UK Muslim Labour MP calls for anti-free speech Islamic blasphemy law

MUSLIM Left-wing Labour Member of Parliament, Tahir Ali, made a motion calling for a ban on “desecrations” of (Islamic) texts and (Muslim) prophets, eliciting a positive response from Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Breitbart Tahir Ali was representing the interests of the Muslim voters of his Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley constituency on Wednesday when he called on the Prime Minister to introduce new rules to ban the “desecrations” of religious texts and “the prophets of the Abrahamic religions” (but we all know he is only talking about Islam).

The remarkable call to re-introduce a blasphemy law in Britain — the country already abolished the archaic legal idea by legislation in 2008 and 2021 — comes amid such pressure seen elsewhere across Europe as hard-won freedom of expression standards backslide.

The Labour MP, who recently had to issue an apology over accusing the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of having “the blood of thousands of innocent people on his hands” over Palestine told the Prime Minister that it is Islamophobia Awareness Month, and said desecration caused “hatred” in society.

Ali told the chamber: “Last year, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution condemning the desecration of religious texts including the Quran, despite opposition from the previous government. Acts of such mindless desecration only serve to fuel division and hatred within our society.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told Ali he accepted the basic premise of his speech. He replied: “Can I agree with him that desecration is awful and should be condemned across the house. We are, as I have said before, committed to tackling all forms of hatred and division including of course Islamophobia in all of its forms.”

Birmingham MP Ali is one of several Labour MPs who saw their majorities slashed in “heavily Muslim areas” — and in some cases even lose their seats — to insurgent pro-Palestine candidates. In Hall Green and Moseley Ali was opposed by two Palestine-focussed independents, including one who had been subjected to a court order banning him from a local school over anti-equality protests.