Muslims Against the Crusades launch UK Islamic Emirates Project on anniversary of London 7/7 bombings
I don’t normally link to the atheistic website The Freethinker, but I will do so in this instance.
They alert us of a new campaign launched today by Islamic Group Muslims Against the Crusades. The campaign is called, The Islamic Emirates Project and this is the gumpf:
In the last 50 years, the United Kingdom has transformed beyond recognition. What was once a predominantly Christian country has now been overwhelmed by a rising Muslim population, which seeks to preserve its Islamic identity, and protect itself from the satanic values of the tyrannical British government.
There are now over 2.8 million Muslims living in the United Kingdom – which is a staggering 5% of the population – but in truth, it is more than just numbers, indeed the entire infrastructure of Britain is changing; Mosques, Islamic Schools, Shari’ah Courts and Muslim owned businesses, have now become an integral part of the British landscape.
In light of this glaring fact, Muslims Against Crusades have decided to launch ‘The Islamic Emirates Project’, that will see high profile campaigns launch in Muslim enclaves all over Britain, with the objective to gradually transform Muslim communities into Islamic Emirates operating under Shari’ah law.
With several Islamic emirates already well established across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, including Iraq and Afghanistan, we see this as a radical, but very realistic step in the heart of Western Europe, that will inshaa’allah (God willing), pave the way for the worldwide domination of Islam.
Forgive my cynicism, but I don’t believe it’s a coincidence that they have chosen the 7th July to launch this campaign, which coincides with the anniversary of the London bombings six years ago, that killed 52 and injured 800.
This is obviously a fringe extremist group which includes Anjem Choudary and so I’m hoping for swift condemnation from the Muslim community.
Tags: Religion Society
July 7th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
I think you may have to wait a long time for condemnation from the Muslim community……I believe that most British Muslims have sympathy for the cause of jihad and Islamic fundamentalism.
July 7th, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Richard Collins above is absolutely correct.
The meek shall inherit Islam.
July 7th, 2011 at 5:59 pm
“This is obviously a fringe extremist group … “
Forgive my cynicism, Webmaster but this is not a fringe extremist group this is islam the religion of jihad.
Imagine a thousand Muslim enclaves across the U.K. a thousand Gaza Strips or Kosovos, a thousand intifadas, a generational war of abrasion and attrition a long slow death by a thousand cuts.
Anjem Choudary is no fool on this point the potential for such enclaves is very real even several such enclaves would be a drain on the integrity of the U.K.
July 8th, 2011 at 3:59 am
No, I don’t think Richard is right, the majority of Muslims are certainly not interested in Jihad or Fundamentalism – both would impinge upon their own lives too much and take away many of the advantages they have living in the West. Yes, some whine on about the wonders of Islam, but it is interesting to note how many of those fighting tooth and nail to get into the UK or remain in the UK are Muslims – they know which side their bread is buttered and few Muslims in Britain would want to live in a Muslim country or would want Shariah law in Muslim areas in the UK. For a start which ‘Shariah’ – there are four schools of Islamic jurisprudence and – as is the case with all religion – a good deal of arguing as to which is the ‘true’ shariah.
I’ve spend a good deal of time studying Islam – and in particular its political, cultural and historical manifestations; it shares a good deal with some aspects of Christianity. I’d even argue that organisations like Muslims against Crusades are not that different in terms of their objects or the arrogance and intolerance they show to wider society than say The Christian Institute or Anglican Mainstream. The creed may be different, but the intention is that ‘they are right’ because they believe and are the only ones able to decide what is meant by the words of their sacred text. Well, we all know where that kind of belief leads, don’t we?
For my own part, I believe that it is time to start asking of Muslims where their loyalties lie. As a student I visited an Orthodox synagogue – and was surprised to see that on one wall there was a prayer for the Queen and government, something you find in every synagogue. I doubt you’d see something like that in a mosque! As someone who was in London on 7/7 (in fact stuck underground for an hour or so not far from the King’s Cross bomb) and as a social worker with special training for civil emergencies, was on alert and prepared to spend the night at our office in London if necessary, 7/7 has a special significance. Even now, six years on, if – as the other week, when there was a fire at Aldwich, and roads are closed, helicopters whirr overhead and police sirens wail – I feel physically sick, because it brings back that terrible day. I can’t help but feel resentment that there has been an increase in the number of women wearing the veil since 7/7. You’d have thought there would have been the reverse!
But I don’t think the increase in the visible signs Islamic observance are about (in the main anyway) Jihad and Fundamentalism. They are more rooted in the endemic quality of religion to breed a sense of ‘specialness’ and increase a sense of conceit and difference in the believer. For Muslims it is the veil – for some Christians it is to whine on about homosexuality: both ‘easy’ symbols of righteousness and not as costly as the more demanding inner requirements of the relative faiths.
Whatever, there is a time-bomb ticking away. Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs have found a way to live out their faith and culture without (on the whole…) wanting to be seen as special. To my mind, as someone who was force-fed ‘anti-racist practice’ and ‘equal ops’ as a social worker and a local government officer I think it is time to say multiculturalism has failed because it results in a magnifying of difference rather than the reverse. I think the way forward is that we emphasise a secular public society and stress the right for the state to keep its nose out of people’s private lives and their beliefs. I have been to too many conferences and training days where some ‘minority’ bleats on about their cultural needs – as a social worker I would often argue that white people have cultural needs too, particularly white working class people who get sidelined again and again – and it is these people who have to live cheek by jowl with ‘multiculturalism’ rather than some leftie liberal who can choose where they want to live. The only way I can see forward in the melting pot of Britain is that we have a common consensus as to what constitutes citizenship and if you don’t like it, go somewhere else. Though there are few places in the world that bend over backwards to be as accommodating as the UK, and then get complaints when the contortion hasn’t been enough!
P.
July 10th, 2011 at 11:22 am
Peter Denshaw – ah, a social worker. Nuff said.
July 12th, 2011 at 11:15 am
Richard
Thank you for your instructive comment.
So nice how you can pigeon hole people and make what could be seen as pejorative slurs. Thankfully, I am not the kind of person to see things in a negative light so I presume ‘Peter Denshaw – ah, a social worker. Nuff said’ means that people like myself, who have got their hands dirty – seeing the under belly of life – is something to be proud of; indeed it was after 7/7 that myself and fellow social workers in London, were asked by the Met Police to staff a support centre and, if necessary, accompany relatives of the bombing victims to the morturaries when they were indentifying the bodies – or bits left behind; this was done in our own time; so I’ve more than first hand experience of what religious extremism and intolerance can do! I’ve not just worked in statutory social work but also in lay ministry – a little more useful than poncing around a chancel in clouds of incense and self-righteousness.
I have left social work now and I am engaged on a PhD in Theology & Religious Studies – which builds on the several years I spent as monk and the many more years I spent in lay ministry. So I’ve a few more strings to my bow – a broader view allows one to not become a judgemental bigot. I’m in my mid 40s and so can remember IRA’s reign of terror in the UK – and I can remember Roman Catholics getting tarred with the same brush from the more ignorant and intolerant in the population. Indeed the idea that Catholics were (are!) part of an anti-English/anti-Protestant conspiracy to undermine British society has long been part of British culture – and until 1828 was part of British Law. Even now, Wills couldn’t have been King if he had married a Catholic, which I think demonstrates how deep that prejudice goes. It is funny how much that was said about Catholics is now being said about Muslims.
Tut tut there I go again, with that liberal, trying to see the broad picture, view of the world. Silly me – so much better isn’t it, to insinuate and moan and bitch and carp..? I am not the world’s best when it comes to Scripture, but didn’t Jesus say something about ‘Blessed be the peacemakers?’ – but who needs those wishy-washy words of Jesus when it is far better and much more appealing to our baser instincts to sow discord, hatred and untruth?
Just had a look at your blog… Very interesting. A reactionary Roman Catholic… Nuff Said…
Regards:
P.
July 12th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Peter – I will take that as a compliment. Pax!
July 12th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
@ Peter Denshaw: I read your first post several days thinking what a very thoughtful man you seemed and how well you’d expressed those thoughts. Your reply to Richard Collins’ sarky post only confirms my initial opinion.
As for Richard Collins, are you sure you didn’t mean that comment for the Daily Mail? Not impressed.
July 14th, 2011 at 3:31 am
@ Bel Hughes
Thanks for the kind words.
In an episode of the Simpsons, I remember Ned Fladders once said: ‘I’m a Christian, it’s my duty to think the worst…’ Alas, the line was funny because, like all humour, it contains a nugget of truth. There are a number of Christians who do just that, think the worst… And have a habit of straining gnats, yet swallow camels. But we all do that… But some more than others!
Thanks again!
P.
July 14th, 2011 at 3:37 am
@ Richard Collins
Good for you Richard, good for you!
Grace & Peace
P.
August 2nd, 2011 at 10:23 pm
@Peter Denshaw: Brilliant, thoughtful, wise, and informed. Thank you.