UK: Can we talk about this? Freedom of speech, censorship and Islam

UK: Can we talk about this? Freedom of speech, censorship and Islam




Via the Telegraph:

The show begins with one of the performers repeating a question posed by Martin Amis: “Do you feel morally superior to the Taliban?” So cowed have we become that only about 20 percent of the audience put their hands up despite our knowledge of their barbarous cruelties.

The piece then goes on to explore the Rushdie affair, the Danish newspaper cartoons of Muhammed, and the murder the Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh following his film about the abuse of Muslim women.

It also shines a harsh light on the forced marriages and “honour abuse” among Muslims in this country. Almost every word that’s uttered is verbatim, and the majority come from revealing interviews conducted by DV8 itself.

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