With the Irish Government finally announcing its intention to hold a referendum to remove the prohibition of blasphemy from the Irish Constitution, after five years of campaigning by Atheist Ireland, I debated the issue today on 4FM with host Niall Boylan, Christian callers and Imam Ibrahim Noonan.
Part 1 – my debate with Christian callers
Part 2 – my debate with Imam Ibrahim Noonan
The Irish blasphemy referendum – my debate with Christians and Imam Ibrahim Noonan on 4FM today
Thanks for posting these, very interesting indeed. You are doing great work.
Thanks, Carrie.
Once again, we see muslims–even the self-designated moderate ones–jump at the opportunity to shield themselves from the duties of civil society whilst at the same time grabbing more than their fair share of rights. Fortunately, I think, the conflict of ideologies between catholics and muslims might prove beneficial for atheists and believers who advocate a fully secular society. It would probably be useful to remind catholics that blasphemy laws would allow muslims to shut down criticism of Mohammed; I don’t think they’d be happy to have a law that makes uttering the statement “Jesus was morally superior to Mohammed” a criminal offence.