Tony Blair, the Middle East war-mongering former prime minister turned Middle East peace envoy, has declared "radical Islam" to be the biggest threat ever, in the world. The British government has launched an inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood, which, according to Prime Minister David Cameron is to "establish a complete picture" of the organisation. And the UK Charities Commission - headed by William Shawcross, formerly of the neo-con Henry Jackson society - has declared "Islamist extremism" to be the most "deadly threat" facing charities in England and Wales.
A UKIP candidate was suspended a few days ago, after tweeting that Muslims were the "devil's kids". That followed another UKIP candidate leaving the party "by mutual agreement" after he compared Islam to the Third Reich - and also said British comedian Lenny Henry should "emigrate to a Black country". A UKIP candidate for Oldham, greater Manchester suggested on her Facebook page that Britain should "ban Islam and knock down all the mosques". A UKIP member of the Europeans parliament proposed that British Muslims sign a "declaration denouncing parts of the Quran", as if the Old Testament and even the New Testament is not full of despicable content
A steady drip-feeding of politically driven propaganda over Islam has had a contagious effect in the UK. It has placed the entire Muslim population of Britain - political or not - to be perceived as a "problem" community.
The Muslim Brotherhood power-sharing Ennahda party in Tunisia is of course still fine - but then, so are Muslim Brotherhood rebels in Libya, whom the Brits helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, and the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated rebels in Syria, whom Britain also backs. Is it really too much to ask of our political leaders to at least make sense and be consistent? The investigation ordered by Cameron is thought to be intended mostly to appease allies - Saudi Arabia and other Gulf autocratic monarchies that hate the idea of democratically-elected theocracy which could threaten their existence.
It must be asked, who, for instance, would attempt politically to associate all British Jewry with the violent fanaticism of Zionist settlers in the occupied West Bank or demand UK's practising Buddhists that they must denounce Buddhist violence in Burma daily, before being viewed as normal moderate members of society?
Adapted from Al Jazeera
A UKIP candidate was suspended a few days ago, after tweeting that Muslims were the "devil's kids". That followed another UKIP candidate leaving the party "by mutual agreement" after he compared Islam to the Third Reich - and also said British comedian Lenny Henry should "emigrate to a Black country". A UKIP candidate for Oldham, greater Manchester suggested on her Facebook page that Britain should "ban Islam and knock down all the mosques". A UKIP member of the Europeans parliament proposed that British Muslims sign a "declaration denouncing parts of the Quran", as if the Old Testament and even the New Testament is not full of despicable content
A steady drip-feeding of politically driven propaganda over Islam has had a contagious effect in the UK. It has placed the entire Muslim population of Britain - political or not - to be perceived as a "problem" community.
The Muslim Brotherhood power-sharing Ennahda party in Tunisia is of course still fine - but then, so are Muslim Brotherhood rebels in Libya, whom the Brits helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, and the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated rebels in Syria, whom Britain also backs. Is it really too much to ask of our political leaders to at least make sense and be consistent? The investigation ordered by Cameron is thought to be intended mostly to appease allies - Saudi Arabia and other Gulf autocratic monarchies that hate the idea of democratically-elected theocracy which could threaten their existence.
It must be asked, who, for instance, would attempt politically to associate all British Jewry with the violent fanaticism of Zionist settlers in the occupied West Bank or demand UK's practising Buddhists that they must denounce Buddhist violence in Burma daily, before being viewed as normal moderate members of society?
Adapted from Al Jazeera
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