Operation Nehemiah: News update #47

UK: Law that “bans insults” threatens freedom of speech, say campaigners

A coalition of MPs, human rights campaigners, secular organisations and faith groups have called for a law that prohibits “insulting words or behaviour” to be scrapped.

Read Daily Mail article

UK: Halal certification body shut down after HMRC order

One of the leading halal certification bodies, The Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC), has been wound up after failing to pay its VAT bill.

Read Meat Trades Journal article

Canada: Madrassa barred from Toronto school pending hate probe

An Islamic school that runs weekend classes at a high school in Toronto has been barred from teaching there, pending a police investigation into alleged anti-Semitic curriculum material.

Read CBC Radio Canada News article

USA: Concerns over online censorship threat to Christian views

Christian leaders in America are concerned that new media platforms such as Google and Facebook may be the next battleground for religious freedom.

Read CBN article