Woke values have paralysed the UK’s legislative response to minority communities, writes David Martin Jones. Whether it is calls to censor films considered blasphemous, grooming gangs preying on vulnerable girls or even murderous acts of terrorism, it can seem as if some British Muslim communities exist beyond the reach of the UK’s legal system. An assumption that laws are applied selectively, or penalise the critics rather than the perpetrators of immoral acts, reinforces the insularity of minority groups and threatens social cohesion. We need to understand how this situation has come about in order to begin to challenge it.
British Islam and English Law
British Islam and English Law
British Islam and English Law
Woke values have paralysed the UK’s legislative response to minority communities, writes David Martin Jones. Whether it is calls to censor films considered blasphemous, grooming gangs preying on vulnerable girls or even murderous acts of terrorism, it can seem as if some British Muslim communities exist beyond the reach of the UK’s legal system. An assumption that laws are applied selectively, or penalise the critics rather than the perpetrators of immoral acts, reinforces the insularity of minority groups and threatens social cohesion. We need to understand how this situation has come about in order to begin to challenge it.