In "'Islamophobia' Idiocy" in the New York Post (thanks to WriterMom), Amir Taheri skewers Gordon Brown's ridiculous prohibition on calling the terrorists "Muslims," and explains why this politically correct straitjacket is a bad idea:
THE car-bomb/suicide-terror operations in London and Glasgow should have provided a fresh opportunity for reminding everyone, especially Muslims in Britain, that terrorism in the name of Islam still poses a major threat to public peace and safety. Yet this is not what is happening.Prime Minister Gordon Brown keeps repeating that the attacks have nothing to do with Islam - but, at the same time, keeps inviting "Muslim community leaders" to Downing Street to discuss how to prevent attacks. If the attacks have nothing to do with Islam, why invite Muslim "leaders" rather than Buddhist monks?
Brown hasn't deemed fit to tell it like it is: that Muslims in Britain, indeed all over the world, must come out and condemn terrorism in unambiguous terms.
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If Islam is the religion of peace, then the real Islamphobes are those who planted the car bombs in London and Glasgow - not the poor Brits who are censoring themselves and curbing their hard-won freedoms in order not to offend "the Muslim community."
Read it all.
Another islamic attack and the PC police and the British Bullcrap Corp is in highgear again kissing islamic boodie.
This new PM is just as witless and worthless as the old dhimmi Blair.
When will the British Army and the BNP take control of that nation and save it from islam??
They need another Cromwell, but they have a new Chamberlain.
A military coup is seriously needed over there in London as I see no other hope for the Brits.
British "democracy" is controlled now by the leftists and muslims who live in the country.
This is so dangerous. If you can't name the enemy, how do you defend yourself.
Is Olmert the new PM of Britian? I cant tell the difference.
Sadly, part of the problem is Britain has dodged a few bullets, the attacks this weekend and the airline plot last summer. They still feel safe since nothing bad has happened since the london bombings.
It remeinds me of this anaolgy of a frog in a pot. If the frog is tossed in a boiling pot, it will try to jump out and escape. If the water is cool and the temp is slowly raised, the frog will stay in the pot until it dies. The UK is slowly being boiled to death.
Uh, what about the rampant CHRISTIANOPHOBIA loose in the islamic world!!!!!
I guess that is just fine to kill, rape, kidnap and enslave Christians and other non-muslims worldwide.
Just pleeeeeeeeeease dont use the word "muslim terrorist/muslim bomber"
It may offend the many millions of welfare abusers of the peaceful religion.
"The works of a majority of Muslim writers and philosophers are banned in most Muslim countries."
This is one of the most delicious arguing points I have picked up in many a day.
They are more offended by calling the terrorists Muslims than the Muslims committing terrorism in the name of Islam. Whats wrong with that picture.
Taheri: "Islamophobia" Idiocy
Absolutely. The people who will eventually put an end to this "Islamophobia" bullshit will be other Muslims. I think a lot of Muslims probably think the religion needs reform. I feel for the people born into this "religion" of Don Vito Muhammad and his "peacemakers". How do you reform that? Further, there are too many people who want to keep the Corleone family business going at Mecca even though it means hits all around.
Meanwhile, Bozos like Brown and Bozettes like Karen Armstrong pretend that there is a moral equivalency between Hindus and Christians, etc. and Desert Godfather. Islam is at its core the engine of Arab Imperialism.
As the population of Europe per capita slowly, inevitably grinds its way to Shariaa law through Democratic means the Europeans will be forced with a choice. Let swaths of Europe become Kosovised, or fight .... hummmm like the Serbs. This is just the beginning. What must be done to preserve ourselves is so untinkable at the moment we will let this happen. The Islamists are kind enought to shout through bull horns what they intend for us .... shouldn't we in turn be kind enough to listen? At this point all we need to do is revoke Islams status as a religion, and oficially consider it a cult. If we wait this will become more ugly over time, our options will also become more unsavory, untill at the end our last option will be to fight or forced to live as second class citizens. Sorry just the truth.
England will soon be slaves.
Brown is the one in power. It's BP that really calls the shots! The UK and the US governments are so wrapped up in the petroeconomy that they will do nothing short of convert to Islam to keep those production deals with the Saudis going.
Let us all pray that the reserve figures quoted by the Saudis are inflated 200% so they run out of the fossilized grease before they purchase everything not tied down in the west.
Outside of a few savvy Infidels, like the JW crew and some pockets of sanity here and there, only the ex-Muslims or the truly moderate Muslims like Taheri (or Ali Sina's Faith Freedom website) get it. That's a discouragingly small group of people, but at least it exists.
This Gordon Brown sounds like he needs to read some books by Spencer, and then go forth and tell it like it is. Not likely.
My thought is of a prim British couple having tea at home and trying to discuss, politely, the 500 pound gorilla which is seated in the same room glaring at them.
" What'al we do about 'im? ", says Roger.
" 'uh? ", says Priscilla.
" "im", says Roger, nodding toward the gorilla.
" oh..'im...well don't stare at 'im..you'll 'urt'is feelins ", says Priscilla.
from Ameriki
"What must be done to preserve ourselves is so untinkable at the moment we will let this happen".
It is so difficult to fathom for me sometimes, how it could possibly be that our leadership remains so ignorant about the real jihadist threat (at least outwardly ignorant).
I do not think GWB or PM Brown are "stupid" men. They are, however, grossly ignorant. But the observation above could be the explanation for why otherwise intelligent politicians refuse to tackle the threat of the worldwide jihad head on.
The real solution is quite astounding when you think about it. And our leaders need to think about it. A muslim culture of 1/6 or 1/5 of the world's population needs a reformation. We cannot wait for and rely upon anyone from within the ummah to work towards this enormous goal. Some insitution from the outside will be responsible.
The only hope that I see the upcoming presidential election. Will our next president, the unofficially appointed "leader of the free world" be willing to face the enormity of the task?
Wait, let me get this straight: Gordon Brown has said you can't call the Terrorists' Muslims?
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!
Britain is no more. Schizophrenia has replaced common sense and right action. On one hand the British agents are doing a fair job of tracking Islamic terrorists, while on the other hand officials, like Brown, declare that Islam has no terrorists, just a few 'Asians' with criminal intent...
These heinous attacks against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are undoubtedly unacceptable in a free society. The fact remains that Great Britain has allowed the infultration of its society by radical jihadists through liberal immigration laws. These attacks are yet another wake-up call to the west regarding the incompatability of Islam with western democratic values. The irony here, is that the very jihadists that commit violence agaisnt their host country, in this case Great Britain, most likely enjoy more freedoms than their compatriots in their countries of origin.
The presence of Islam in the European Union threatens to destabilize the region due to the stresses and tensions of a Balkanized society. When one segment of such a society enjoys the freedoms and values of democracy while another segment of society reviles such freedoms and human rights, then a conflict will emerge between these competing value systems. Immigration for immigrations sake is not a good policy in terms of national security. It is time to expell immigrants who refuse to integrate and assimilate into their host countries.
Speaking truth to a vacuum
Gordon Brown has a chance to undo the damage of Blair with all that dreamy misinformation about Islam. If he, too, is unwilling to study Islam, or is willing only to "study" at the feet of such masters as Karen Armstrong, and Lord and Lady Ahmad, and John Esposito, then he cannot instruct, and if he cannot instruct then he will be unable to properly protect, the non-Muslim people of Great Britain. It does Infidels no good to keep ignoring the nature of Islam, or the fact that Muslim terrorism is indeed caused by Muslims -- and can be seen all over the world, not only in Graet Britain -- and their behavior, in turn, is prompted not by the "perversion of a great religion" but by an intelligent and natural comprehension of the texts of Islam. And furthermore, those acts of terrorism are directed not at a different, but exactly the same, goal as are Muslim efforts through the Money Weapon, campaigns of Da'wa, and demographic conquest -- and the failure of those who claim to be "leaders" (no, actually they don't claim that anymore -- they claim to be "taking a leadership role" in business-school cant) to fulfill their responsibility to learn a sufficient amount about Islam and the history of Islam is a failure on a par with, perhaps in the end even more fateful than, the failure of the Western world to comprehend what Hitler, and the Nazis, were all about.
Why are Muslims killing people the world over?
Not because they're oppressed, not because their religion is in danger but for one simple reason:
because they can.
A new moslem song: "Fool Britannia"
The chorus goes: "Britons soon forever, ever, shall be our slaves."
Steve Emerson in straight talk with Michelle Malkin (on the Factor) nailed it with a clever twist on a trite Bush phrase ...
This is NOT a struggle for hearts and minds ... it is a struggle AGAINST hearts and minds.
He's referring to the hearts and minds of the Islamists who want to kill us, not befriend us.
I just can't believe the insanity in the world today. It is glaringly obvious who the terrorists are, but Brown's shushing everyone..."don't say the word out loud!" "We wouldn't want to hurt the feelings of 7th century barbarians who will blow up the airport and you with it." We can be sacrificed on the alter of PC, but just don't hurt the moslems widdle feewings. Blech!
Where in hell do these leaders come from?
Can you imagine the way the moslems must laugh at us in their mosques? I would if I was one of them. It's like a twisted version of the "Black Knight" skit...Britain is taking hit after hit, an arm, a leg...."it's just a flesh wound"..."don't be mad".
"Let swaths of Europe become Kosovised, or fight .... hummmm like the Serbs."
And if the Britons start defending themselves, let´s watch how long it will take before they get bombed by NATO.
Despite the popular belief that Serbs defended themselves and did this in an unsavory way, the truth is, they did not actually defend themselves. In Yugoslavia, this supranational state that resembled strikingly the European Union, Muslim terrorism and crimes agains the Serbs have been kept secret, - Serbs who dared speaking about this were terrorized by the state in addition to Muslim terror. Like the EU, Yugoslavia tried to accomodate the agressively growing Muslim requirements at the expense of Serbs (do anyone know that close to 50% of Albanians living in Kosovo were illegal alliens, ie illegal immigrants?) . Serbs were exposed to most brutal crimes, especially in Kosovo for decades, - rapes, destruction of property, humiliation on daily basis. After Yugoslavia ceised to exist, this policy of accomodation of Muslim requirements was continued by the EU, Britan still belongs to the "international community" that is demonizing Serbs and seeking to appease Muslims by giving them what doesn´t belong to Britain: Serbian lands. It is sad and I really dislike to say it, but it will probably take much more jihad crimes in UK, people over there could put 2 and 2 together and change the attitude of their governement towards Serbia.
By the way, the current plot of those Muslim doctors in UK reminds me of something similar that happened for years in ex-Yugoslavia. Albanian doctors were spreading through the media that the Yugoslav state is poisoning Albanian children through the tab water. Even though no Serb children drinking the same water were reported poisoned, the "international community" reacted on behalf of Albanians.
In UK you are now getting the taste of medicine that you have prescribed to Serbia. And still you are not ready to admit you have committed a terrible crime towards Serbia, based on arrogance and ignorance and stop helping establishement of Muslim states on Serbian soil. The dynamite used in London bombing in 2005 came from Kosovo which, under NATO "protection" became a black hole of lawlessness and one stop shop for terrorist now going for more than just small Serbia.
Newsflash, Mr Brown: THEY'RE MUSLIMS!
Ignoring stupidity and going on with the 'march' to make people aware of islam is not going to stop as far as I am concerned. I can understand why others ignored it when there wasn't the communication that we have today - now I refuse to listen to stupid no matter what name they call me. I have been called a lot worse and believe me, it only reinforces in my mind the fact that when names are thrown around it only reflects back at those doing the throwing and their chosen ignorance.
Where in hell do these leaders come from?
Posted by: interestinconundrum
From us. We vote for them. Next time, vote out all incumbents.
Serbian girl, too many people have their heads up their behinds about what has happened in Serbia. The irony I find about the EU is how close Serbia/Bosnia/Kosovo and the hotbed of islamic violence is to Western Europe. Do Europeans really think they will be free of muslim violence if they help them slaughter more Christians?
And America also has their heads up their behinds. Clinton, and now Bush, still don't have a clue to this day. Clinton is an embarrassment with his help to the muslims in that area, with his little marker erected by the radicals to him and all that he has done to help them slaughter Christians over there. And NATO, that is another group that should be so embarrassed of itself for what it does to help muslim extremism - and not only in that area, but Lebanon and elsewhere.
It would be amazing if Brown had acted in any other way. Muslims used to vote solidly for the Labour Party until the invasion of Iraq, and the party is anxious to regain their support.
In a way, his decision is futile, since the whole world and his dog knows that the attacks are being carried out by adherents of the 'religion of peace.' I expect Brown's remarks to prompt a debate in the media which will give knowledgeable commentators the chance to point out that the link between Islam and terrorism is a real one.
In the long run, it is up to the British people to realise that their salvation does not lie with Brown or with any likely replacement from any of the mainstream parties.
Where in hell do these leaders come from?
Posted by: interestinconundrum
From us. We vote for them. Next time, vote out all incumbents.
Posted by: PMK
Oh, how well aware of that I am. I voted for Bush twice. But what I mean is, why are they so willingly blind dhimmis? They have access to the greatest minds and intelligence (in all senses of the word), and this is what we get?
Don't call them "Muslims", call them "Mohammedans".
Makes them even madder.
From now on I will be calling these folks their real name, Mohammedans, the true title.
Where in hell do these leaders come from?
Posted by: interestinconundrum
From us. We vote for them. Next time, vote out all incumbents.
Posted by: PMK
Oh, how well aware of that I am. I voted for Bush twice. But what I mean is, why are they so willingly blind dhimmis? They have access to the greatest minds and intelligence (in all senses of the word), and this is what we get?
We are suffering from terminal incumbicility, interestingcunundrum and PMK.
Where in hell do these leaders come from?
Posted by: interestinconundrum
From us. We vote for them. Next time, vote out all incumbents.
Posted by: PMK
Oh, how well aware of that I am. I voted for Bush twice. But what I mean is, why are they so willingly blind dhimmis? They have access to the greatest minds and intelligence (in all senses of the word), and this is what we get?
We are suffering from terminal incumbecility, interestingcunundrum and PMK.
Where in hell do these leaders come from?
Posted by: interestinconundrum at July 3, 2007 11:50 AM
I wouldnt call them leaders.
Sorry for the double post. I blame Bush...and dialup
I wonder what would happen, if the press, our leaders and everyone else concerned would just tell the truth without fearing the consequences? Does anyone really think that the Ummah would get upset any more than it is now?
I firmly believe that because writing policy, whether it's political or educational, has been just too dull for us to deal with...
...and so now we have half-wits who actually love that (lack of) work in charge, creating our laws, and teaching our teachers, who then teach our children.
"In the kingdom of the witless, the half-wit is king."
We need to take back our country, school by school, congressional district by congressional district, until this becomes a country of people who actually can and do read, write, and cipher...in other words, they THINK.
"Education may be free, but it is not easy."
Gordon Brown's fellow Scots are good less PC than Brown himself, judging from this extract from a piece by columnist Richard Littlejohn of the Daily Mail.
"My favourite moment was the interview with the have-a-go hero at the airport who helped apprehend one of the would-be bombers. His account went something like: "I saw this Asian guy running towards me shouting 'Allah' — so I battered him."
Go on yerself, big man. I'm surprised he hasn't been charged with racially-aggravated assault.
Curiously, by yesterday morning this clip had vanished from the TV news websites — along with reports of passengers yelling "Let the bastard burn" as police grappled with the suspect who set himself on fire."
Profitsbeard,
I'm with you! Mohammedans it is!
But what I mean is, why are they so willingly blind dhimmis?
Posted by: interestinconundrum
They came of age during Vietnam. Their mantra is "why do they hate us"? They know one word: peace. We aren't willing to vote for anyone else. This entire country is still in love with Bill Clinton, dhimmi of all dhimmis.
They control the schools and they teach young people that this country is the greatest threat to world peace. Conservative professors are vastly outnumbered and have to remain inconspicuous until they get tenure.
What you see is what you get. Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, Conyers and so many more. Why are they still in there? Because we keep voting for them.
Being a dhimmi is easier than fighting. It's what gets votes. They may be dhimmis but they're not dummies, where their own careers are concerned. We're the dummies.
You're obviously an exception.
I wonder what would happen, if the press, our leaders and everyone else concerned would just tell the truth without fearing the consequences? Does anyone really think that the Ummah would get upset any more than it is now?
Posted by: Jauhara Al-Kafirah
Would you support them if they did? There are too many people who wouldn't. You tell them something they don't want to hear and they'll kick you out of office next election.