obviously, there _ title charlie hebdo.a case where a teacher was beheaded. _ there was a case where a teacher was beheaded, so it's a very sensitive situation — beheaded, so it's a very sensitive situation. and i can understand why the education secretary has spoken out, because we don't know the details — out, because we don't know the details of— out, because we don't know the details of the case, the exact circumstances and so on. but teachers _ circumstances and so on. but teachers have to be free to share material — teachers have to be free to share material with the class that will potentially offend, that is sometimes shocking. in order to teach _ sometimes shocking. in order to teach about sensitive and difficult subjects — teach about sensitive and difficult subjects. at the same time, of course, — subjects. at the same time, of course, there is and obvious problem with islamophobia. muslims hate a lot of— with islamophobia. muslims hate a lot of -- _ with islamophobia. muslims hate a lot of —— face a lot of preju

that year a teacher in rotterdam had to go into hiding for having a front cover of the magazine charlie hebdo that you mentioned there on the wall in the classroom he had to go into hiding on the violent threats from the islamists we're seeing that the european court of human rights has declared. criticizing islam and particularly displaying images of the prophet mohammed would not be within the permissible bounds of free expression and open debate i think what we're seeing is an extremely wiring capitulation on behalf of establishments in the west both schools governments and the international courts as well capitulated to the need not to offend islam and it's extremely worrying you know islam should be no different from the other religions. christianity judaism it's true in the west we have a very robust spirit mocking criticism and especially open discussion the idea that we would live it our discussion or criticism of islam in a way which we don't limit our criticism or mocking about the religions i think i think is extremely worrying i would say all sorry that i don't think this is a pro

issue of the cartoons of the prophet mohammed sparking wide debate particularly in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack and so incidents like a. these will only serve to continue to spark that debates whether one does have free speech to draw pictures of anyone offensive as they may be or whether there is a line that can't be crossed when it comes to not offending people not just in terms of religion but also the wider sense of safe spaces and other issues to do with free speech that we've seen rising up not just in the u.k. but also across europe and the west. lawyer and. told us he thinks the same free speech standards should be applied to discussions of all religions. they what we're saying is an extremely wiring capitulation on behalf of establishments in the west both schools governments and the international courts as well capitulated to the need not to offend islam in a 63 me worrying you know islam should be no different from the other religions. christianity judaism and cetera where in the west we have a very robust spirit mocking criticism and especially open discussion the idea that w

issue of the cartoons of the prophet mohammed sparking wide debate particularly in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack and so incidents like these will only serve to continue to spark that debates whether one does have free speech to draw pictures of anyone offensive as they may be or whether there is a line that can't be crossed. when everyone backs the school suspension of the teacher and we debated the issue with our guests. i think what we're saying is an extremely wiring capitulation on behalf of establishments in the west both schools governments and the international courts as well capitulate. to the need not to offend islam and it's extremely worrying you know islam should be no different from the other religions we are a democratic society that embraces freedom of expression embraces free speech and these schools really need to start standing up for those values they need to start saying that freedom of expression only really matter when it is pushing up against what is offensive to some people we should not be hurting abusing people and hiding behind freedom of speech and we have seen

issue of the cartoons of the prophet mohammed sparking wide debate particularly in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack and so incidents like a. these will only serve to continue to spark that debate whether one does have free speech to draw pictures of anyone offensive as they may be or whether there is a line that can't be crossed when it comes to not offending people not just in terms of religion but also the wider sense of safe spaces and other issues to do with free speech that we've seen rising up not just in the u.k. but also across europe and the west. the founder the purpose 5 charity which supports vulnerable children around the world told us the teachers should apologize . should not be hurting abusing people and hiding behind freedom of speech we asked . the teacher has been in question has been suspended and there's been a an apology from the headmaster however we've not had an apology from the teacher which speaks volumes. and as far as i'm concerned you know suspension isn't enough and in this chapter of sadistic behavior in a classroom the children should not be accepted as quite

issue of the cartoons of the prophet mohammed sparking wide debate particularly in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack and so incidents like these will only serve to continue to spark that debates whether one does have free speech to draw pictures of anyone offensive as they may be or whether there is a line that can't be crossed. lawyer and columnist low get us told us he thinks the same free speech than the should be applied to discussion of all religions with same it's an extremely worrying capitulation on behalf of establishment in the west both schools governments and the international courts as well capitulating to the need not to offend islam in a 6 trini worrying you know islam should be no different from the other religions. christianity judaism and cetera where in the west we have a very robust spirit mocking criticism and especially open discussion the idea that we would live it our discussion or criticism of islam in a way which we don't limit our criticism or mocking about the religions i think i think is extremely worrying i would say all sorry that i don't think this is a problem

issue of the cartoons of the prophet mohammed sparking wide debate particularly in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack and so incidents like a. these will only serve to continue to spark that debates whether one does have free speech to draw pictures of anyone offensive as they may be or whether there is a line that can't be crossed when it comes to not offending people not just in terms of religion but also the wider sense of safe spaces and other issues to do with free speech that we've seen rising up not just in the u.k. but also across europe and the west. u.s. president joe biden's health his 1st a formal press conference since taking over the white house he touched on the vaccination rollout foreign policy and the migrant crisis on the u.s. southern border among other things are these kind of morbid walks across. we're a little while into the biden presidency he did not address a joint session of congress as incoming presidents generally do now he spoke to the press conference and there was a lot of topics that were discussed for the migrant crisis issues with china etc one particularly i

issue of the cartoons of the prophet mohammed sparking wide debate particularly in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack and so incident is like. these will only serve to continue to spark that debates whether one does have free speech to draw pictures of anyone offensive as they may be or whether there is a line that can't be crossed when it comes to not offending people not just in terms of religion but also the wider sense of safe spaces and other issues to do with free speech that we've seen rising up not just in the u.k. but also across europe and the west. talking to us earlier on r.t. the head of the ramadan foundation in the u.k. says no one group should be allowed to exploit this issue for their own ends it's a very delicate situation and that's why we shouldn't be in this situation you know it's absolutely right that the school have apologized and taken responsibility there's a gym process that has to be followed to anybody who's advocating any sort of violence towards a teacher or anybody else and i would condemn that and i would do absolutely everything in my power as a last him organ

issue of the cartoons of the prophet mohammed sparking wide debate particularly in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack and so incidents lie. these will only serve to continue to spark that debates whether one does have free speech to draw pictures of anyone offensive as they may be or whether there is a line that can't be crossed when it comes to not offending people not just in terms of religion but also the wider sense of safe spaces and other issues to do with free speech that we've seen rising up not just in the u.k. but also across europe and the west. apparently you're never too young to be progressive in an article in the washington post and experts go to parents to books websites and companies offering woke material for young children the feature titled social justice for toddlers talks about the importance of equality racial and gender education for kids the article highlights materials like a drag queen website books like anti-racist baby and woke baby and the firm selling toys and learning materials to dismantle buyers however many are found the advice divisive and even harmful can w

the murder of the charlie hebdo journalists, that's too much accountability.n society between liberty and accountability. that's what i'm advocating. all right, ok, thanks. see, this is what i think i'm confused by in this discussion, which is that there, on the one hand, we as people need to be able to challenge people for bad opinions, but of course we should be able to challenge the discourse is part of that challenge. and then there's the alternate, we need to be holding them accountable, which implies punishment. so i guess i'd like to know what kind of punishments are acceptable in your view, billy? — it's not so much punishment as to have their opinion challenged. i think the thing about... of course, but that's just talking, right? that'sjust discourse. no, no, idisagree. you asked a question, let him answer it. go on, then, billy. i disagree. i think the whole letter that you signed was an attempt by certain people on that list to avoid being criticised, to pretend that they are open and believers in free speech, but to seek to restrict the free speec