Reformed Jihadist Hassan Butt On British Muslims In Denial
HASSAN Butt sees British Muslims in denial. But then, as my brother’s cousin told me, Butt is probably a 450-year-old Israeli:
This tendency towards denial is now writ large with the problem of terrorism and Muslims. Let’s remember that the older generation of Muslims emigrated to Britain aspiring to work hard and to better their standard of living. They had always been law-abiding citizens whose loyalties lay with Britain in the main. Muslim involvement in terrorism here in Britain carries as much or even more shame for them as a drug-dealing son or a promiscuous daughter. Muslims do not deal with shame very well or anything that tarnishes their honour or reputation.
Just alcoholics or drug addicts must acknowledge that they have an addiction problem, we Muslims need to accept that there is a problem within our communities. Only when Muslims admit that 9/11 and 7/7 were the work of Muslim terrorists can we move forward to the next juncture: which is recognising the hard truth that Islam does permit the use of violence. Muslims who deny this, preferring instead to mouth easy platitudes about how Islam is nothing but a religion of peace, make the job easier for the radicals who can point to passages in the Koran, set down in black and white, that instruct on the killing of unbelievers.
July 15th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
It will take Muslims who are opposed and/or ashamed of the violent radicals to speak up as a vocal majority and denounce the terrible acts of the monority that perpetuate terror.
It will also equally require the non-Muslim world to speak out for that majority, recognizing that we understand that most Muslims want a world where they can raise children in safety and teach them love instead of hate. As long as they believe that we hate and suspect all of them, there will never be consensus and cooperation between the two.
I pray that we can get there… together… as the majority who want peace.
July 16th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Islam, as it stands, is not just a religion. It is an ideal which seeks to establish Islamic rule over the entire world. Every practsing Muslim is working towards this ideal, either through political or armed conflict.
On the face of it, they come to our country to enjoy a better life - and in fact they do - it is one of ther perks of an assignment to build a bridgehead in our country.
But make no mistake - their concept of ‘freedom’ - the establshment of Islamic law - constitutes our subjugation and oppression.
July 26th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
David Smith is talking nothing but stupidity.
Sure, there are muslims who want to rule the whole world, just like Britain wanted to, and just like the US does today.
But to say Islam wants to rule the whole world is just crazy. Sure, muslims want to be able to go to other countries and spread their message, but they don’t want to establish a Caliphate in another country, just the muslim world.