A British Perspective on Bjørnar Olsen’s “After Interpretation”

AbstractThe recent enactment of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 makes it (for the first time) unlawful to incite hatred on religious grounds in England and Wales. This legislation has however been attacked by a number of Muslims on the basis that it is too rigidly drawn, and that the scope of the offence of incitement to religious hatred is narrower than comparable legislation governing incitement to racial hatred. In critically analysing the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006, this article makes particular reference to the recent Islamic Council of Victoria case in Australia on religious vili cation and hate speech which, it is suggested, provides a salutary lesson to those who would seek to expand the remit of the Act. It is argued that the Racial and Religious Hatred Act is not merely a symbolically important measure, but is also a fair and workable compromise which protects faith groups from incitement to religious hatred without placing excessive curbs on free speech.

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A British perspective on hospice

American Journal of Hospice Care ◽

10.1177/104990918600300109 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 24-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Derek P. Spooner

Keyword(s):

British Perspective

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Pensée 3: Free Speech and the Question of Israel: A British Perspective

International Journal of Middle East Studies ◽

10.1017/s0020743808080501 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 193-194

Author(s):

Avi Shlaim

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

Free Speech ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Academic Community ◽

Academic Environment ◽

Middle Eastern Studies ◽

British Perspective ◽

The Right ◽

American Academic

As a member of the British academic community—an international relations professor who is deeply involved in Middle Eastern studies—I find it distressing that some of the most dismal aspects of the American academic environment are coming our way. Nowhere is this trend more pronounced than on the question of Israel. That country is, of course, no stranger to controversy, but the attack on the right of academics to criticize Israel is a relatively recent and a highly disturbing phenomenon.

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