From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 1/9/2026 11:32 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Jan 9, 2026 at 7:38:39 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/9/2026 7:20 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>   On Jan 9, 2026 at 2:21:03 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   On 1/9/2026 3:52 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>     On Jan 9, 2026 at 12:29:50 PM PST, "moviePig"    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>     On 1/9/2026 2:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>       The United Arab Emirates announced that they will cut government   
   >>>>>>>   funding for   
   >>>>>>>       citizens who wish to study in the United Kingdom out of fear that   
   >>>>>>> Emirati   
   >>>>>>>       students may be radicalized by Muslim Brotherhood members on   
   British   
   >>>>>>>       campuses.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>       An Arab state now considers Britain such a dangerous hotbed of   
   Islamist   
   >>>>>>>       radicalization that it affects their national security.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>     Specifically, the UAE seems to be targeting the Muslim Brotherhood,   
   who   
   >>>>>>     seeks the ascendancy of a pure Islamist state ...including in the   
   UAE.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     Which the UK government is literally doing nothing about. Hell,   
   they're   
   >>>>>     intentionally and actively making the problem worse with their mass   
   >>>>>   3rd-world   
   >>>>>     immigration policies.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Unless the Brotherhood advocates illegality, I don't see how the UK can   
   >>>>   censure without appearing to censor.  (I suspect the UAE doesn't care.)   
   >>>   
   >>>   The same way they're prosecuting all the white native Brits for tweets   
   and   
   >>>   comments, claiming they "foment racial hatred" or "cause offense".   
   >>>   
   >>>   There are imams directly calling for the overthrow of the UK government   
   and   
   >>>   the killing of Jews and Christians and they're left alone. Not even a   
   visit   
   >>>   from the police, let alone a prosecution or deportation.   
   >>>   
   >>>   But if you're a native Brit and you say, "Fuck Hamas!" on Facebook,   
   you're   
   >>>   thrown in prison. Hell, some native Brits have been arrested merely for   
   >>> saying   
   >>>   they like bacon. But the Muslims? If you report them for far more serious   
   >>>   things like threatening your life, let alone offending you, the police   
   drop   
   >>> it   
   >>>   the moment they realize the suspect is brown, migrant, or Muslim. They'll   
   >>>   literally tell you, "Sorry, those people are protected."   
   >>   
   >> So as not to compare apples to oranges, it'd be helpful to see (which I   
   >> haven't) a wriggle-free instance equivalent to "Fuck Judaism" being   
   >> punished while "Fuck Islam" isn't.  Both seem unequivocally hate speech.   
   >   
   > Except the case in question wasn't "Fuck Islam", it was "Fuck Hamas". A group   
   > which the UK government itself designates a terrorist organization. So here   
   we   
   > have the UK locking up one of its own citizens for insulting a bunch of   
   > terrorists. It's literally illegal to hurt the feelings of terrorists in the   
   > UK.   
      
   You write:   
      
       "There are imams directly calling for the overthrow of the UK   
   government and the killing of Jews and Christians and they're left   
   alone. Not even a visit from the police, let alone a prosecution or   
   deportation."   
      
   That does sound clearly illegal.  Do you have a reputable cite?   
      
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