Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

UK Police: Proposed Islamophobia Definition to ‘Undermine Counter-Terror Operations’
Legal Insurrection ^ | 17 May, 2019 | Vijeta Uniyal

Posted on 05/17/2019 6:39:41 PM PDT by MtnClimber

The new Islamophobia definition proposed by an all-party British parliamentary group could undermine police efforts in countering Islamic terrorism, the UK police warned.

The legal adoption of the term could hamper law enforcement officers from going after terrorists and those spreading jihadist propaganda, UK’s National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), a body representing country’s police chiefs, said.

The definition conflates hate-speech and legitimate criticism of Islam, according to the police body. “As it stands, this definition risks shutting down debate about any interpretation of the tenets of Islam which are at odds with our laws and customs, which in turn would place our police officers and members of the judicial system in an untenable position,” NPCC chief Martin Hewitt wrote in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Theresa May.

The definition empowers suspected jihadis and jeopardizes counter-terror operations. It “would potentially allow those investigated by police and the security services for promoting extremism, hate and terrorism to legally challenge any investigation and potentially undermine many elements of counter-terrorism powers and policies on the basis that they are “Islamophobic’,” head of UK counter-terror policing, Neil Basu, advised.

(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: britain; islam; jihad; muslims; uk

1 posted on 05/17/2019 6:39:41 PM PDT by MtnClimber
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

I am afraid the UK and also Europe are lost.


2 posted on 05/17/2019 6:40:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of ColoraTake up ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber
I am not.

I firmly believe Europe as a whole will party like its 1789. The unassimilated aliens and the bureaucrats will share the same mass graves.

Because large nations warring and then breaking up into a scattering of intensely nationalistic states has been something of a repeating European cycle for thousands and thousands of years.

3 posted on 05/17/2019 6:51:22 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: MrEdd

I hope you are right.


4 posted on 05/17/2019 6:55:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of ColoraTake up ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber
The new Islamophobia definition proposed by an all-party British parliamentary group could undermine police efforts in countering Islamic terrorism, the UK police warned.

Isn't that what it's for?

5 posted on 05/17/2019 7:04:30 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

So in Britain it will be “If you see something...don’t say a thing!”


6 posted on 05/17/2019 7:15:04 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Barr:The Bill Belichick of Attorneys General)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MrEdd

France is surprisingly united against their Obama. This is amazing because in overemotional America , you would never see a unity against Obama that way. Of course, they all are at the end of their ropes.


7 posted on 05/17/2019 8:32:16 PM PDT by lavaroise
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Gay State Conservative

Until the first stick of dynamite in the European Union satchel charge goes off.

After which they all will.


8 posted on 05/17/2019 8:56:03 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Fascist Britain is an Islamic country. Don’t expect the truth to win out.


9 posted on 05/18/2019 4:52:42 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Midwesterner53

I think Tommy Robinson is on course to wing the EU election in the North West of England, we’ll see where we go from there. The media lies are losing their impact on the working class in England now (Scotland is still utterly blue pilled br progressivism).


10 posted on 05/19/2019 3:20:26 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson