We have to be clear on this.
Murder is never justified. Feeling offended - about anything at all - never justifies violence against another human being.
Murder is never justified. Feeling offended - about anything at all - never justifies violence against another human being.
https://twitter.com/andrewcopson/status/1321752302294835212
It's so important that we are vigilant against the creeping danger of religious blasphemy codes.
Where blasphemy laws are enforced, violence usually follows against religious minorities, humanists, and political reformers.
Where blasphemy laws are enforced, violence usually follows against religious minorities, humanists, and political reformers.
Turkey and Pakistan are deploying diplomatic pressure, even as French civilians are slaughtered by extremists, to normalise the idea of blasphemy laws everywhere.
It's victim-blaming and gaslighting on an international scale.
It's victim-blaming and gaslighting on an international scale.
When Charlie Hebdo was attacked in 2015, we came together with humanists and rights activists around the world to the launch @EndBlasphemyLaw to see their repeal everywhere.
This fight - for such basic freedoms - has never been more important.
This fight - for such basic freedoms - has never been more important.
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