I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

“The author of the recent report is a Dr. Denis MacEoin, Wikipedia article describes him as:

a novelist and a former lecturer in Islamic studies. His academic specializations are Shi‘ism, Shaykhism, Bábism, and the Bahá’í Faith, on all of which he has written extensively. His novels are written under the pen names Daniel Easterman and Jonathan Aycliffe.

The article also mentions:

In recent years, he has become active in pro-Israel advocacy (hasbara), chiefly in his capacity as a writer. He continues to work on Islamic issues, particularly the development of radical Islam.

I think reports such as these should serve as a wakeup call for the advocates of liberal democracy who are quick to address extremism elsewhere, when they have such dangerous form of extremism growing inside.”

ahem!so what do people think about this angle?

Otherwise, the ‘encouraging extremism’ argument is redundant and a waste of time simply because its covered by free speech. Otherwise I’d quite rightly ask for the Daily Express to be banned for encouraging racism

Hate on the State: How British libraries encourage Islamic extremism

The first report published by the Centre for Social Cohesion examines how public libraries may be fuelling Islamic radicalism. The study finds that the libraries of Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Birmingham in particular have stocked a disproportionate number of pro-jihadist texts at the expense of more moderate authors.

http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/

Big surprise. Not!

Yes Sonia, it confuses me where we stand with the legislation now. Even with legislation, I just cannot imagine white police officers raiding islamic book shops. Screams of racism etc abound. I think they will do pretty much what they do now, steer clear.

i suppose we’re waiting for that Statutory instrument before it can come into force?

( i suppose we need some lawyers here..)

and then we’d have to be able to nab someone for it,

Freedom of speech, freedom to hate, to incite hatred even, but I draw the lines at inciting murder.

I cant imagine the law allowing BNP to set up shop in every town selling literature calling for the death of other groups.

Yup it should be banned since it crosses the line from free speech into inciting murder. All for free speech, but it’s not without bounds. It would be illegal to call for the death of blacks. And, rightly too, I believe.

ChrisC – So you are telling me that major public worship places such as Regents Park Mosque where thousands of people go everyday it is not possible to leave literature?

Any major public worship place is openly accessible and people can easily leave anything.

I think your understanding of large public worship places is rather poor.

Many of the mosques mentioned are large institutions and as such attarct thousands of people per day, so for someone to leave material lying around is simple.

It is the same for a Cathedral.

I’ve read reports in the media of Students fairs where different groups leave around material and those are smaller locations.

I am not denying anything, I am saying this can happen.

The solution is to either:

a) Not provide a public notice facility

or

b) more staff to ensure it doesn’t happen.

We need to be practical as some of these sites range from 1/4 to 1/2 acre in size.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwCrzp_Mo2M

OFCOM report is going to released into the situation soon. Look forward to debating it here on PP.