A retired County Durham, England, police officer is appealing a conviction and $1,350 fine after being prosecuted over a Facebook post that a judge ruled was “grossly offensive.”
A British retiree has been fined for joking about the Islamic prophet’s marriage to a child on social media, spotlighting the United Kingdom’s censorious laws against “grossly offensive” communications. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A retired County Durham, England , police officer is appealing a conviction and £1,000 (~$1,350) fine after being prosecuted for a social media post that a judge ruled was “grossly offensive.” Stephen Gray, 65, was initially investigated after a neighbor reported two Facebook posts. DETAIL: Gray was acquitted over the first post, which combined a call for “mass deportation” with a satirical claim about a migrant seeking accommodation with better amenities and a halal menu. The second post,…Open
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), a member of the extremist “Twelver” sect of Shia Islam, invoked the Prophet Muhammad and the history of Islam to defend his support for even more expansive sanctuary laws while speaking before 400 faith leaders at the annual Interfaith Breakfast.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Zohran Mamdani, illegal immigrants, […] The post Mamdani, from Islam’s Extreme ‘Twelver’ Sect, Says He Supports Immigration Because It ‘Built’ His Religion. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), a member of the extremist “Twelver” sect of Shia Islam, invoked the Prophet Muhammad and the history of Islam to defend his support for even more expansive sanctuary laws while speaking before 400 faith leaders at the annual Interfaith Breakfast. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Zohran Mamdani, illegal immigrants, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and New York residents. WHEN & WHERE: The Interfaith Breakfast occurred on Friday, February 6, 2026, in New York City. KEY QUOTE: “I consider my own faith, Islam, a religion built upon a narrative of migration. The story of the Hijrah reminds us that Prophet Muhammad, was a stranger too, who fled Mecca and was welcomed…Open