Victims of Intimidation Freedom oF Speech within europe’S muSlim communitieS Victims of Intimidation Freedom oF Speech within europe’S muSlim communitieS Douglas Murray and Johan Pieter Verwey 2008 THE CEnTrE for SoCIal CoHESIon The Centre for Social Cohesion Clutha House 10 Storey’s Gate London SW1P 3AY Tel: +44 (0)20 7222 8909 Fax: +44 (0)5 601527476 Email: [email protected] www.socialcohesion.co.uk The Centre for Social Cohesion Limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales: No. 6609071 © The Centre for Social Cohesion,October 2008 All the Institute’s publications seek to further its objective of promoting the advancement of learning. The views expressed are those of the authors, not of the Institute. All rights reserved ISBN 978-0-9560013-1-3 Printed in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press Trowbridge, Wiltshire Contents Introduction xi Methodology xiii Politicians 1 n Ahmed Aboutaleb 2 n Mimount Bousakla 4 n Ekin Deligöz 6 n Ehsan Jami 8 n Naser Khader 11 n Samira Munir 14 n Nyamko Sabuni 16 n Manu Sareen 18 Journalists 21 n Magdi Allam 22 n Reda Hassaine 26 n Nosheen Ilyas 29 n Mohamed Sifaoui 31 Activists 35 n Mina Ahadi 36 n Ayaan Hirsi Ali 39 n Seyran Ates 43 n Mansur Escudero 47 n Maryam Namazie 49 n Kadra Noor 53 Writers & Academics 57 n Afshin Ellian 58 n Salman Rushdie 60 n Mohammad Anwar Shaikh 65 n Ibn Warraq 68 Artists 71 n Rachid Ben Ali 72 n Sooreh Hera 75 n Shabana Rehman 79 n Omar Sharif 83 n Deepika Thathaal 85 Conclusion 91 vi The authors Douglas Murray Douglas Murray is the Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion. A bestselling author and political commentator, his writings have ap- peared across the British and foreign press. A columnist for Standpoint magazine, he writes regularly for many other publications including the Spectator and appears across the British and foreign broadcast media. Johan Pieter Verwey Johan Pieter Verwey has an MA in Arabic Language and Culture from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. His main areas of research are Muslim integration in The Netherlands and the history of radical Islamic movements worldwide. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank James Brandon, Houriyah Bashir, Car- rie Arnott, Tom Parkinson, Mohamed Tarraf, James Kitching, George Readings, Robin Simcox and Hannah Stuart. viii A world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people. Preamble, Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 x
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