By Amin, on July 13th, 2008
Hurrah, justice has prevailed! Tony Blair hasn’t yet been convicted of war crimes, but we have the next best thing.
We live at a time when expressing sympathy for oppressed Palestinians can be construed as glorifying terrorism. Stating that homosexuality is a sin can warrant a police investigation. Hence, an employment tribunal finding Lillian Ladele’s right to her christian faith was discriminated against, is a true breath of fresh air.
At first the Registrar swapped shifts with colleagues to avoid officiating at gay civil partnerships, a sensible compromise to any person with even two brain cells. However, Islington council decided to taunt her (who is black) – comparing this to refusing to marry black people. The professional homosexuals at Stonewall compared this to a doctor refusing to treat black people. To even argue against this point, is to give credence to nonsensical rubbish.
The tribunal rightly found the council should not have given more importance to the rights of one group (gays) over another (christians). Rod Liddle, adulterer, aged 48, Continue reading Homosexuals and Rod the ‘Liddle’ adulterer
By Azad Ali, on July 11th, 2008
According to a ‘survey’ by the hitherto unknown Centre for Islamic Pluralism (CIP), two-thirds of Muslims do not want Shari’ah laws introduced in the UK on civil matters such as marriage. Well at least that’s the ‘estimate’!
This report has been picked up by the usual suspects in the media, Daily Express and the Spectator. Continue reading ‘Muslims don’t want Shari’ah’!
By Tohel, on July 8th, 2008
I always knew negative images of Muslims were quite prevalent around the country, but the extent to which the general British public has begun to have a disdain for Islam and Muslims was shocking.
And this is not just among the intellectual Islamophobes whose corrupt internal nature predisposes a dislike of the truth, or others whose ignorance and lack of intelligence draws them into the gutter of racial hatred. It is Jo Public, who previously (never consciously) had ill feelings towards Islam and Muslims. Continue reading No it shouldn’t happen to us
By Amin, on July 7th, 2008
My fellow blogger Azad Ali is normally quick to read ‘between the lines’. So I was a little puzzled as to why he decided to applaud a speech by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, supporting the use of Sharia in civil cases.
In this speech at the London Muslim Centre, the President-Designate of the new UK Supreme Court decided to add his words of support to this cause. How noble. Yet, in the words of The Sunday Times columnist Minette Marrin, the noble lord ‘appeared to be saying nothing new at all’.
He just restated the [now well-known] right in English law to use any other laws or religious codes in civil disputes. The only consequence of this and the earlier intervention by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, was the resulting Islamophobic rants in the media. Continue reading Knickers in a twist – consequence of the narrow picture
By Abdullah Hasan, on July 7th, 2008
We all have, in one way or another, come across the dramatic story of King George III. A true story of the tragic deteriorating mental health of the 17th century British monarch. Officially considered ‘mad’ until recently, he was put in a straightjacket to restrain his frequent and violent attacks which continued to his demise. However, modern scientific analysis concludes that his abnormal behavior was due to an medical condition called ‘porphyria’ and not a mental illness. This to some modern researchers and psychiatrists explains King George’s ravings and epileptic fits.
In our contemporary world the colossal discovery of oil, particularly in the Arab and Islamic world, has triggered an outbreak of round-the-bend leaders Continue reading The madness of King Abdullah
By Azad Ali, on July 5th, 2008
This was the claim by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, in his description of Shari’ah.
The full quote, “Sharia consists of a set of principles governing the way that one should live one’s life in accordance with the will of God. These principles are based on the Qu’ran, as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad and interpreted by Islamic scholars. The principles have much in common with those of other religions. They do not include forced marriage or the repression of women.”
What bewildered me about the coverage of the speech was the reticence to highlight this message! What would cause the media to leave out this important clarification of Islamophobic prejudices? Continue reading ‘They do not include forced marriage or the repression of women’.
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