Comments on: Scary development in Iran’s apostasy law

By: Barney

Barney — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:38:07 +0000

So perhaps people don’t see freedom of religion or belief as being as important as freedom from racial prejudice, especially if it’s in that rather strange/exotic/mad country of Iran. Are some principles seen as more important than others?

By: Iain Palin

Iain Palin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:05:06 +0000

Barney, you are right they may not see it as having an impact here, but that’s not a reaosn for people to keep silent. Apartheid didn’t have an impact here, but that didn’t stop people seeing it as a matter of right and wrong, and somehting they should be concerned about. Or are we just less inclined to care about issues of principle these days?

By: Barney

Barney — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:25:52 +0000

Iain, you are right about the deafening silence from the media and the faith bodies. It may be a fear of being accused of Islamophobia or it may be that people just don’t see the impact that this law may have on communities here in the UK.

By: Iain Palin

Iain Palin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:55:03 +0000

A deafening silence on this frightening development as far as the Western media and faith bodies are concerned – are people perhaps too scared to say anything for fear of being accused of “Islamophobia”?

By: bilo

bilo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:34:52 +0000

The ramifications of this are just awful!