Muslims Stop Rabbi from Speaking at Speaker's Corner - Is Free Speech DEAD?

Cross posted by TheOPINIONATOR -from the excellent web site - Gates of Vienna:

Breaking News: Rabbi Unable to Speak at Speakers’ Corner


The American rabbi Nachum Shifren is visiting England to meet with members of the English Defence League and express his solidarity with the European resistance to Islamization. See this post at ICLA for a video of a BBC news report featuring Rabbi Shifren. The report describes (in that well-known snarky BBC tone) the growing transatlantic cooperation among groups opposing Islamization.

This afternoon Rabbi Shifren was scheduled to address the crowd at Speakers’ Corner in London. I’ve just received a phone call from an EDL member at the scene, who reports that the rabbi was prevented from speaking by a group of Muslims who effectively occupied Speakers’ Corner.

The rabbi moved to a location a short distance away to give his speech, but was unable to address supporters at Speakers’ Corner itself.

Speakers’ Corner is the epicenter of the tradition of free speech in England. Up until now it has stood as a sanctuary, a sacred place in the heart of English civil liberties.

If you can’t speak out at Speakers’ Corner, then free speech in England is dead.

 

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  • 26 Oct 2010, 3:10 PM Anya wrote:
    Speakers' corner...that small bastion of English culture, of free speech and free discussion.

    Criticise anything but islam...for then the place is transformed like the 'Day of the dead' and from all corners the zombies appear, lumbering and in a most menacing manner.
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    1. 26 Oct 2010, 3:18 PM DP111 wrote:
      Your statement evokes scenes from the Lord of the Rings - it is the moment in the battle, when the sun shines and the Orks flee in panic.
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