Can the High Tide of UK Sharia Blasphemy Law be Rolled Back? By Richard Miller (Londonistan)
UK judges have made the Public Order Act as a "de facto blasphemy law," with two courts using the act to convict two individuals for burning Qur'ans. In the past there was never any use made of sections 4 and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, to prevent people from say, burning the Bible, but the Qur'ans issue is different as the parliament is scared witless of Islam. Not only for violent backlashes from free speech they do not like, as seen in many incidents in Europe where critics have been murdered, but also many MPs have electorates that they could lose unless they bend the knee.
However, Nick Timothy, a Conservative Member of Parliament, said to Britain's House of Commons, while presenting his Freedom of Expression (Religion or Belief System) Bill on June 10,this year, said: "The issue is the way that sections 4 and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 are being used—far beyond the intent of Parliament—to police what we can and cannot say about Islam." He said that the Bill "would stop the police, prosecutors and judges from creating a blasphemy law from legislation that was never passed for that purpose," and that "there will be no special treatment here for Islam."
It will be interesting to see how far the Bill goes. It is most unlikely that the Labour government would support the Bill given the level of dhimmitude, slave obedience, that exists, but we will see. The courts moving to produce a court-based blasphemy law, is a disturbing case of the rule of law, getting distorted for woke multicult ideologies.
"Too little, too late for shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain? Probably. Nevertheless, it's good to see that in that entire spineless and compromised land, there are still a few people who are determined to resist civilizational suicide.
"U.K. Parliamentarian Files Bill to Protect Free Speech," by Jules Gomes, Focus On Western Islamism, June 12, 2025:
A British legislator has introduced a bill to stop judges from using the Public Order Act as a "de facto blasphemy law," after two courts used the act to convict two individuals for burning Qur'ans.
"Blasphemy laws are back," Nick Timothy, a Conservative Member of Parliament, warned Britain's House of Commons, while presenting his Freedom of Expression (Religion or Belief System) Bill on June 10.
"The issue is the way that sections 4 and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 are being used—far beyond the intent of Parliament—to police what we can and cannot say about Islam," he noted.
The lawmaker explained that his bill "would stop the police, prosecutors and judges from creating a blasphemy law from legislation that was never passed for that purpose," and that "there will be no special treatment here for Islam."
Timothy told parliament:
I do not believe that Mohammed was a Prophet sent by God. I do not accept the instructions he said he received from the Archangel Gabriel. I do not accept that the Sunna, or body of Islamic laws, has any relevance to me. I respect the religious beliefs of others, but I do not mind if Mohammed is satirized, criticized or mocked. I am not a Muslim, and I choose not to live by the moral codes set out by Islam. I am a Christian, and I should make it clear that I do not think anybody should be prosecuted for satirizing, criticizing, or mocking Jesus either.
Lawmaker Defends 'Provocative' Actions of Qur'an Burners
The MP reported that he had been "advised not to refer to two high-profile cases of people being arrested, charged and prosecuted for causing harassment, alarm or distress to Muslims or even, nonsensically, to Islam itself" when speaking in Parliament about his proposed bill.
In comments to Focus on Western Islamism (FWI), however, Timothy named Martin Frost and Hamit Coskun, who were recently charged under the Public Order Act with causing distress to bystanders after they set fire to the Qur'an and insulted Islam.
"The Public Order Act is increasingly being used as a blasphemy law to protect Islam from criticism," Timothy told FWI. "My Bill will put a stop to this and restore our freedom of speech — and our right to criticise any and all religions, including Islam."
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