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I'm an activist, I'm an artist and I'm a critic of Islam
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I've been fighting for this for years, all my life, and I intend to continue my fight
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But it might not be burning the Koran. It might be protests on the street
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For example, it could be writing down the certain paragraphs in the Koran that promote violence and terrorism
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and holding those papers to use my right to protest. Have you had death threats as a result of what you did
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Hundreds of death threats have been targeted towards me, especially on my social media pages
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I received the threats from areas like Birmingham and London. They sent me messages saying they'll find me where I am
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and they'll cut my throat. That is the truth of Islam. Have you given those messages to the police
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I told the police about the messages and my lawyer submitted one of the messages to the court
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In London, after I burned the Quran, two guys found me in my apartment
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and they showed me the video of me burning the crime and they attacked me. One of them had a knife and the other had a glass ashtray
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They showed the video to me and they told me one day I'll die because of doing this
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Just wait for the day you are going to die, they told me. I went to my room. I called the police and they came and arrested two guys
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The next day they were released. I'm not sure what happened to them in the end. I don understand this because I was in custody two times and each time between 20 and 24 hours And also my bail conditions were really strict I had to go to the police station to sign in and could not go further than the train station This means that even without the court giving a verdict
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I was kind of punished. OK, what do you think this says about freedom of speech in Britain
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and have you got a message to our Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
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Since my arrest, I've faced serious disappointments. especially the fact that I was prosecuted and the outcome of my prosecution
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as well as the tolerance for the attacks I've been faced with, as if they're trying to punish me and protect the Islamists
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Do you think that of all the religions, Islam is the most protected, is protected differently in Britain
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I don't think other religions are in the same position to create any kind of threat against civilisation
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against humanity and against democracy. Very lastly, quickly, your message to Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister
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they're trying to please that part of the community and they're trying to enforce the
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blasphemy laws the democracy of great britain is under serious threat and people just because they
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post opinions on social media are arrested and they're attacked the prime minister sakir starmer
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should especially take certain steps on this topic and not make any compromises so that he can
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protect or please this part of the community why only be sensitive to islamists there are groups of
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Minorities like Jewish people, they have to hide their identity before they go on the streets
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They disclose their identity. They're attacked by the Islamists
