“A security guard accused him of racism and called the police, saying he was upset by the remark.” Why is a shrinking violet like that working as a security guard? Apparently a well-crafted quip could reduce him to a blubbering pile of goo. But in any case, this ridiculous incident shows how far Britain is falling, and the even worse humiliations and abasements that await its non-Muslim citizens in the coming decades. The idea of the freedom of speech is dead. The idea that one may utter anything publicly there that goes against the establishment pieties and priorities is dead. The idea that one may say or do anything that might cause offense to Britain’s new Muslim overlords is dead. Civil war and the death of Britain as a free society loom in the near future — but at least they were never “racist” or “Islamophobic.”
“A security guard accused him of racism” — what race is jihad terror again? I keep forgetting.
“Ordeal of OAP who quipped ‘I’m not Muslim’ at airport security after he was stopped: Man spends six months facing racism charges before case is finally dropped,” Daily Mail, October 27, 2014 (thanks to all who sent this in):
A pensioner who said ‘I’m not Muslim’ when he was asked to remove his shoes at airport security has spent more than six months facing charges for racism.
Paul Griffith, 75, pictured, set off the security scanner’s alarm at Stansted airport when travelling to Malaga for a week’s holiday.
He removed his shoes as requested, but said: ‘I am not Muslim am I?’
A security guard accused him of racism and called the police, saying he was upset by the remark.
‘One minute I am queuing up to get on a plane and the next I am confronted by two armed policemen.
‘They said I had used racist language and took me to an office in the terminal,’ Mr Griffith said yesterday.
Mr Griffith was allowed to go on his trip but was arrested when he returned. He was charged with causing ‘racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress’.
‘When I got back I had to wait six hours before they interviewed me again, arrested me and said that was being charged with causing racially aggravated harassment.
‘I was photographed, had my finger prints taken and they also took a DNA swab from my mouth. ‘Then they said I would have to go to my local police station.
When I went to Colchester police station I was told I had been charged with an offence under the Crime and Disorder Act but that I could accept a caution instead.
‘I refused to do that – I had done nothing wrong and I wasn’t going to admit to a criminal charge if I wasn’t guilty of any crime.’
Months later he appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded not guilty to the offence.
The case was adjourned to last Thursday, but with just 24 hours before appearing, the Crown Prosecution Service suddenly dropped the charge due to lack of evidence.
The retired hairdressing salon owner, from Colchester, Essex, yesterday criticised the police for their heavy-handedness.
‘I have never fallen foul of the law before and the whole affair has been a complete waste of police time, the court’s time, my time as well as taxpayers’ money.
‘It has been incredibly stressful – all because I asked a question and apparently dared to use the M word.’…
umbra says
sue for wrongful arrest?
terry says
Being Muslim is a choice issue and not a race one. At any moment any Muslim in the world, even those born and raised so, can change this identity, if he/she can overcome the emotional attachment, life long conditioning, fear of death for apostasy or any other reason.
By choice, I am not a Muslim, and I am proud of it!
Kurt Pötschke says
Okay, so I am!
terry says
I am just wondering, what would have happened, in the same circumstances, if the 75 years old man instead said:”I am not Christian, am I?”
gp says
If he had said “I am a muslim, and don’t touch me you filthy kuffar”, and then stated “I hate Christians and Jews”, he would have gotten a free pass and probably then been interviewed by the media and politicians so they can better understand his religion and his list of grievances.
john spielman says
I agree, sue the guard and t he police!!!!
Megakovalan says
Very true, unless he sue the police and the guard it will go on and on…The clever part of the ploy was the order to accept a “caution” good thing he didn’t. Hope some judges have the sense to understand the situation and not politically correct.
mortimer says
Indeed! Sue! If police have to defend themselves in court for arresting innocent people they will stop doing it for two reasons: 1) the cost of retaining counsel is huge and 2) the public outcry will give the police a public relations black eye that will alienate the public from trusting the police or their judgment.
After a few lawsuits, the police will stop the nonsense of suggesting ISLAM is in any way A RACE.
The theocratic, fascist, political philosophy of Islam IS NOT A RACE, but AN IDEOLOGY which is purely an intellectual and spiritual product.
Neil Jennison says
An absolute disgrace and very frightening for those of us who live in Britain.
Mind you, I doubt very much the case will come to court because the authorities know full well a jury will not convict. This is just state harassment of people deemed to have un-PC views.
In any case, how can you be prosecuted for telling the truth? I am presuming the man is not a Muslim.
Peter says
Homo Islamicus – a breed apart.
sheik yer'mami says
Most of the insecurity apparatus in British airports is manned by Muselmaniacs. The system encourages their supremacist attitudes.
Asian Crusader says
Sadly true – Muslim money and aggression have cut a wide no-go swathe into British governance.
A few years ago I was checked at London Heathrow airport by a PAIR of officials with full “hate beards.”
Until 15 years ago, there was a clear and universal understanding that certain sensitive positions are subject to special restrictions as regards ethnic background etc.
dumbledoresarmy says
“Asian Crusader”.
Interesting moniker you’ve chosen.
Are you, by any chance, a non-Muslim Briton of East Asian or of South Asian descent??
Dumbledoresarmy says
I think that Sikhs and Gurkhas should be encouraged to apply for those security-related jobs in the UK.
(Could be an interesting experiment for Liberty GB to try: send in well-qualified Sikhs and Gurkhas to apply for “front line” security type jobs, and see whether any of them get hired, or whether Muslims get in instead).
William says
Britain, like the rest of the West, will allow itself to be consumed by an alien culture. There won’t be any civil war or serious defense of heritage because the prevailing philosophic view is materialism. There is no higher order than the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
terry says
William,
This is no exaggeration when I say that you touched on one of the core causes about why the west, not just Britain, is having a very difficult time in handling of and dealing with Jihad terror and Islamic supremacy!
Actually I personally touched on the principle of pain and pleasure, in two other posts on this this site. I was also planning to write in greater detail about how our societies in the west, the order of hierarchy of their values, the materialistic lenses through which many national and international affairs are seen and decisions taken, and above all the dual power of avoidance of pain and pursuit of pleasure all actively contributing to the ever increasing Jihad terror and spread of these evil ideology and belief system.
That’s why I wrote in one of my posts that Anthony Robbins writings about how the dual power of pain and pleasure can shape the destiny of individuals and nations, and the book of “Influence”, by Robert Cialdini, must be mandatory courses for aspiring politicians in the west.
I think they should be mandatory courses for all people around the world!
A beautiful comment , William!
William says
Thanks Terry for the compliment. I believe that the materialistic (or hedonistic) outlook is a default position to which people fall when they become disillusioned after holding strong beliefs. On top of that, is the loss of fealty – nilism. Christianity has been rejected outright, secular authority of any kind has been revealed as the emperor without clothes. Except for a few people, most are ripe for easy conquest.
The ancient Greeks and Romans had the same affliction prior to their downfall. The Greeks lost faith in their gods and their poleis, the Romans in their Res publica and their mos maiorum (ways of the ancestors).
Those books you mentioned sound interesting.
terry says
” Except for a few people, most are ripe for easy conquest.
The ancient Greeks and Romans had the same affliction prior to their downfall. The Greeks lost faith in their gods and their poleis, the Romans in their Res publica and their mos maiorum (ways of the ancestors)”
Very true, William. The west, now, being ripe for conquest and the similarities between what happened to the great ancient empires before their ultimate demise and what is happening to that of the west, right now, are two thoughts that have been circulating in my mind for at least over a year.
Add arrogance, love of power, selfishness, on the part of western leaders, intellectuals, mainstream media and you have the perfect ingredients to complete the recipe of the west’s downfall!
Indeed, these are very special times as we’re watching a spectacular history-repeating-itself scene!
Beagle says
This happened in a nation in which Anjem Choudary is allowed to spew venomous incitement to murder on a daily basis and hate preachers of Islam are rarely arrested for anything. Too bad Orwell is not alive to appreciate the modern UK. He’d be surprised Big Brother is Islam. Only some Orientalists saw that coming.
Money Jihad says
Agreed, Beagle–Orwell was the first thing that came to my mind when I read this chilling story. A DNA swab for simply saying, “I’m not Muslim”?!
epistemology says
It’s appalling. Europe is going down the drain when the country of Winston Churchill, the first one to realise what a hoodlum Hitler was, allows this treatment of its law abiding citizens. It’s a disgrace!
Eelke says
Not only did Churchill realise the danger that Hitler represented, he also -at that time- already knew they danger that Islam posed, as can be witnessed from this quote by Him:
‘How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities – but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. NO STRONGER RETROGRADE FORCE EXISTS IN THE WORLD. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.’
A UK politician who dared to use this quote from Winston Churchill in his speech, was arrested for ‘racial harassment’ ( didn’t know there was such a thing as the muslim race, but maybe I didn’t get the memo…), while he should have been praised for wanting to protect our society and way of life.
Transmaster says
This is way the UKIP party is growing by leap-and-bounds. People in the UK are getting sick and tired this. Politicians in the UK keep saying they do not need a bill of rights like the United States does. But it is apparent they do because enshrined in ours is the freedom of speech. To be sure it is being eroded by PC media, and our Politicians but it is there. In the UK freedom of speech it dictated by The Queen’s Court and it’s judges, and barristers.
TH says
But Farage doesn’t want to touch the Islam issue. His issue is the UE.
Forthfaran says
No,Farage is very outspoken about the Islamic issues facing the country;he does not take the PC line.
Forthfaran says
Britain has been taken over by the bourgeois left ,an insidious class of hypocrites that embrace every aspect of Multi -culti PC bigotry. They love every race but their own ,every country but their own. They find common ground with Islam in their shared hatred of Western societies and values .They are unctuous, self righteous ,smiling bullies .The “Labour” party is stuffed to the gunwales with them.The high priestess being Harriet Harman ,uber politically correct deputy leader of the Socialists .She is so achingly “right-on” ,she is nick-named Harriet Harperson. It was the last Socialist government that passed the racism laws ,and the definition of a racist act is an act is racist if ANY PERSON considers it to be. There’s no answer to that. This law was put in place to subdue the people and to shut down any debate on immigration and Islam by making it appear to be unlawful ,although the act does not actually go that far. The police forces have been infiltrated and conquered by the same despicable individuals,inherently self serving and cowardly,ever ready to do the bidding of the new establishment. As the old style Constables retired or left for whatever reason they were replaced with young ,brainwashed (often brain-less) disciples of all things PC. They know more about “diversity” than the law. The fact that Islam is not a race doesn’t seem to deter them from arresting some hapless individual who still believes he is living in a sane and free country. This man would have a very good chance of succeeding with a wrongful arrest suit ;as from this year the act was amended to remove the word “insulting” and a Constable is advised to warn the person to stop using such words before arresting. To commit the religious aspect of the act ,a person must engage in a course of actions or words that are designed to harass or alarm or distress ;this man did not do this and his remark was just a casual observation and indeed one of fact. Of course the CPS did not prosecute because they did not have a case on either count,race or religion or even simple disorderly conduct;this man just made a statement. The arresting Constables obviously knew little of the finer points of the law ,or so it would seem. The fact that the police acted wrongly and possibly unlawfully is not really helpful because the damage is done ,people see that they can be arrested just for making a harmless remark and fear and timidity grip them. Job done. In future ,more and more people will “know their place” and stay there,or else. It’s not the England I knew and loved.
Scott Allen says
I know this has nothing to do with the topic…but wow…that’s such a great, sharp picture!
Steffen Larsen says
lol, first ting I thought too.
gerard says
If the picture is recent, then he looks good for 75! Also he has a sharp mind, evidently. There is still hope with such people in our country.
(Or am I being Islamophobic? Ha!)
It gets more like the former USSR every day!
Careful what you say or expect a knock on your door at 2am.
Charli Main says
When travelling in or out of British airports, I always wear a large, red Templar Cross necklace on a white T-shirt.
and I really, really hope it upsets the Muslims.
Mindy says
It starts with identifying the security guard that made the complaint. Why hasn’t the security guard been identified? You complained, harassed this man, now stand up for your point of view. Coward.
Mirren10 says
”It starts with identifying the security guard that made the complaint. Why hasn’t the security guard been identified?”
I would bet a large sum of money the security guard is either a mohammedan, or a hard leftist.
This is what happens when ‘hate speech’ laws are passed.
Charli Main says
“This is what happens when ‘hate speech’ laws are passed”
Of course, Muslims are exempt from these laws. When Muslims, like Amjam Choudry, advocate the murder of British citizens, declare that they are not bound by British laws, urinate on war memorials and praise the murder of British soldiers, its not hate speech——they are just practicing their religion. To arrest them would be a violation of their “human rights”
gp says
If he had said “I am a muslim, and don’t touch me you filthy kuffar”, and then stated “I hate Christians and Jews”, he would have gotten a free pass and probably then been interviewed by the media and politicians so they can better understand his religion and his list of grievances.
mariam rove says
these charges may soon be coming to an airport near you!!! M
Jerry says
I am not a Muslim and I object to be security checked by any Muslims while, in terms of his or her religion according to the Qur’an and the Hadith they are dedicated to an agenda that requires them to commit genocide against me or force me to convert to their vile religion or, otherwise to oppress me and humiliate me.
My objection will continue as long as mainstream Islam does not fully, unreservedly and irrevocably renounce that agenda and so does the individual concerned.
Grahame says
As ridiculous as this incident is, and as unpalatable as hate speech laws are, people really should know by now to keep their mouths shut at any security checkpoint and speak (politely) only when asked a direct question. Bored security personnel also like to have a bit of a laugh at the office every once in a while.
Mirren10 says
” … people really should know by now to keep their mouths shut at any security checkpoint and speak (politely) only when asked a direct question.”
And why should we *have* to ‘keep our mouths shut’ ?
Because of bloody mohammedans, who’ve created this whole situation !
”Bored security personnel also like to have a bit of a laugh at the office every once in a while.”
So, you’re suggesting that ‘bored security personnel’ *deliberately* had this man arrested, and had him facing **six months** under ‘racism’ charges, and it was some kind of a *laugh* ? Are you excusing this ?
mike ryan says
Is it just my imagination, or what! Is Britain coming more and more to resemble the old Soviet Union?:
Ghost Writer says
Will there always be a free England? The answer is clearly NO.
Kurt Pötschke says
Hello Britain, have you become total mad?
Dave J says
No Muslim should ever be given arrest powers over non-Muslims.
Their ideology disqualifies them from having such powers.
This is a case in point, the only person “insulted” was the guard.
No Fear says
“That man is a jihadist.”
“You can’t say that ! It is racist!”
FFS….
RichardTheLionheart says
Britain may be on a downward spiral into a deep dark abyss known as Dhimmitude right now but know this, as a young male from a muslim majority town in the north of England there are MANY MANY of us who despise Islam and have seen this filthy death cult for what it is for a long time
Will i allow my Grandfathers legacy and that of all our forebears, of fighting to ensure the freedom of Europe in world war 2 simply dissipate into generation after generation of Islamic oppression? Well ill let you figure that one out
I do not WANT Civil war, i do not WANT to see blood on the streets of Britain but i am not afraid.
we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender,
Jen says
That’s refreshing to hear. I get more depressed everyday when I read about what’s happening in the UK. The Brits in my family, the older generation who have passed on, would not stand for this nonsense. I think about all the sacrifices they made during WW2 and now look. Their attitudes were so different back then. It wasn’t even really that long ago. What is going on?!! 🙁
RICHTHOFEN says
When will these PC jobsworths understand that islam/muslim is NOT a race or a religion! At best, it is a medieval cult of murder, rape, bigotry and hatred – a virus, an affliction, a perversion, maybe, but NOT a race – so how can this have been a ‘waycist’ or ‘religiously’ aggravated comment?
DiMu says
Bring on the civil war!
Champ says
Here I’ll state it all I want …
“I’m not a muslim!!” …”I’m not a muslim!!” …”I’m not a muslim!!”
And I would NEVER want to be one either–not EVER, so c’m and get me!! pfft!
Everyone knows that the vast majority of terrorists ARE muslim, so this security guard was either a muslim or he’s in bed with this enemy.
marena says
As a canadian and proud commonwealther I don’t feel I should support and spend my tourist dollars visiting GB anymore (been twice and love the UK) but as a protest and boycott to wake up 10 Downing is necessary. If this is what and how the UK treats their elderly citizens and allows the evil to proceed with their agenda then I don’t want to return until 10 Downing grows a spine.