He had a busy day doing the media rounds so he was bound to say something that got him in trouble. He went on to talk about far-right protests, tried to not say Muslim protests, he called them secular protests and then on Sky News says people should be arrested for saying “Allahu Akbar”.
He forgo the context. It matters. Context tells you if you is said is a problem or not. Shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre is a problem but saying it in a quiz show where you have just been asked to name one of the elements is different. See, it’s all about context.
In general its an Arabic phrase that means God is great. So it’s not a 100 miles away from saying, “Oh, God!” or, “Lordie Lordie!”, “Mon dieu!”
He said: “I thought it was quite wrong that somebody could shout ‘Allahu Akbar’ on the streets of London and not be immediately arrested.
Did he mix this up with the people shouting Jihad? Months back there was a news story about protesters shouting about jihad and people were saying, “Oh, it means struggle.” Again, context is key. If you’re shouting it while trying to find a parking space it’s very different to shouting on an anti-Israel march.
But, the bottom line is, you can’t ban people from shouting out God’s name. How else are you going to finish sex?
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