Category Archives: Right wing

‘And this is why they did it’

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“There are many Muslims who believe that the idea that all other faiths have been ‘abrogated’ and that the whole of mankind should be united under the banner of Islam must be dropped as a dangerous anachronism. But to the Islamist those Muslims who think like that are themselves regarded as lapsed, and deserving of death.”

Right-wing Iranian exile Amir Taheri, one of the “thinkers” promoted by the neocon PR company Benador Associates, offers his explanation of the motives behind the London bombings. Note that Taheri adopts the same approach as the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty – blurring the difference between political Islam and terrorism in order to suggest that all “Islamists” are terrorists.

Times, 8 July 2005

Indeed, for Taheri, there is a clear overlap between mainstream Islam and terrorism: “Go to any mosque in the West (let alone in the Islamic countries) on any Friday and you are sure to hear a litany of woes about how the ‘cross-worshippers’ have allied themselves with the ‘plotting Jews’ in order to destroy Islam, which, as God’s final message, is the only true faith.”

New York Post, 8 July 2005

‘The jihad comes to Britain’ – Mad Mel reflects on the London bombings

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“It was nauseating to witness the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, deliver his ringing condemnation of terrorism yesterday – the same Ken Livingstone who invited the terrorism supporter and Islamic extremist Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi to speak in the capital last summer and physically embraced him on the platform.

“Even more alarmingly, the country’s principal police force involved in counter-terrorism is now under the control of an officer whose obsession with the ‘diversity’ agenda is thought to be undermining the fight against terror…. Sir Ian’s obsession with attacking ‘Islamophobia’ is now raising serious concerns among certain police officers and security sources. It is getting in the way of the job the police are called upon to do. Officers who try to address the delicate issue of terrorism and its supporters within the Muslim community now find themselves in danger of being accused within their own force of Islamophobia.”

Mad Mel on the lessons of the London bombings.

Daily Mail, 8 July 2005

‘The twisted logic of Galloway’ (and Max Hastings)

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GeorgeGallowayUnder the headline “The twisted logic of Galloway” (“Outrage as he claims capital has ‘paid the price’ of war on Iraq”), the Daily Mail denounces George Galloway’s statement on the London bombings.

The Mail is appalled that Galloway should point out: “We argued, as did the security services in this country, that the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq would increase the threat of terrorist attack in Britain. Tragically Londoners have now paid the price of the government ignoring such warnings.”

Ironically, the same issue of the Mail features an article by Max Hastings which makes an almost identical point:

“We must acknowledge that, by supporting President Bush’s extravagances in his ill-named War On Terror and ill-justified invasion of Iraq, Blair has ensured that we are in the front line beside the U.S., whether we like it or not. We could help to stem recruitment to Al Qaeda by achieving a more constructive engagement with Muslim nations…. But … Bush’s bellicose rhetoric, his commitment to crude military might as a means of imposing his vision of U.S. universalism on the world, form a huge obstacle…”

Of course, the practical conclusions drawn by the two authors are rather different. Galloway calls for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, Hastings for a crackdown on civil liberties.

Daily Mail accuses Ian Blair of undermining counter-terrorism by opposing Islamophobia

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Even more alarmingly, the country’s principal police force involved in counterterrorism is now under the control of an officer whose obsession with the “diversity” agenda is thought to be undermining the fight against terror.

The oppressive side of this philosophy surfaced recently when Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, was rebuked by an employment tribunal for “hanging his own officers out to dry” to prove his anti-racist credentials.

This was after his force was found to have racially discriminated against three white officers who were disciplined after alleged racist remarks at a training day, in which one of them had referred to Muslim headgear as “tea cosies”, mispronounced Shi’ites as “shitties” and said he felt sorry for Muslims who fasted during Ramadan.

Yet following this institutional bullying over Islamophobia, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick yesterday made the astonishing comment: “As far as I am concerned Islam and terrorists are two words that do not go together.” So what, then, does he think Al Qaeda is?

While few would disagree that the Met has to be sensitive to the needs of ethnic minorities, Sir Ian’s obsession with attacking “Islamophobia” is now raising serious concerns among certain police officers and security sources.

It is getting in the way of the job the police are called upon to do. Officers who try to address the delicate issue of terrorism and its supporters within the Muslim community now find themselves in danger of being accused within their own force of Islamophobia.

Daily Mail, 8 July 2005

Robert Spencer warns against concessions to British Muslims

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Does Robert Spencer fear a racist backlash against British Muslims? Not at all. Rather, he expresses anxiety that the dhimmis of the UK will demonstrate excessive concern for Muslim sensibilities, “making it altogether possible that the London bombings will end up winning more concessions for Muslims in the UK than they would have won otherwise. The idea that they are lashing out in frustration because their legitimate grievance is not being redressed, combined with utter ignorance of the jihad ideology, could make 7/7 the end of resistance to the proposed religious hatred law, and the beginning of more accommodations.”

Dhimmi Watch, 8 July 2005

An anatomy of the London bombing

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“To criticize Islamic fascism is supposedly to be unfair to Islam, so we allow on our own shores mullahs and madrassas to spread hatred and intolerance, as part of our illiberal acceptance of ‘not offending Islam’. It is not that we don’t believe in Western values as much as we don’t even know what they are anymore. The London bombings were only a reification of what goes on daily with impunity blocks away in the mosques and Islamist schools of London.”

Victor Davis Hanson on the London bombings.

National Review, 8 July 2005

Earth calling Jamie Glazov

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Over at Front Page Magazine, Jamie Glazov offers his views on the London bombings:

“… overall, there is deafening silence coming from the Muslim community at large in terms of denouncing this terrorism and the killing of innocents. If Islam is a religion of peace and this terrorism is against Islamic law, where are the world’s Muslims ferociously repudiating these terrorists for slandering their religion by carrying out terrorist acts on behalf of Islam?

“… The Left, of course, will be celebrating this attack. Earlier you mentioned George Galloway. He has even called for an alliance between the Left and radical Islam. The likes of Galloway and Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky – all of them will clearly be rubbing their hands in glee because of this attack in London…”

You have to ask: what planet does Jamie Glazov live on? Even Robert Spencer stops short of this sort of raving.

Daily Mail accuses Ian Blair of undermining counter-terrorism by opposing Islamophobia

Posted on by Bob Pitt

.. the country’s principal police force involved in counterterrorism is now under the control of an officer whose obsession with the “diversity” agenda is thought to be undermining the fight against terror.

The oppressive side of this philosophy surfaced recently when Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, was rebuked by an employment tribunal for “hanging his own officers out to dry” to prove his anti-racist credentials.

This was after his force was found to have racially discriminated against three white officers who were disciplined after alleged racist remarks at a training day, in which one of them had referred to Muslim headgear as “tea cosies”, mispronounced Shi’ites as “shitties” and said he felt sorry for Muslims who fasted during Ramadan.

Yet following this institutional bullying over Islamophobia, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick yesterday made the astonishing comment: “As far as I am concerned Islam and terrorists are two words that do not go together.” So what, then, does he think Al Qaeda is?

While few would disagree that the Met has to be sensitive to the needs of ethnic minorities, Sir Ian’s obsession with attacking “Islamophobia” is now raising serious concerns among certain police officers and security sources.

It is getting in the way of the job the police are called upon to do. Officers who try to address the delicate issue of terrorism and its supporters within the Muslim community now find themselves in danger of being accused within their own force of Islamophobia.

Daily Mail, 8 July 2005

Don’t blame AIDS on Muslims

Posted on by Bob Pitt

It is hardly surprising that Muslims feel singled out for unfavorable categorization by the West. AIDS is a global threat which is ravaging Africa and threatens to do the same in populous Asia. But a supposedly concerned U.S. think-tank has chosen to present the threat in religious terms.

The report of the National Bureau of Asian Research entitled “Behind the Veil of a Public Health Crisis; HIV/AIDS in the Muslim world” proclaims that this is a “heretofore largely unexplored problem” and demands that “countries in the Muslim world tackle these problems now.” It sees the Muslim world as one and describes the spread of HIV among Muslims as “the newest phase in the global pandemic.”

Ironically, this attempt to link Islam and AIDS denial has coincided with a UNAIDS meeting in Kobe, Japan, focusing on the situation and outlook in Asia, which clearly shows how the issue cuts across all religious and political divides.

New York Times, 7 July 2005

Cf. ‘The Muslim face of AIDS’, Front Page Magazine, 7 July 2005

Comments at Jihad Watch on the London bombings

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Robert Spencer’s admirers offer their insights into the causes and consequences of the London attacks:

“Every fibre in my being has anger in it and every bit of it is directed to Islam.”

“This is Islam – the TRUE one. Islam is EVIL.”

“And is Red Ken going to condemn the attacks, since he’s been cultivating these Islamic types for so long? And George Galloway?”

“I am sick of multiculturism and the Islamic colonialization it spreads. I am sick of Moslems whining that they are fucking ‘misunderstood’…. What can we expect when Moslems are imported en masse into Europe.”

“I am at a loss for words, but would like to express my complete and utter disgust for moslems throughout the world and their cult of death that causes, sanctions and encourages carnage such as this through the filthy, disgusting koran. You are ALL Shameful beasts of Satan, who should be made to pay a very heavy price!”

“I hope the Bill that restricts criticism of Islam has not gone through the House of Lords yet.”

“Meanwhile the Muslim Council of Britain has condemned the attacks and has asked for ‘calm’. They always ask for calm. Never do these sick people ask for ‘calm’ from islamic jihadis.”

“When is the world going to come out and call the bastards what they are; terrorists intent on world domination in the name of a ‘religion’ started by a murderous pedophile which advocates murder, rape, lying, theft, intimidation, and slavery.”

Jihad Watch, 7 July 2005