British Blogger To Be Arrested For Criticizing Islam-In Britain!

Some of my friends wonder why I come down so hard on Islam and it's metastasizing presence in Europe. Well my friends, it's because of shit like this.

This fellow blogger faces arrest by the Thought Police for "stirring up religious hatred." I read the law that covers this "crime," and it's extremely vague. Sufficed to say that this would be unconstitutional in the United States for several reasons. And since Muslims in Europe take to the streets in violent protests whenever a European tosses some litter in front of a Mosque, and having a law that so broadly defines "stirring up religious hatred..." Well, the slope becomes very slippery, very quickly.

The blog where I read this story (via LGF) has a link to a WSJ op-ed piece that sheds some light on the overall situation in Britain:

For Muslim voters in Europe, the attractions of the Socialists are several. Socialists have traditionally taken a more accommodating approach to immigrants and asylum-seekers than their conservative rivals. They have championed the welfare state and the benefits it offers poor newcomers. They have promoted a multiculturalist ethos, which in practice has meant respecting Muslim traditions even when they conflict with Western values. In foreign policy, Socialists have often been anti-American and, by extension, hostile to Israel. That hostility has only increased as Muslim candidates have joined the Socialists' electoral slates and as the Muslim vote has become ever more crucial to the Socialists' electoral margin.