British leftist lawmakers argue that possessing photographs of Muslim women without hijab headscarves should be a crime similar to child pornography.
Impending laws originally intended to crack down on revenge porn should include a prohibition against having images of Muslim women's faces without hijab if the photo was taken without express permission.
The House of Representatives Women and Equality Committee argued that such photographs should be considered “unconscious intimate images,” and thus they would be accompanied by a lengthy sentence, prison sentence and similar penalties to possessing child pornography. Daily Mail It has been reported.
If a government minister approves the committee's proposal, it could become a crime in the UK as early as this year.
Currently, the law defines “intimate” images as images that a person is seen in full or partially nude, engaged in sexual activity, or seen using a bathroom.
In response to a call to criminalize some of the photographs of Muslim women without hijabs, David Spencer, of the policy exchange think tank, said, “It is obviously important to tackle the issue of 'venge porn', but expanding this to so-called 'culturally intimate' images is an over-extension of criminal law.
“When police are already struggling to deal with the amount of stab wounds, sexual assaults and theft that occur every day, police cannot expect to remain in what is called “cultural” issues. The government should be aware of creating more criminal offences. ”
Surprisingly, the proposed rules lie in a state of de facto enforcement in the UK, as shown by the recent case of British police who retracted the Mugshot of Islamic State terrorists. I'll reissue it After the court challenge, she wears a full face covering.
Others are warning of the dangerous definition of so-called Islamophobia as the labor government considers its contention.
The Labour Party itself already has it Recruitment Definition of Islamophobia established by the All-Party Parliament Group (APPG) in 2018 Report About the British Muslims.
The APPG argued that “classic Islamophobia” should include the claims “Muhammad is a pedophile, and that Muslims spread Islam through the sword and conquer minority groups under their control.”
The report alleges that “reports on a child rape grooming gang scandal that included Islamophobia ratios” were continuing to be sexually preyed by Muslims, primarily Pakistani heritage.
The workers' plan to enact the definition of the APPG has been criticized by anti-Islamophobic campaigner Fiyaz Mughal. I said January: “All definitions need to come with a number of warnings to protect the right to question religion and to question the right to defend freedom of speech in relation to certain actions and blasphemy attached to cultural elements.
“In religious groups, bad behavior should be called wherever you are. This does not mean that all Muslims or all Pakistanis are bad. However, if the problem is concentrated within a particular group, you need to keep the line to defend your core values.”
