BNP Leaders & Race Hate Charges
The leader of the Far-Right British National Party Nick Griffin strutted out of a UK court in London showing the V-sign after being cleared of incitement of racial hate charges highlighting the stress on the freedom of speech, while Muslims were expressing outrage over dailies that published caricatures of the Prophet in asserting their right to freedom of expression.
He was cleared of saying that Islam was a violent faith and of describing Asians as evil and asylum-seekers as cockroaches. Griffin and his party activist Mark Collett claimed they were merely exercising their right to free speech, despite the outrage their comments, recorded secretly by a BBC reporter posing as BNP activist, caused.
In a propaganda coup, which alarmed the main political parties, the two were cheered by their supporters emerged from the court. But their victory cries could be a bit hasty. The Crown Prosecution Service announced that it had decided to go for a re-trial.
During the trial, Griffin had printed copies of English translations of specific pages from the Qur'an distributed to the Jury with the intent of showing them that Islam was an intolerant religion. It is ironic that he doesnt give Islam the right of free expression in its text while he and his fellow white men demand freedom of speech in their newspapers and publications.
Furthermore, is there any such thing as a boundary to freedom of expression in prtecting the rights of the one who is being insulted and maligned?
He was cleared of saying that Islam was a violent faith and of describing Asians as evil and asylum-seekers as cockroaches. Griffin and his party activist Mark Collett claimed they were merely exercising their right to free speech, despite the outrage their comments, recorded secretly by a BBC reporter posing as BNP activist, caused.
In a propaganda coup, which alarmed the main political parties, the two were cheered by their supporters emerged from the court. But their victory cries could be a bit hasty. The Crown Prosecution Service announced that it had decided to go for a re-trial.
During the trial, Griffin had printed copies of English translations of specific pages from the Qur'an distributed to the Jury with the intent of showing them that Islam was an intolerant religion. It is ironic that he doesnt give Islam the right of free expression in its text while he and his fellow white men demand freedom of speech in their newspapers and publications.
Furthermore, is there any such thing as a boundary to freedom of expression in prtecting the rights of the one who is being insulted and maligned?
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