It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it?

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Dec 2017
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It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it?

Felix Ngole | photo: BBC

On 27 October, the High Court ruled against Felix Ngole, a social work student, who was in court for a judicial review of his expulsion from his university course after he expressed his biblical beliefs about marriage during a Facebook discussion.

Reading through the court documents, it becomes clear however, that Ngole was not categorically expelled due to what he said. The situation is more complex. The judge was called to decide whether the university had, in essence, treated him fairly.

Respect for religious people

It was noted that Ngole had not been seen as ‘unteachable’ prior to the Internet postings. The court ‘attach real weight to the judicial observations … which [Ngole’s barrister] put before the court, and accept their relevance on the question of fair balance. Freedom of religious discourse is a public good of great importance and seriousness’ (paragraph 166).

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