Pamela Geller, the controversial US anti-Islamic writer and activist, is not a woman easily deterred. So when she says that she is mounting a legal battle against a ban on her entry to Britain, it is as well to take her seriously.
“My banning was an instance of the UK acting to criminalise criticism of Islam,” Ms Geller said.
She and a fellow activist, Robert Spencer, had been due to speak at an English Defence League (EDL) rally in Woolwich last month and to lay flowers at the spot where Drummer Lee Rigby was killed. But the anti-fascism group Hope not Hate successfully lobbied to exclude the pair, arguing that they would stir up trouble because of their extreme anti-Muslim views. Theresa May, the Home