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An official definition of Islamophobia would have a chilling effect on free speech. It would silence legitimate debate on sensitive matters, such as the grooming gangs scandal. There are already laws in place that protect against religious hatred and discrimination. Watch Lord Young of Acton at our panel discussion ‘The problem with defining Islamophobia’ at the Academy of Ideas Battle of Ideas. The panel included leading opponents to the official definition - Nick Timothy MP, Toby Young, Amanda Spielman and Khalid Mahmood. Link to the full video below ⬇️

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16,624 views • 10 months ago

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No matter how well intentioned some may be in advocating for an official definition of Islamophobia, we must not entrench identity related aggravation to any activity or offense. An official definition of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred is not needed. The UK already has laws that protect ALL people from religious discrimination and hatred. Watch Amanda Spielman at our panel discussion on ‘The problem with defining Islamophobia’ during the Battle of Ideas. Full video available in the link below 👇

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17,736 views • 10 months ago

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“There’s a lot of people in the Muslim community that don’t want this favoured status”. Watch Khalid Mahmood speak about the consequences of establishing an official definition of Islamophobia during our panel discussion at Academy of Ideas Battle of Ideas. Full video is in the link below. ⬇️

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17,758 views • 10 months ago

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🚨 WHO IS DRAFTING THE ‘ISLAMOPHOBIA’ DEFINITION? The Government’s official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — will have a chilling effect on free speech. It risks silencing legitimate criticism of Islam and its practices, and deterring people from speaking out about issues such as the grooming gangs scandal and Islamist extremism. So who was tasked with drafting Britain’s new Muslim blasphemy law? In a new report, the FSU’s Director of Research and Policy David Rose reveals that all five members of the Working Group responsible for drafting the definition have links to Islamist organisations. Watch the full podcast episode in the comments 👇

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36,578 views • 5 months ago

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People are rightly worried about the Government’s official definition of Islamophobia — repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility”. In effect, it risks introducing a Muslim blasphemy law via the back door — 18 years after Parliament voted to abolish blasphemy laws. In our latest podcast episode, FSU General Secretary Lord Young of Acton speaks with the FSU’s new Director of Research and Policy, David Rose, whose investigative briefing exposed that all five members of the Working Group drafting the definition have links to Islamist organisations. Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel 👇

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35,252 views • 5 months ago

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♦️Myron points out that the definition of antìsemítısm is constantly changing!😳 “We have an international organisation defining the operative word that is used in US law.. it’s a fvcking problem!”

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97,945 views • 1 year ago

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“The public have been kept in the dark.” All five members of the government’s Working Group tasked with drafting an official definition of Islamophobia have links to Islamist organisations — including the Muslim Council of Britain and Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), both of which successive governments have maintained a policy of non-engagement with. Our new Director of Policy and Research has exposed these troubling connections in a new investigative briefing. If the government presses ahead with this proposed definition — now repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — it will chill free speech and silence legitimate criticism of Islam and its practices. Watch FSU External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw on GB News below 👇

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61,360 views • 6 months ago

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“This is a battle for control over normative Islam.” There are individuals within parts of the Muslim community who hold extremist views about faith and power and are seeking to impose their worldview on the rest of society and our institutions. Islamists are attempting to dominate public discourse, squeezing out more moderate, secular, and liberal Muslims. There is a fear that if you speak out against this, you will be branded an ‘Islamophobe’ or that doing so could provoke violence. This fear has led some institutions and public services to capitulate to Islamist extremists and has deterred them from doing their jobs for fear of being labelled racist. We are even seeing the Labour Party seek to neutralise the risk of losing core voters to more sectarian candidates in traditional safe seats through the introduction of an official Islamophobia definition. If we adopt an official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — it will make matters worse by inflaming already fragile community tensions and chilling freedom of speech. Watch Nick Timothy MP speak at our panel discussion on the Islamophobia definition last October 👇

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21,129 views • 6 months ago

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“Hopefully after jury trials become the 14th U-turn, the Islamophobia definition will become the 15th”. The government’s official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — will have a chilling effect on free speech. The decision to include racialisation and prejudicial stereotyping as a form of anti-Muslim hate is dangerous because it conflates Islam with race. Important conversations about Islam and its practices will be silenced. People will be deterred from legitimately questioning and challenging Islam for fear of being labelled as “Islamophobic”. Even without this de facto Muslim blasphemy law, we already have a culturally functioning definition of Islamophobia. A recent example includes the Conservative MP Rebecca Paul’s important report into the abuse Muslim women face within their own community being buried by the Women and Equalities Select Committee — despite the fact that it took evidence from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which the government has a policy of non-engagement with due to its links to extremism. An official definition will make matters far worse. It will also negatively impact those who decide to leave the religion of Islam. This includes FSU member Dheyaa, who fled Iraq, converted to Christianity, and burned a copy of the Quran in protest. He was then arrested and told he had committed a hate crime. Watch Connie Shaw on Talk 👇

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38,618 views • 6 months ago

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The Free Speech Union has long warned that the official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — would be used to silence legitimate criticism of Islam. Within weeks, Labour MPs had reported Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, branded him an “Islamophobe”, and called on the Prime Minister to remove him from his post. Last week, 27 Labour MPs reported Reform UK to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), accusing the party of Islamophobia and urging the Commission to investigate. Led by Afzal Khan, a leading campaigner for an official Islamophobia definition, the MPs cited Nigel Farage’s criticism of the mass Muslim prayer event in Trafalgar Square, alongside comments made by Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin. This definition is already being weaponised to silence those who criticise Islam. It amounts to an Islamic blasphemy law by the back door. Hear from FSU Campaigns Officer Max Thompson 👇

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37,498 views • 2 months ago

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The official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — will make it harder for public institutions to deal with issues such as the grooming gangs scandal, Islamist extremism, gender inequality and violence against women. Additionally, rather than preventing genuine instances of violence and harassment, it will criminalise legitimate debate about Islam and further exacerbate community tensions. As Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho says in the latest FSU Podcast, there are already laws in place to deal with violence and harassment against any religious group. Rather than waste taxpayers’ money and reintroduce Britain’s blasphemy laws — for Islam alone — the Government should enforce the existing laws. We have already seen the dangers of an Islamophobia definition with the grooming gangs scandal. Many of the councils in which the gangs operated in had adopted the APPG definition. The report into the scandal stated that specifically discussing the grooming gangs constituted an act of anti-Muslim racism. Authorities looked the other way while these young girls were raped for fear of being accused of racism and Islamophobia. Watch Claire Coutinho and David Rose on the latest episode of the FSU Podcast 👇

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10,385 views • 1 month ago

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An official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — will have a chilling effect on free speech and inflame already fragile community tensions. If the government presses ahead, it risks reintroducing Britain’s blasphemy laws and effectively banning criticism of Islam and its practices. It would also silence discussion of vital issues, including the grooming gangs scandal and Islamist extremism. In a free society, no religion should be afforded greater protection than others or shielded from criticism. We have already seen cases — such as in the West Midlands — where police have capitulated to Islamist extremists. Public services must not be deterred from doing their jobs — especially those responsible for keeping us safe — for fear of being labelled “Islamophobic”. Watch FSU Campaigns Officer Max Thompson explain the dangers of an official definition of Islamophobia 👇

The Free Speech Union

48,216 views • 7 months ago

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We have a Government smuggling a radical new definition of ‘gender’ into an already controversial hate speech law. The Government’s new definition of ‘gender’ is at odds with all previous definitions and with no basis in reality. Please see my press release below: See my twitter account for more thoughts on the hate speech legislation:

Senator Rónán Mullen

54,136 views • 3 years ago

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A year ago Keir Starmer was asked to introduce a blasphemy law. He didn't say no. Today he said he wouldn't introduce a blasphemy law through an Islamophobia definition. But we know his Government has been working on one for MONTHS and they are refusing to let the public see it - despite inviting left-wing activist groups to provide feedback. They must publish the definition BEFORE a decision is made so that we can all scrutinise the definition and the impact it will have on freedom of speech.

Claire Coutinho

164,428 views • 8 months ago

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📣🚨The Free Speech Union is mounting a legal challenge against the Government over its official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as 'anti-Muslim hatred' — and its appointment of a new 'tsar' to punish people who fall foul of it. This amounts to a Muslim blasphemy law via the back door. The definition is vague and subjective, and will be weaponised to silence legitimate criticism and debate about Islam, Muslims, and Islamic practices and history. The FSU’s General Secretary, Lord Young of Acton, said: “This is the most serious threat to free speech the Government has come up with so far — the only area in which it’s achieving any success. “If we don’t win this fight, tens of thousands of people a year could lose their jobs at the say-so of a Labour-appointed ‘tsar’. It’s dystopian.” Public bodies will adopt this definition — despite it being non-statutory — with the same zeal the police have shown in investigating and recording non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs). It is predicted by one of the drafters of the definition that it could lead to around 20,000 reports of 'anti-Muslim hostility' a year. At present, the number of recorded anti-Muslim hate crimes is around 4,000. In a free society, no religion should be shielded from legitimate criticism. This proposal places one faith above the rest. The Free Speech Union is bringing a legal challenge on two grounds. First, the definition relies on nebulous, legally undefined terms such as “negative and prejudicial stereotyping of Muslims”, making it incoherent and irrational — and ripe for weaponisation. Second, adopting such a definition cuts across legislation already enacted by Parliament and therefore breaches the public law principle known as “occupying the field”. Under this established public law doctrine, new regulations, put in place by ministers, must not replace existing legislation. It is constitutionally unlawful. In this case, the body responsible for protecting Muslims from discrimination is the Equality and Human Rights Commission, not an anti-Muslim hostility 'tsar'. Parliament voted to abolish blasphemy laws 18 years ago. We can't let this Government resurrect them via the back door. This is one of the biggest battles the Free Speech Union has ever taken on in its six years — and we need your help. Judicial reviews are expensive, but this is a fight we felt we had to take on. Donate to our crowdfunder below👇

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352,478 views • 5 months ago

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🎶 "If Love Is Out Of The Question" may not have been an official single from Unison, but it's undeniably a 90's gem, don't you think? While it doesn't have an official music video, we've unearthed something that comes pretty close! From our VHS deep dive, we present to you the promotional video for "If Love Is Out Of The Question". Enjoy! Unison is now available in vinyl and in spatial audio:

Celine Dion

32,937 views • 1 year ago

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Attorney Julian Epstein, former chief counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, says Minnesota Democrat politicians and ICE rioters are committing an “Act of sedition” “This is sedition” “What the rioters are doing by interfering with federal law enforcement is fundamentally unlawful. It's under the definition of federal law, an act of sedition. And what the politicians are doing by encouraging, well, by encouraging the rioters to keep continuing with the violent confrontations with law enforcement, you have to put some of the blame at their doorstep. I think a great. Amount of the blame at their doorstep, which is amounting to, I think, it is an anti-democratic insurgency designed to prevent the enforcement of democratically elected laws. And threaten the lives of the men who are there simply to do their job in enacting our will, the will of the people, our democratically elected laws”

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41,236 views • 6 months ago

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“It invites people to kill you.” On this week’s episode of That’s Debatable!, Connie Shaw sits down with GB News national reporter and investigative journalist Charlie Peters. Charlie Peters has extensively covered the grooming gangs scandal, despite facing accusations of Islamophobia and racism. Watch the full interview to see how the proposed official definition of ‘Islamophobia’ could be dangerous for crucial investigative work like Charlie’s. Full episode available below 👇

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