mediawatchwatch.org.uk

Good article by Sunny Hundal in Asians in Media, which I should have linked to last week.

In case it isn’t already obvious, competition has broken out between the religious elements of our society for the label of ‘Most Sensitive’. Every time someone gets offended, it has become standard policy to complain that followers of other faiths are treated with more respect

Further comment on the article can be found at Harry’s Place with reference to the upcoming “religious hatred” law.

Ideally a progressive left would be working not only to defend secular values and free speech but to try to weaken the power of patriachal religious leaders over their communities and forge alliances with women, youth and non-conformists.

This is important stuff.