Bradford was chosen last week as the UK’s City of Culture for 2025. This week, Bradford Cineworld – as well as a number of other cinemas around the country – announced that a new movie called The Lady of Heaven was being pulled from schedules following protests by angry Muslims. So is this what we can expect from a City of Culture in 21st-century Britain – the creation of all kinds of culture, except for anything that might offend some adherents to the Islamic faith?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/shame-on-cineworld-for-cancelling-the-lady-of-heaven
"allahu akbar" filled the air as Muslim protesters celebrate after @Cineworld Sheffield cave into them and refuse to air the film 'Lady Of Heaven' because it "offends" them.
Unconfirmed reports also claiming that Bristol and Birmingham cinemas stopped the film.@AkkadSecretary pic.twitter.com/WQ0EiJTaFL— Danvow (@DanVoWMedia) June 5, 2022
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