him in this video, is walking free.
The suggestion that Kadri's attack showed that Hamit "had caused someone harassment, alarm or distress" is like saying that a woman's rape showed that she'd caused someone, her rapist, an uncontrollable sexual urge. It was her fault. Lovely to see how Islamic thinking is penetrating our legal system.
From the BBC report:
Lord Young of Acton, general secretary of the Free Speech Union, said after the sentencing that it "sends a green light to any Muslim who wants to enforce an Islamic blasphemy by taking the law into their own hands.
"The court is effectively saying that if you attack a blasphemer with a knife, he will be convicted of causing you harassment, alarm or distress and you won't have to spend a day behind bars."
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