Scotland has a relatively good record on multi-cultural relations and the peaceful nature of yesterday's Love The Prophet demonstration in Glasgow is something to celebrate.
Scotland has a relatively good record on multi-cultural relations and the peaceful nature of yesterday's Love The Prophet demonstration in Glasgow is something to celebrate.
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So, too, is the fact that protesters against a far-right demonstration in Edinburgh vastly outnumbered those who would stir up paranoia and hatred.
Those who demonstrated against the film The Innocence Of Muslims have every right do so. It is perfectly understandable that they feel aggrieved by the portrayal of their religion in a film designed at best to be offensive and at worst to damage cultural relations.
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Scotland has a relatively good record on multi-cultural relations and the peaceful nature of yesterday's Love The Prophet demonstration in Glasgow is something to celebrate.
So, too, is the fact that protesters against a far-right demonstration in Edinburgh vastly outnumbered those who would stir up paranoia and hatred.
Those who demonstrated against the film The Innocence Of Muslims have every right do so. It is perfectly understandable that they feel aggrieved by the portrayal of their religion in a film designed at best to be offensive and at worst to damage cultural relations.
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