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Islam and free speech, 20 years on from Jyllands-Posten: interview with Jacob Mchangama

  • byDaniel James Sharp
  • 30 September 2025
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Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of several cartoons of the supposed Prophet Muhammad by the…
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Image of the week: 20 years since the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy

  • byDaniel James Sharp
  • 26 September 2025
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30 September will mark the twentieth anniversary of the publication of various cartoons of the supposed prophet Muhammad…
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Lost in the manosphere: interview with James Bloodworth

  • byDaniel James Sharp
  • 26 September 2025
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James Bloodworth is an author and journalist. In this interview, I speak to him about his latest book,…
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Christian nationalism threatens democracy. Secularism protects it.

  • byStephen Evans
  • 18 September 2025
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With Christian nationalism apparently gaining ground in the UK, Stephen Evans argues that secularism is needed to safeguard liberal democracy.
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Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar

  • byMaryam Namazie
  • 3 September 2025
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'To criminalise dissent is to give ideas rights they cannot have, whilst stripping individuals of rights they must.'
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The clothes have no emperor

  • byJohn Richards
  • 1 September 2025
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Some years ago, I debated a Muslim lecturer at Manchester University (the debate can be viewed here) on…
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