We were actually talking about a way around this 'religious protection' legislation in the UK, and the best we could come up with, was to outlaw Halal meat on the grounds of animal cruelty, thus circumventing the notion of it being religious persecution. I must admit, I think such a thing is unlikely, but it is a clever notion to use someone's religious beliefs as a weapon against themselves! A little unfair perhaps, not every Muslim is a sword-wielding maniac after all. What I'd like to see is all religions stamped on, that way, it wouldn't be classed as persecution, rather, common sense.
Frankly the laws on this sort of thing in the UK are ridiculous. I gave up hope when I saw those protesters in London carrying banners with 'behead those who offend Islam' etc, and not even being cautioned, let alone arrested. Kind of makes that guy's 'Don't Piss Me Off' T-shirt seem a bit tame in comparison.
Beats me why the guy even wanted to come here to be honest. Living in the UK is crap.
Chock