Maajid Nawaz, the author of Radical and the Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn, has been at the centre of a controversy this week, after he tweeted a image from the satirical Jesus and Mo cartoon series. Maajid had been a guest on the BBC’s The Big Questions debate show, where the illustration had been discussed. He made the point that as a liberal Muslim, he found nothing offensive about the cartoon.
https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/422342223460855809
Cue an angry social media backlash. Many people tweeted their condemnations and threats over what they perceived as a blasphemy.
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