Morpeth Councillor reported to police for “Islam is the biggest threat to world peace” FB post
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Monday November 30 2015
The Chronicle Live reports on a post added to a Facebook page by an independent councillor for Morpeth Town Council, David E Clark, in which he stated “Islam is the biggest threat to world peace.”
Clark posted the comment on the page Morpeth Matters, which has since been closed down, on Saturday 14 November, the day after the Paris attacks. On the page, which had over 9,000 followers, Clark posted the comment:
“As nice as it is for us all to put up French tricolur (sic) on our Facebook pages, the fact remains ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) need to be wiped off the face of the earth.
“Islam is the biggest threat to world peace.”
The Chronicle Live further notes that when Clark was questioned about his comment referring to “Islam” and not “radical Islam”, as his purported target, he replied:
“That’d be like saying all Christians, Sikhs or Hindus are all bad, which of course is quite ludicrous.
“I believe that anyone who is trying to say that I meant otherwise is doing it for their own agenda, whatever that maybe, but I suspect it may be political.”
The local news site reports that the post was referred to Northumbria Police which carried out enquiries before establishing that no crime had been committed and issuing advice to the councillor.
A spokesperson for Northumbria Police said:
“At 9.47pm on Wednesday, November 18, police received a report of concern over offensive comments posted online.
“Enquiries were carried out and it was established that no criminal offence had taken place.
“Police have given words of advice to the person involved.”