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June 24, 2024

The Problem with Legislating Against Islamophobia

An attempt to stifle criticism of Islam’s worst representatives.

As the United Kingdom prepares for its next election, the Labor leader (and likely next prime minister) Keir Starmer released a campaign video in which he talks at length about the problem of Islamophobia, and alludes to using the legal system to combat it. Meanwhile, in the U.S., politicians and public institutions have gotten themselves in the habit of responding to every outburst of hostility to Jews with condemnations of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Ed Husain argues that these two things are not alike:

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June 24, 2024

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