Governments across Europe must do more to safeguard freedom of speech for Muslim reformers who face threats from extremists, a think tank has warned.
The UK-based Centre for Social Cohesion highlighted the cases of 27 writers, including Sir Salman Rushdie, activists, politicians and artists.
The centre said they had suffered violence and intimidation for criticising Islam or seeking reform.
It said governments had a duty to ensure free speech for all citizens.
The report - Victims of Intimidation: Freedom of Speech within Europe's Muslim Communities - said official failure to offer victims the protection they needed had left "significant numbers" of Muslims unable to express themselves.
Now that I've posted that, here is some bio on the centre's director, Douglas Murray, as taken from the centre's website:
Douglas Murray is a bestselling author and commentator. His most recent book is the critically acclaimed Neoconservatism: Why We Need It (SAU, UK: Encounter Books, US) which Christopher Hitchens praised in the Washington Examiner as ‘a very cool but devastating analysis’, and which caused Andrew Roberts to hail Murray as ‘The Right’s answer to Michael Moore,’ saying, 'This book shows how to fight and win the War on Terror.'
Sounds like the Centre for Social Cohesion and the Canadian Coalition for Democracies would have a great deal in common.