Go and read Nick Cohen on the how libel laws are protecting those who promote hatred:

One prominent figure, who is occasionally allowed on to the airwaves to balance the Muslim Council of Britain, told me he never used the words ‘Saudi Arabia’ or ‘Wahhabism’.

When he wanted to discuss either, he referred fuzzily to ‘foreign funding for extremist doctrines’. He knows that if he speaks out, he will be banned from Saudi Arabia. Blacklisting is a formidable sanction for him and others as he has a religious duty to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

He is also frightened of being sued - as is everyone else. Britain’s repressive libel laws are becoming a threat to security and racial harmony. ‘Saudi money is now a major source of income for London libel firms,’ one lawyer told me. ‘School fees and second homes depend on it.’