BNP Trial: Griffin and Collett not guilty.

The verdict of the retrial of Nick Griffin and Mark Collett of the BNP was "not guilty" on all charges.

Nick Griffin had described Islam as a "wicked, vicious faith" during a private meeting of BNP members. The meeting was secretly videoed by the BBC. We should not shoot the messenger, even if we find their form of words uncomfortable.

However, since the first trial, the British public has become rather better informed about Islam. Indeed, the Pope has described it as "evil and inhuman", quoting from a Byzantine emperor. So this opinion of Islam has been strongly held for at least the last 600 years.

Immediately following the trial, Gordon Brown has stated that the law regarding religious hatred will now have to be changed.

How though, can he possibly draft a law that will convict these BNP members, without at the same time putting Islam itself on trial?

Maybe if the BBC were to secretly video inside a Mosque, they would record the Quran being quoted:

"They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from among them friends until they fly (their homes) in Allah's way; but if they turn back, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take not from among them a friend or a helper." Quran 4.89

Would the Pope be arrested if he were to visit Britain?

It is clear that Gordon Brown does not understand Islam. All politicians should make an effort to understand it. My blog can help.

Humanity needs peace not Islam.