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Pro-Iran Al-Quds March banned: freedom to protest or extremist hate march? And jury trials reform backlash continues
Julia Hartley-Brewer is joined by Brendan O’Neill (Chief Political Writer at Spiked) to discuss the Home Secretary’s decision to ban the pro-Iran Al-Quds March — and whether restricting a march can ever be justified without trampling on free speech. Brendan argues the event has become a “hate march”, raises concerns about radical Islamism in Britain, and questions why groups who openly despise Western values are able to organise on UK streets.
They also examine the proposed new definition of “anti-Muslim hostility” and whether it risks becoming a blasphemy law by the back door, with a…
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