Posted on 05/03/2019 6:38:13 PM PDT by robowombat
British Activist Sentenced for Denying Existence of Moderate Islam
No one is put on trial for negative comments about Christianity or Judaism. This unhealthy exception stigmatizes political speech and suppresses criticism of one religion.
Robert Spencer had previously blogged about the Fransen case. This is what he wrote.
What they were really doing was calling attention to Muslim rape gangs, which have operated freely in Britain for years because police and other authorities were too afraid of being called “racist” to do anything about them. But that’s “hostility” to Islam and Muslims, and so Fransen and Golding must be imprisoned.
Now the inevitable sentence is in.
Jayda Fransen, 33, was found guilty of stirring up hatred during a speech about Islam in August 2017.
She was also convicted for separate comments at a peace wall in the city.
Convicting Fransen, of Moat Avenue in Donaghadee, County Down, a judge said her words were “a general, vehement attack against a religious group”.
The speech was made during the “Northern Ireland Against Terrorism” event two years ago.
What did Jayda actually say?
The court heard that Fransen told those gathered at the rally that there was no moderate version of Islam and that “these people are baying for our blood”.
She added: “Islam says every single one of you wonderful people here today deserves to be killed.”
Those attending the rally were then told it was time for the world to come together against “the one common enemy”.
The judge told the court: “I’m satisfied these words were intended to stir up hatred and arouse fear.”
Which of these comments are factually untrue?
The Koran does command the deaths of infidels. The non-existence of moderate Islam is a point asserted by countless Muslim and non-Muslim leaders. Like Erdogan.
“There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it,” Turkey’s Islamic leader has said.
Will the court send him to jail for denying the existence of moderate Islam?
Would they charge Turkish president Erdogan who continuously states the same? Erdogan says that minarets are bayonets and ‘moderate Islam’ is a term which is insulting towards Islam.
Trump should offer this guy asylum and call-out the Brits big-time about this, repeating what the persecuted Englishman said abou Islam.
Couldn’t be more on point.
I don’t like having to be this way, but it is what it is.
Sticking our head in the sand hasn’t worked to this point has it.
“She was also convicted for separate comments...”
Convicted. For comments.
Say those words slowly.
Good God.
Damn that Constitution. It seems to get in their way every time they turn around.
The UK is no longer a free country and we should not be allied with it.
Are they going to destroy all books which claim that... including the Koran?
Well, there is a moderate Islam, just like there is a Christian Church of Laodicea, and it is regarded the same way by the pious.
“Moderate Islam” is a myth.
“Convicted. For comments”.
Yep. Remember the story about 19 State AG’s planning to prosecute people for denying climate change?
Also be careful what you think because they are planning on getting you for wrong thinking too. (If the demented party ever gets back in power). I would say heaven help us however with Trump’s election I believe heaven is helping us right now.
“I believe heaven is helping us right now.”
I do, too.
If Hillary had won in 2016...Game Over.
Where Muslim invasions, piracy and slave raiding caused the dark ages now the Europeans are entering a dark age of their own ... all not to give offense to Islam.
just wow!- Wonder what would happen if the UK were to get a conservative leader and enact laws that made it a crime for people to make bad comments about Christianity?
Just repeating what muslims have said, and taking them at their word.
Thats what gets you put in jail today.
Sorry, but the residents of Londonistan are fools.
I do believe that there are some moderate islamics.
They are the ones who wouldn’t pick up a machete to behead you. They hope someone else would do it instead.
The people that attended the speech were already afraid.
What the speech was intended to do was stir up action.
The speech was intended to get the people to press their elected officials to do something to save their nation and culture from Islam.
"Facebook has removed the official page of far-right group Britain First, along with those of party leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen.
"The social network said it had taken action after they repeatedly broke the site's community standards on hate speech."
He is in the way of globalism and must not criticize their army
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