Pickthall is concerned by the approach taken by Michaela school, which has a 50% Muslim pupil population, in banning prayer rituals, and sees this as a threat to religious liberty, British secularism and positive integration. A Muslim pupil at the school…
Pickthall condemns the Board of Deputies of British Jews’ recent call for the Conservatives to sack Sir Alan Duncan for his comments on Israel, and defends the rights of all British citizens to have, and to scrutinise, so-called “dual loyalties”.…
The debate over Scotland’s new hate speech law is overblown, but real concerns about free speech in Britain persist. Pickthall believes we can simultaneously enhance free expression and protect vulnerable individuals from threats. Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order…