‘How is a convicted terrorist trying to sue me over my pub’s name?’

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1. “Khalid Baqa, a convicted terrorist, is claiming £1,850 over a “deeply offensive” depiction of “a brown-skinned bearded Arab” on a sign at The Saracen’s Head Inn in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
   Whilst he is starting with the one establishment, he plans to extend his fight to others if he is successful. There are 24 Saracen’s Heads across the country. Many bear a similar image on their frontage, and are outraged by Baqa’s claims.”

2. The floodgates were opened when that one pub capitulated, and changed it’s “offensive” name a while back.
   Now it’s open season for trouble-makers and attention-seekers to cause disruption.

   From Animal rights activists to Terrorists, everyone is now on the lookout for “offensive” pub-names, so they can get their cause or message in the media.

3. How? He got a solicitor and filed the case. That’s how it’s done.

4. Presumably he’s just as offended by all the pubs called The King’s Head, which are presumably encouraging regicide according to his “logic”.

   No? Well, I for one am shocked.

   Piss off with your fake outrage and grow the fuck up. There are real problems in the world that need to be sorted before we worry about pointless drivel like this “offence”.

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8. It’s all bollocks. But madness is the new normal. I’m Muslim & I’m offended by a pub name, I’m Jewish I’m terrified of black & white scarves…..

9. As a local in the area, I can say that there is a rumour going around that it’s all a bit of a setup for publicity as the Pub has been struggling of late…

   I don’t go there, or know anyone that works there. So this could be just a story, but everyone in the area is saying that this is what’s behind it all.

   Even if it’s all 100% legit, the owner has gained well over £1,850 worth of free advertising across most of the UK press, so not all bad. Every cloud and all that….

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11. No body sees a patron here but ear me out,… all i can see is this terrorist trying to get some free money for is shits trying to win stupid courts case. Hopes he never get any cent and loose all of them

12. A grifter’s going to grift but what legal firm took on such a case and maybe we should be questioning what else they’ll do for a quick cash-grab.

13. You know what you should do with your “offence” fetch a ladder and get over it!

14. Terrorist end of, you can bet he’s on the dole at the expense of the tax payer.

    Waste of a human.

15. > After a short exchange in which Baqa went on to threaten “legal action”, he never heard from him again – until he saw him in the news this week, suing another pub bearing the same name as his own.

    Anyone can threaten to sue anyone for anything.

    Do it too much and you can get put on the vexatious litigant list.

    If we had a news story every time someone threatened a baseless legal claim we’d never have time for anything else. I wonder why the Telegraph cares about this one.

16. Get to fuck with all this nonsense. Lock the bell end up for wasting oxygen.

17. In a free society people are free to amongst other things try to sue each other over any old nonsense.

    It’ll be a concern if the law suit gets far or is successful. But “trying to sue” is a basic right that should be open to all.

18. This needs to go to court and get thrown out by a judge. It’s ridiculous. The current owner of the pub is not responsible for naming it, it’s probably had the same name for hundreds of years.

19. Is the sign offensive? It looks like a handsome bearded chap in a stylish turban to me

20. The only good thing about this is that if he loses he’ll have to pay the costs of the pub.

21. They should update the picture to include a bottle of shampoo and call it The Saracen’s Head And Shoulders

22. Well yeah the Muslims hang out in a cafe called “gouge out white people’s eyes” but they’ve always called it that, what are you trying to mess with history for?

23. The world is daily becoming unfit to be in. People suck but some are FAR worse than others. This terrorist should fuck off

24. “Man chances arm, people overreact, right wing newspaper pretends something has happened to stoke culture war”

    I’m sure Anthony Costa from Blue could unsuccessfully attempt to sue every Costs coffee if he had time on his hands, but it aint news

25. So, this idiot travels 49 miles from his home in Barking to be offended by a 500 year old pub name in Amersham? Fucking idiot.

    I would have some sympathy if it was a decapitated head on a sign 50 metres from his house. But, like many pubs called the King’s Head, its a respectful drawing of a living, smiling, happy head.

26. So he’s misusing the legal system, and the Telegraph is playing into their shared hand of trying to cause division by suggesting it’s a much bigger story.

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