Muslim activists are protesting about a new film - The Lady of Heaven - featuring Fatima, the daughter of the prophet Muhammad; it is, they say, “blasphemous”. The Cineworld cinema chain has capitulated to their demands, with barely a whimper, by pulling the film from all its cinemas, even though it has already been accredited - and rated - by the BBFC (the independent British Board of Film Classification). England, Wales and Scotland no longer have blasphemy laws, and Muslims are free to register their displeasure in the usual way: by not going to see the film (it’s not very good, I understand, with the Guardian giving it just two stars). The rest of us, placing greater value on free speech, should be able to make up our own minds whether to venture out to the multiplex or not.
Licenced today: a learner driver enjoying the freedom of the open road near Asselby...
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