07 October 2013

Atheists outraged after students told to cover ‘offensive’ t-shirts with cartoon images of Jesus and Mohammed

Atheist students at one of Britain’s top schools were ordered to cover up their t-shirts printed with cartoons of Jesus and Mohammed because of fears they might be offensive.

Abishek Phadnis and Chris Moos, members of the Atheist, Secularist & Humanist Student Society (ASH), claim their right to free expression was curtailed following the dispute at the London School of Economics.

The head of security and a member of the LSE’s legal and compliance team told the students they were creating an “offensive atmosphere” by wearing the t-shirts at a societies’ fair for new students.

Wearing the t-shirts could constitute “harassment,” the British newspaper the Independent reported. They said there had been complaints from other students. [National Post] Read more