Should it be a crime to shout "jihad"?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Should it be a crime to shout "jihad" on the streets of London during a protest to support Palestinian rights?
The Home Secretary had a meeting with Met Commissioner Mark Rowley to ask why the police weren't prepared to arrest those seeking to incite "violence or hatred" on Britain's streets.
Context is everything of course, and jihad can mean many things. So where does free speech collide with threatening behaviour - when hate crime has risen so sharply since the October 7th Hamas attacks?
We speak to one of the country's top voices on counter terrorism, Sir Peter Fahy - who warns politicians not to put community relations in jeopardy.
And - after historic by election losses last week what is the Tory strategy? And is the chancellor going to stick around to find out?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.9 | Palestine! |
| 0:13.8 | Palestine! |
| 0:15.7 | Palestine! |
| 0:16.3 | Shihad! |
| 0:18.2 | The sound of the streets this weekend in London, |
| 0:24.1 | as some demonstrators on a Palestinian rights protest are shouting jihad. |
| 0:30.1 | Jihad. |
| 0:31.1 | Is that free speech in a country which cherishes that idea? |
| 0:36.5 | Or is it a crime that's being committed, |
| 0:39.0 | that is a race-hate crime, that is inciting terrorism? |
| 0:44.0 | Where do you draw the line? |
| 0:46.9 | We already know where the Home Secretary is drawing that line, |
| 0:50.2 | because Suella Braverman is meeting with the head of the Metropolitan Police in London |
| 0:54.9 | to ask him to explain why those protesters were not arrested. |
| 1:02.2 | She hears the word jihad as an incitement to terror and intimidation. |
| 1:08.9 | Is she right or has she overstepped the line? |
| 1:12.1 | Welcome to the Newsagents. |
| 1:16.7 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:19.0 | It's John. |
| 1:20.0 | It's Emily. |
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