[ May 3, 2024 ]
You might have thought that Absurd Britannia couldn’t possibly get any more absurd. You’d have been wrong. The Daily Mail reported Monday that British “police are considering dropping the terms ‘Islamist terror’ and ‘jihadi’ because they ‘don’t help community relations.’” The cops were apparently mum about whether jihad terrorism and jihadis themselves “don’t help community relations.” They’re much more concerned about nomenclature. If we don’t offend the poor dears, you see, all will be well, and jihad will become a thing of the past.
Well, that is, not “jihad,” but whatever Britain’s politically correct elite decide to call it. Maybe they could take a page from the Washington Redskins and call jihadis The London Football Team. The Daily Mail notes that “alternatives suggested include ‘faith-claimed terrorism’, ‘terrorists abusing religious motivations’ and ‘adherents of Osama bin Laden’s ideology.’”
What exactly is Osama bin Laden’s ideology? Don’t expect the British police to tell you. This entire rebranding endeavor is an effort to ignore and obfuscate the answer to that question. Now who would want to do that? The Daily Mail tells us that “a Muslim police organisation claimed today’s official terminology fuelled negative perceptions, stereotypes, discrimination and Islamophobia.” Why, we can’t have people thinking ill of people for blowing up commuters on buses and subways and little girls at concerts. And so “the 3,000-strong National Association of Muslim Police advocated ‘a change in culture by moving away from using terms which have a direct link to Islam and jihad. These … do not help community relations and public confidence.’”
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The National Association of Muslim Police is ready with just the right phrase: “It instead suggested an Arabic word, ‘Irhabi,’ could be deployed. It is used throughout the Middle East to describe those with extremist views. The group said that the word ‘jihad’ was complicated by its figurative meaning of the ‘struggle’ of being faithful, as well as being used to to [sic] denote self-defence in the context of a physical struggle.”
Labeling jihadis “irhabis,” those who wage unlawful warfare, of course assumes that jihad activity goes against the teachings of Islam. The U.S. chose this willful ignorance nearly a decade ago. On October 19, 2011, Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates, who had complained for years about supposed Muslim profiling and entrapment, sent a letter to John Brennan, who was then the Assistant to the President on National Security for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism. The letter was signed not just by Khera, but by the leaders of virtually all the significant Islamic groups in the United States: 57 Muslim, Arab, and South Asian organizations, many with ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, including CAIR, the Islamic Society of North America, the Muslim American Society, the Islamic Circle of North America, Islamic Relief USA; and the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
The letter denounced what it characterized as U.S. government agencies’ “use of biased, false and highly offensive training materials about Muslims and Islam.” It criticized “the FBI’s use of biased experts and training materials.” Khera complained that my books could be found in “the FBI’s library at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Virginia”; that a reading list accompanying a powerpoint presentation by the FBI’s Law Enforcement Communications Unit recommended my book The Truth About Muhammad; and that in July 2010 I “presented a two-hour seminar on ‘the belief system of Islamic jihadists’ to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in Tidewater, Virginia,” and “presented a similar lecture to the U.S. Attorney’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council, which is co-hosted by the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office.”
These were supposed to be terrible things because I was bigoted and hateful. But many of the examples Khera adduced of “bigoted and distorted materials” involved statements that were not actually bigoted and distorted at all, but simply accurate. What was distorted was Khera’s representation of them. For instance, Khera stated,
A 2006 FBI intelligence report stating that individuals who convert to Islam are on the path to becoming “Homegrown Islamic Extremists,” if they exhibit any of the following behavior:
- “Wearing traditional Muslim attire”
- “Growing facial hair”
- “Frequent attendance at a mosque or a prayer group”
- “Travel to a Muslim country”
- “Increased activity in a pro-Muslim social group or political cause”
But the FBI intelligence report Khera purported to be describing didn’t actually say that converts to Islam were necessarily “on the path” to becoming “extremists” if they wore traditional Muslim attire, grew facial hair, and frequently attended a mosque; it simply included these behaviors among a list of fourteen indicators to “identify an individual going through the radicalization process.” Others included “travel without obvious source of funds’; “suspicious purchases of bomb making paraphernalia or weapons”; “large transfer of funds, from or to overseas”; and “formation of operational cells.” Khera selectively quoted and misrepresented the list to give the impression that the FBI was saying that devout observance of Islam led inevitably and in every case to “extremism.”
Despite the factual accuracy of the material about which they were complaining, the Muslim groups signing the letter demanded that the task force “purge all federal government training materials of biased materials”; “implement a mandatory re-training program for FBI agents, U.S. Army officers, and all federal, state and local law enforcement who have been subjected to biased training”; and more — to ensure that all that law enforcement officials would learn about Islam and jihad would be what the signatories wanted them to learn.
Brennan immediately complied. In a November 3, 2011, letter to Khera, that — significantly — was written on White House stationery, Brennan promised that the government would “ensure that federal officials and state, local and tribal partners receive accurate, evidence-based information in these crucial areas.”
Numerous books and presentations that gave a perfectly accurate view of Islam and jihad were purged — and the Assistant to the President on National Security for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism was complying with demands from quarters that could hardly be considered authentically moderate.
It’s the same situation in Britain now. Obligingly calling jihadis irhabis will prevent British authorities from being able to confront or challenge the fact that jihadis make recruits among peaceful Muslims by presenting themselves as the authentic exponents of Islamic teachings. Pretending those teachings don’t exist does nothing to blunt their influence.
This is just still more Islamopandering in Britain, which seems determined to commit societal suicide rather than discard its politically correct fantasies.
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 21 books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.
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26 Comments
3 years ago
Truly run by Retards.
3 years ago
To paraphrase Leon Trotsky: You may not be interested in jihad, but jihad is interested in you.
3 years ago
3 years ago
I HAVE NO PROBLEM TELLING ANY MUSLIM THE TRUTH and if they get offended, then THAT IS ON THEM, not me. I CARRY EVERYWHERE AND ALL THE TIME, SO COME AT ME IF YOU DO NOT MIND LOSING YOUR LIFE.
GOD IS A GOD OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE. (the God of the Universe cannot be evil; THAT IS SATAN’S JOB)
ALLAH IS SATAN ) and is NOT the God who made the earth and our Universe. SATAN IS A FALLEN ANGEL WHO STEALS, KILLS, AND DESTROYS. So when a Muslim wants to murder someone, THAT IS EVIL AND DOES NOT COME FROM GOD, the God of GRACE and MERCY. That comes directly from Satan and his demons, WHO HAS NO GRACE AND ABSOLUTELY NO MERCY.
3 years ago
Reply to
Liberalism_IS_INSANITY
What will Pope Frances do?
President Erdogan of Turkey invites Pope Francis to opening of Hagia Sophia as a mosque
BY ROBERT SPENCER
JUL 23, 2020 5:00 PM
Will his Islamic “friends” allow him to decline?
Will he even wish to decline?
…
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/07/erdogan-invites-pope-francis-to-opening-of-hagia-sophia-as-a-mosque
3 years ago
It’s maddening and sad at the same time… We are working our way towards that too in the U.S. ….If Biden gets in, expect more Islam taught in schools….Biden will be our worst nightmare. He will be worse than Obama and Hillary rolled into one vile cretin.
Biden is already pandering to Muslims. Clearly someone coached Biden on this. This quote is about attacking disbelievers. Bluntly put Jihad Joe is encouraging vigilantism.
Biden quotes “Prophet Muhammad”:
“Whomever among you sees a wrong, let him change it with his hand”
JUL 21, 2020 1:00 PM
BY ROBERT SPENCER
…
Former American Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has vowed to address the needs and concerns of Muslim-American communities in the U.S. once he becomes president during an online summit hosted by the organization “Emgage Action.”
Biden’s remarks came on Monday after several prominent Muslim-American leaders endorsed him for president.
Praising Islam as “one of the great confessional faiths,” Biden told attendees of the Million Muslim Votes that he wished U.S. schools taught more about Islam.
“One of the things I think is important, I wish we taught more in our schools about the Islamic faith,” he said, blaming President Trump for “fanning the flames of hate.”
“A hadith from the Prophet Muhammad instructs, ‘Whomever among you sees a wrong, let him change it with his hand,’” Biden quoted. “‘If he is not able, then with his tongue. If he is not able, then with his heart.’”
The 77-year-old leader vowed to repeal the Trump administration’s three-year-old travel ban that primarily target Muslim-majority countries, in what he described as “vile.”
“If I have the honor of being president, I will end the Muslim ban on day one, day one,” he pledged….
“Muslim communities were the first to feel Donald Trump’s assault on Black and brown communities in this country with his vile Muslim ban,” Biden added.
Denouncing Trump’s treatment of religious minorities, Biden promised to appoint Muslim personnel in his would-be administration and work with Congress to pass stalled hate crime legislations if elected to the Oval Office in November….
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/07/biden-quotes-prophet-muhammad-whomever-among-you-sees-a-wrong-let-him-change-it-with-his-hand
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
But f’ing muslums might very well disagree w/the cowardly, craven, atheist West about just what constitutes “wrong”.
3 years ago
Continue down the road of self destruction. Do not come crying to another country to help you out if the problem you created.
3 years ago
Reply to
2bgreat
The US saved their @zzes once. We need to tell them to ‘talk to the hand” this time around.
3 years ago
Reply to
LittleRoot_48
All us unbeliever’s should stick together, believe me I hate to say this but America is just as far down the road to Islamification in some states, Di Blasio would build a Mega Mosque at Ground Zero if Biden is elected, maybe even if he isnt NYC is still a Democrat city, you can count all the Democrat cities as Islamic and Anarchist hotbeds, Dearborn has already passed legislation that all schoolchildren will eat Halal meat. Dont look at Europe and be complacent, the Dems see muslims as their voters.
3 years ago
Reply to
allie
“Use a central location when allowing them into the USA, and from that base, distribute them throughout the country to establish satellite camps to welcome and infiltrate the new jihadis, for a future takeover of that portion of America and then the next, then the next, and then America has surrendered to ALL sorts of EVIL.” AMERICA IS ICHABOD (The Glory of God has departed)! THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING!!! But don’t worry, Jesus is coming soon to get His BRIDE!!!
3 years ago
Obviously the British police have had their spine removed. Maybe they should try herding goats.
3 years ago
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
3 years ago
In the Met, there is an association for every racial, cultural and religious group serving.
While this is diversity in action it cannot lead to unity of purpose or identity which in that force is essential.
Neil Basu is a placeman not a policeman, he’s an example of those promoted because of his colour, ethnicity and or religion {one excuse is as good as another}.
Under clear top level political direction, the Met are in a deep deep hole and they cannot stop digging.
3 years ago
will they also be banning the words “grooming” “pedophile” “female genital mutilation”????
These words must enrage them as well.
The UK is lying on their backs belly-up – complete and total submission to an invading force of third-world illiterate barbarians.
COWARDS
PC SUICIDE
You were warned and you ignored all warnings because you didn’t want to offend. Instead you got CONQUERED.
3 years ago
Reply to
Thurston Howell III
UK has surrendered to the enemy, and America better STOP giving them space! Maybe it’s too late, NO TURNING BACK, America is done because the mentally insane is allowed to rule us.
3 years ago
Of course “islamist” should be dropped because like islamophobia it’s “a word created by fascists and used by cowards to manipulate morons.” Because no imam, no mullah, no ayatrollah, no islamic state, no islamic NGO, no islamic terrorist org., no mosque self-identifies as islamist. The word is a lie. A lie designed to create a false dichotomy in islum, to make it seem as if there’s some tolerant, freedom loving islum out there rather than the fascist, Jew hating reality that islum is and has been for a thousand years.
3 years ago
The Brits were far better off under the Plantagenets.
3 years ago
I can hear George Orwell screaming… NEWSPEAK…… I told you about Newspeak in my manual 1984, are you paying attention snowflakes?
3 years ago
Well the British police protected the MUSLIM PAEDOPHILE RAPE GANGS for decades so this is hardly surprising coming from them. You can bet that KEIR STARMER and the LABOUR PARTY have pushed for this.
3 years ago
We have dem mayors siding with looters and arsonists here too like ted wheeler
3 years ago
FORNICATE ALL MUSLIM SWINE (pigs).
3 years ago
nemy inside
3 years ago
Yep….can’t be offending those mozzlems. As the mozzlems are robbing, raping, stabbing, shooting, blowing up your own British citizens. Because to offend the murdering bast@rds would be downright….”pisslamofauxbic”.
