{"id":2640207,"date":"2026-08-04T10:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-oxford-debate-on-islam-goes-off-rails-when-man-threatens-to-show-pic-of-mohammed-terror-and-dead-silence-descend-then-the-fight-starts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:23:31","slug":"watch-oxford-debate-on-islam-goes-off-rails-when-man-threatens-to-show-pic-of-mohammed-terror-and-dead-silence-descend-then-the-fight-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-oxford-debate-on-islam-goes-off-rails-when-man-threatens-to-show-pic-of-mohammed-terror-and-dead-silence-descend-then-the-fight-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Oxford Debate on Islam Goes Off Rails When Man Threatens to Show Pic of Mohammed &#8211; Terror and Dead Silence Descend, Then the Fight Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">52<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-oxford-debate-on-islam-goes-off-rails-when-man-threatens-to-show-pic-of-mohammed-terror-and-dead-silence-descend-then-the-fight-starts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2640207&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content describes a debate at the Oxford Union where two sides discussed whether the West should be suspicious of Islam. During the debate, Laurence Fox, a conservative actor and comedian, aimed to highlight issues of free speech by planning to display a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad, which is usually forbidden in Islam.Fox emphasized that a large majority of British Muslims oppose such depictions, citing statistics to support his stance against Islamic restrictions on blasphemy. The opposing side,led by student Aisha Khan Aziz,objected to the props and the provocative approach. ultimately, Fox unveiled an image of Jacob Rees-Mogg rather of Muhammad, using this as a commentary on Western tolerance and fear of offending Islam.The debate revealed palpable tension and fears of repercussions from Islamists,illustrating a broader theme of appeasement and reluctance to challenge Islamic sensitivities. The article portrays this event as an example of Western capitulation to fears of Islamic backlash.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even the most intellectual among us probably don\u2019t have time to watch the full two hours of a debate at the Oxford Union last week in which two sides at the institution hashed out the question over whether the West is right to be suspicious of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>So, I present to you a decent summation of the outcome of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yRJBZrlT2kw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First, the academic and cultural elite of Britain got themselves scared stiff over the possibility that a depiction of the prophet Muhammad might be displayed, and second, one of the participants on the Islamist side promised one of the participants that they need just say the word and their opponent would be \u201ccooked\u201d by a mob.<\/p>\n<p>The first participant was Laurence Fox, a comedian and conservative activist who promised to unveil a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-teacher-beheaded-street-discussing-muhammad-cartoons-suspect-killed-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">depiction of Muhammad<\/a> \u2014 verboten under the tenets of Islam, and worth killing for in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost important to me is the free speech of this,\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, let\u2019s get this out, shall we? Seventy-eight percent of British Muslims believe that no publication should publish pictures of Muhammad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn overwhelming majority.\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s nine out of every 10 Muslims that are walking the streets today in a country which absolutely abandoned blasphemy laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox held up a folder containing what he said was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/investigation-underway-artist-famously-drew-muhammad-cartoon-dies-strange-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cartoon of Muhammad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s time to show that I will not submit. I will not adhere to the religious laws of far-off places. My wife asked me not to show this for fear of repercussions in my family. But I told her if I did not, then I had already submitted to Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point, the other side \u2014 headed by Aisha Khan Aziz, one of the student speakers \u2014 objected by saying that it should have been enough that they were invited in the first place and objecting to the use of props.<\/p>\n<p>After much squirming and hemming and hawing, it was determined that props were indeed allowed. So thus allowed, and with everyone on pins and needles, he unveiled\u2026 a picture of Jacob Rees-Mogg, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/antiPeronDoc\/status\/2083363778024906999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposing speaker<\/a> in the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight. So I think, which rather proves the point I was trying to make, that in this envelope lived your fear of Islam and what Islam will do to you when you upset its very oversensitive sky wizard.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is absolutely brilliant from Laurence Fox<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a perfect moment to demonstrate not only how intolerant Islam is but also it proves the entire Oxford Union audience know as well despite pretending otherwise<\/p>\n<p>Laurence is about to unveil an image of the Prophet Muhammad, the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iB5F15hs4l\">pic.twitter.com\/iB5F15hs4l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilTheGreat\/status\/2083287154721952108?\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is a stroke of brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>Not so much on the part of Aziz, who didn\u2019t make the point she thought she did when she said that Fox\u2019s debate partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justice-robinson-jailed-uk-journalist-appeals-13-month-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Robinson<\/a>, would be as good as dead if she let loose the hounds of offended Islamists:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow. After claiming the West, and not Islam, is more violent, Aisha Khan Aziz tells Tommy Robinson the mob outside would kill him if it weren\u2019t for security. The students applaud. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vQ97Khthze\">pic.twitter.com\/vQ97Khthze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libbyemmons\/status\/2083551738754195472?\">August 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Watch the video. You don\u2019t have to be there to realize the fear is palpable \u2014 even if they didn\u2019t know what was inside that envelope.<\/p>\n<p>And, as Aziz made clear, they had good reason to be nervous.<\/p>\n<p>After all, listen to all the people applauding hooliganry. This isn\u2019t to cosign all of what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tommy-robinson-freed-judge-hammers-unfairness-of-original-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Robinson<\/a> says, merely that anyone who promises to throw him to Islamist vigilantes unless you admit Islam isn\u2019t a threat has already made the point against themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Call this what it is: appeasement. 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