Nick Timothy, who jointly served as Theresa May’s Chief of Staff during her temporary premiership, has called for the abolition of de facto Islamic blasphemy laws in Britain, after citing cases wherein men were arrested for burning Qurans.
One man was arrested for burning a Quran outside a memorial to those killed by Islamists within the Manchester Arena bombing. He is currently awaiting trial.
In one other case, a person was fined £240 with a statutory surcharge of £96 for burning a Quran and for insulting Islam outside of the Turkish embassy.
Speaking to Focus on Western Islamism (FWI), he said that the police were doing more to manage his actions than to stop real violence by religiously motivated mobs.
“I even have been struggling as an activist for 33 years. I even have been in prison for years in Türkiye, I even have been tortured. On February 16, after getting back from London, I used to be attacked by two Iraqi Muslims in Derby, however the police released those attackers the identical evening,” he said.
He continued, “I’m a humanist; I’m against violence. But the Islamists try to kill me. They take their orders from the Qur’an. I’m not afraid. I do know they may attempt to kill me. There is a price for my struggle and I’m able to pay that price.”
Both men were charged under the Public Order Act, something Timothy, now an MP, hopes to alter.
Speaking to FWI, Timothy said he had recommend a bill aimed toward stopping the Public Order Act getting used as a blasphemy law, something it was never intended for.
“My bill will put a stop to this and restore our freedom of speech — and our right to criticise any and all religions, including Islam,” he said.
Timothy said he was warned not to say the names of the 2 men who’ve recently fallen foul of the Public Order Act when speaking in Parliament on the difficulty.
He told Parliament: “I don’t imagine that Mohammed was a Prophet sent by God. I don’t accept the instructions he said he received from the Archangel Gabriel. I don’t accept that the Sunna, or body of Islamic laws, has any relevance to me. I respect the religious beliefs of others, but I don’t mind if Muhammad is satirised, criticised or mocked. I’m not a Muslim, and I select to not live by the moral codes set out by Islam.
“I’m a Christian, and I should make it clear that I don’t think anybody ought to be prosecuted for satirising, criticising, or mocking Jesus either.”
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