The UK Just Embraced Its 1st Blasphemy Law

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's insane moment of utter cowardice

Heed these words, for they mark the end of something sacred:

"November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month. Will the Prime Minister commit to introducing measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of the Abrahamic religions?" - Tahir Ali MP.

If this isn't a member of parliament requesting we introduce blasphemy laws to the UK, then I don't know what is. These chilling words should have been heckled out of the house.

Yet, no jeers rang out.

Just an eerie silence.

Tahir Ali MP Requests a Blasphemy Law

Then, the most insipid man in Britain stood up:

"Can I agree with him that desecration, umm, is awful," stuttered Prime Minister Keir Starmer in what wasn’t quite a statement nor a question. "And I think should be condemned across the house."

Then he rambled about tackling Islamophobia.

This was an opportunity for Keir Starmer to show those who doubted him that he was willing to fight for free speech and secularism in our society. He could have done so while also remaining sympathetic to Muslims…but also reiterating that our liberal society will not introduce blasphemy laws for any religion.

The closest thing I have to a religion is my belief of free speech and individual liberty. As John Milton wrote in 1644: "Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."

I should explain that I don't recommend anybody burn a religious text. I believe in religious freedom, and I think it'd be pretty shitty to turn up at a synagogue or a mosque to burn their texts. Even so, doing so is a legitimate form of protest against zealous belief systems - just as you must be able to burn Scientology scrolls or criticise the NHS.

Tahir Ali MP has been in the news for all the wrong reasons before, having broken lockdown laws. This is a betrayal to the people he served - but half of our political establishment was up to it. More concerning is his use of his podium to criticise the Indian government for affairs that have nothing to do with the United Kingdom and may serve to alienate the Hindu people here.

Tahir Ali MP

Ali came out in support of Russia in an anti-NATO outburst and then sided in the Israel-Hamas War with - you guessed it - Palestine, telling another Hindu - then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak - that he had "the blood of thousands of innocent people on his hands".

This is a massive problem at the core of multiculturalism.

People do not leave their beliefs, cultures and traditions at the border. We inherit our life philosophies from our places of birth and upbringing - but also down through generations of our families. Ali is a man who does not represent the views of the British people - and yet, due to the swelling Muslim population in Birmingham (one-third of residents in the second capital of the UK) - and the strategic voting encouraged by religious leaders, Ali is guaranteed a seat.

Who knows how much his views are really his own - and to what extent he is now a mouthpiece for Islamist leaders not only in the UK but elsewhere. Either way, you can be damn sure that when he calls for laws against the desecration of religious texts, he does the bidding of Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood.

When people accuse those of us concerned about Islam of racism, here is why they're utterly pig-headedly wrong: