[Daily Mail]The charge of blasphemy – backed by threats of violence – is being used to silence criticism of Islam. And our cherished freedoms are in peril
During the Middle Ages and beyond, thousands of people were put to death in Britain and across Europe for the abominable crime of ‘blasphemy’.In 1656, the Quaker James Nayler was flogged, pilloried, branded on the forehead and had his tongue pierced by a red-hot poker — followed by an ...