Organiser: Stephen Law, CFI
BLASPHEMY!”
KENAN MALIK, ANDREW COPSON, AUSTIN DACEY, JACOB MCHANGAMA, MARYAM NAMAZIE
Expert, entertaining and provocative speakers on a controversial topic.
This event focuses on the criminalization of religious hatred, defamation, and insult under European human rights, and how this functions as a de facto blasphemy law.
Jointly presented by Centre for Inquiry UK and SPES
Tickets: £10 (£8 student). Buy one here...
http://www.humanism.org.uk/shop/tickets
10.30am REGISTRATION
11.00AM Kenan Malik
Beyond the sacred
12.00 Andrew Copson
Blasphemy laws by the back door
1.00-1.30 Lunch
1.30 Austin Dacey
The Future of Blasphemy
2.30 Jacob Mchangam
Between blasphemy and hate speech: How hate speech laws are being used to enforce blasphemy norms
3.30 Maryam Namazie
Blasphemy, Offence, and Islamophobia limiting Citizen Rights
4.30 end
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