks didn't come out in the post but The report by Ms Waters is here. The report by Ms Namazie is here. fwiw, they both are, I think, leftists and someone clueless ones at that. ms Waters says, for example, "...The message is very clear – don't insult religion.." when its obvious, that only one religion threatens people with death as the penalty for honest discussion. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2012-01-30 14:19 |
| #2 "The British don't live here anymore" |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-30 13:12 |
| #1 Marie Waters' account is even more depressing than the event itself. It essentially boils down to "how can we stand up for free speech if the government doesn't help us?". |
| Posted by: AuburnTom 2012-01-30 13:05 |