How many Muslims have demonstrated in favor of freedom of speech and against blasphemy laws? Why, none. Meanwhile, Shaykh Noor Siddiqi says: “The actions of the UK media in not publishing the cartoons is highly appreciated by British Muslims and we hope that this kind of self-restraint and mutual respect will ultimately lead to a harmonious society.” In other words, as long as Britain voluntarily submits to Sharia blasphemy laws, a harmonious society will ensue.
“Huge crowd of Muslim protesters picket Downing Street to protest at Charlie Hebdo cartoons,” by Christopher Hope, the Telegraph, February 8, 2015:
At least 1,000 Muslim protesters gathered outside the gates of Downing Street to protest against the depictions of the Prophet Mohammed in Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine.
The protestors, many of whom were divided into groups of men and women, gathered just yards from the Cenotaph which remembers Britain’s war dead, and blocked half of Whitehall as they demonstated.
It comes weeks after two terrorists attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the Paris-based satirical magazine which had published images of the Prophet Muhammad, killing 12 staff and wounding 11 others.
The protest was organised by the Muslim Action Forum, which said that the Charlie Hebdo cartoons had helped “sow the seeds of hatred” and had damaged community relations.
One young child, who appeared to be under the age of 10, stood next to a placard displaying the message: “Charlie and the abuse factory”.
A series of Muslim leaders addressed the crowd from a platform outside the Ministry of Defence, with the message “Be careful with Muhammad”.
The meeting was organised by the Muslim Action Forum, which was handing out leaflets about the demonstration on Whitehall.
The leaflet said: “The recent re-publishing of the cartoons, caricatures and depictions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by Charlie Hebdo magazine and other publishers is a stark reminder that freedom of speech if regularly utilised to insult personalities that others consider sacred.
“Such actions are deliberating insulting and provoking to Muslims worldwide as British citizens, we believe that these publications will continue to ‘sow the seeds of hatred’ and damage community relations.
“In an already fragile world we need to move from actions of incitement, hatred and provocation to civility, consideration and respect.”
In an apparent reference to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine the leaflet added that “regrettably some Muslims” had “taken the un-Islamic path of human destruction”.
It added: “The vast majority of Muslims worldwide shall not denigrate their historical and current values by reciprocating hatred.
“Muslims shall call upon their deep spiritual strength and take the moral high ground by inviting the world to civility in any form of expression, dialogue, discourse and debate.”
The Forum delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street signed by over 100,000 British Muslims to highlight the view that the majority of Muslims worldwide call for ‘Global Civility’ rather than destruction of human life.
The group also expressed “deep regret” at the Paris terror attacks, which included a massacre at Charlie Hebdo, saying they were a “violation of Islamic law”.
Shaykh Tauqir Ishaq, a senior spokesman for the Forum, said “Perpetual mistakes by extremists, either by cold-blooded killers or uncivilised expressionists, cannot be the way forward for a civilised society.
“The peace-loving majority of people must become vociferous in promoting global civility and responsible debate. At this time of heightened tension and emotion, it is crucial that both sides show restraint to prevent further incidents of this nature occurring.”
Shaykh Noor Siddiqi, another Forum representative, said “The actions of the UK media in not publishing the cartoons is highly appreciated by British Muslims and we hope that this kind of self-restraint and mutual respect will ultimately lead to a harmonious society.”…
foxmuldar says
One Million Brits should have been there to protest against these savages. As long as Muslims continue to get what they demand, it will only get worse for the Brits and Europe. Time to send a message to all Muslims, this is the UK and we won’t be threathened anymore. But I guess thus far this is wishful thinking as the Politicians have already submitted to the wims of Islam.
Georg says
Calling this a protest is offensively oblique, it is simply a despicable show of support for the Charlie Hebdo murderers– no less. Their shamelessness never ceases to bowl me over. These are not friends of ours.
Arthur says
The Brits were probably busy toiling away at their jobs. After all, who else will pay the taxes that support the extended families of these unemployed protestors?
Angemon says
These guys need to switch their tune every once in a while. It’s always “that’s offensive, you’re just spreading hate”.
Then again, why fix what’s not broken? The kuffar keep lowering their heads and voluntarily abiding by sharia law…
Georg says
Here is a link from Tommy Robinson’s twitter with a letter pointing to the irony of their being able to protest due to freedom of speech laws/norms while calling for the abolishment of freedom of speech for others. It also points out an irony similar to the one Robert notes, about their lack of protest against extraordinarily dastardly acts done in the name of Islam, which most sane people feel a cartoon pales in comparison against.
https://twitter.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/564495012227219457?utm_source=fb&fb_ref=Default&utm_content=564495012227219457&utm_campaign=TRobinsonNewEra&utm_medium=fb
Georg says
I also meant to note the irony of their standing all over a monument to Britain’s fallen soldiers while screaming about how disrespectful it is to draw the Prophet. However, of course– it is not ironic at all– but symbolic (for them and us). This is precisely what Gert Wilders prognosticated regarding the “change of tune” which would occur in their behavior upon reaching critical mass. Oh, what awaits us…
Peter Buckley says
Seems the link failed. Here’s the article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11398967/Huge-crowd-of-Muslim-protesters-picket-Downing-Street-to-protest-at-Charlie-Hebdo-cartoons.html
I’m enjoying reading the “Comments” section. If you ever read these sections when an “Islam-related” story is featured, you get a true picture of what Brits actually think 9As opposed to the PC politicasl elite).
See also the result here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_oIUHRRCTM
We await for our political representatives to echo the overwhelming majority. The people have spoken (time and time again):
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/02/poll-islam-negative-britain
It should be noted that that last poll was over 4 years ago, and the true figure is almost certainly a lot higher now. As I say, we wait patiently for the TRUE REPRESENTATIVES to come to the fore. It will happen. It IS happening (see Le Pen in France and Wilders), but s-l-o-w-l-y…….
Georg says
Thank you for the links, Peter. It is certainly VERY important to point out the disgust which is so ubiquitous among commenters and thus the people. I’m baffled as to how something like 19/20 people exhibit such disgust while so few politicians echo their sentiments. I hope you’re right that things will change.
Patriot says
Europe is done, and its islamization is irreversible at this point. Civil war is on the horizon.
Paul says
I’d love to disagree with you, but I can’t. We are in deep shit, pure and simple.
Sometimes, it’s like living in a giant lunatic asylum. The fact that so many
showed up today about some stupid cartoon, as opposed to genuinely
terrible things – like burning a pilot to death in a cage or the murder of school
children in Pakistan – shows what a massive fundamental problem we have here.
Perhaps it could still be overcome, but dishonesty, cowardice and wilful
dhimmitude will obviously continue to prevail till we see another Bosnia or Lebanon.
Georg says
Yea, it’s looking really, really bad… If there isn’t a serious change in May I think it’s well over.
Paul says
Either a Labour traitor (redundant, I know) or a Tory traitor
(redundant, I know), it will be. Scum, absolute scum.
Michael Copeland says
They “showed up” because they were instructed. Islam is submission, after all.
Paul says
I understand exactly what is demanded from their followers, and
what is demanded from them to do to others. Still, many people
are blissfully unaware (thanks largely to all this “we all believe in
the same God” nonsense) that the bad guys of end time prophecy
in the Bible are the good guys in the Koran and the Hadiths. We are,
literally, heading towards Armageddon.
Joseph says
“Muslims shall call upon their deep spiritual strength and take the moral high ground by inviting the world to civility in any form of expression, dialogue, discourse and debate.”
LIE LIE LIE. They probably; actually believe what they are saying. They will invite the world at the point of a sword to believe what they do or have their fingers and heads chopped off.
Notice that the actions of the murders were not condemned but the victims were. DON’T PISS ON MY BACK AND TELL ME IT IS RAINING!!!!!
Georg says
Well, they hedged by paying lip service to the immorality of killing over cartoons, but it is of course entirely disingenuous and strategic; they did so because they had to, not because they wanted to.
cs says
Was Galloway present? He should be there protecting his favorite species.
Georg says
There’s someone we could all do without… Quintessential frothing nutter.
cs says
Agreed, but some people can’t get enough of him. every time I see him on TV or youtube I feel like… bad. He, Qaradawi and a feel others are worst people alive.
thomas pellow says
Apparently many Muslims now living in the West approve the murder of anyone who draws, or publishes cartoons of Mohammad, or who supports such an activity, as part of freedom of expression.
“Ami Horowitz: What do French Muslims really think about the Charlie Hebdo attack?”
(video clip.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/02/06/ami-horowitz-what-do-french-muslims-really-think-about-charlie-hebdo-attack/
Michael Copeland says
The “many muslims” in that video are in accord with Islamic law, which they have probably been told in the mosque : anyone who “reviles the prophet” has to be killed. The killing can be carried out without penalty by anyone “since it is killing someone who deserves to die” (Manual of Islamic Law, “Reliance of the Traveller” (a free download) o8.4).
Their tying it to “freedom of expression” is a dishonest attempt to claim that a Sharia provision is incorporated in a traditional Western freedom.
cs says
Thanks for the link, shame it did not become viral, yet.
thomas pellow says
Supplementary.
The Islamization of England, today-
“Thousands of British Muslims protest against Charlie Hebdo magazine for publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2944946/Thousands-British-Muslims-protest-against-Charlie-Hebdo-magazine-publishing-cartoons-Prophet-Mohammed.html#ixzz3RC88lBTu
CogitoErgoSum says
Was one single Muslim forced to purchase of copy of Charlie Hebdo or to look at the Muhammad cartoons? No, not a single one. That is because of a thing called freedom. This picture of Muslims calling for an end to freedom of the press while standing next to a memorial to Britain’s war dead offends me to no end. Excuse me while I go rinse my eyes out.
Georg says
It’s vomitous, arlgiht.
Bartender says
If you don’t like free-speech the get the fuck out of our countries! The sooner the better.
somehistory says
They said: “In an already fragile world we need to move from actions of incitement, hatred and provocation to civility, consideration and respect.”
Yes, they do!
And using the phrase *moral high ground* reminds of another phrase used just a few days ago. Something about a *high horse*….
Michael Copeland says
“The show of strength was organised….” Yes. These “shows” are not spontaneous: nor are they merely organised: they are instructed.
This was a malignant open threat to freedom of speech, in just the same way as the malignant assault on free speech outside the Danish Embassy
http://libertygb.org.uk/v1/index.php/news-libertygb/6562-and-take-their-wives-as-war-booty.
Democracies function on free speech: it is necessary to be able to debate all subjects. There is no such thing as freedom of speech BUT….
Free speech is free speech.
Walter Jem says
The good thing…when the muzzles are protesting, they are not slitting anybody’s throat or blowing people up! BUT the bad thing…the bad thing is that they generally act sub-human and cannot be trusted. They are poisonous snakes in human form.
Michael Copeland says
The Muslim Action Forum is lying.
It claims “we need to move from actions of incitement, hatred and provocation”: however, the “excellent pattern” praised in the Koran (part of Islamic law) at 60:4 – for muslims to observe with non-muslims – is “hatred and animosity forever until you believe in Allah alone”. That is Islamic law.
The Muslim Action Forum continues, “regrettably some Muslims” – the Paris killers – had “taken the un-Islamic path of human destruction”: the attacks were a “violation of Islamic law”.
What does Islamic law say? The Manual of Islamic Law, “Reliance of the Traveller”, says (o8.7(4)), “to revile Allah or his messenger” brings the death penalty. The killing can be carried out by anyone without legal repercussion “since it is killing someone who deserves to die” (o.8(4)). The killers accurately explained on the telephone, “If someone offends the Prophet no problem, we can kill him” (English subtitles on BBC). The killing was neither “un-Islamic” nor a “violation of Islamic law”.
“inviting the world to civility in any form of expression”:
“Civility” is interesting. Does that include calling people “cattle”, or “apes and pigs”, “the lowest of animals”? Or is that not civility?
Georg says
I think it’s reached an inflection point and we’re fast heading toward catastrophe. We can all thank the Leftist oracles for throwing us to the wolves. I am aghast and absolutely FURIOUS!!!
Richie says
It seems to me what the Muslims are really protesting about is of any criticism of Islam. They want to enforce Islamic blasphemy laws on everyone. An irony they use freedom speech to call for the oppression of free speech
Georg says
Here they are “protesting”, I think it’s clearly assaulting, and chanting “Allahu Akbar” in unison. I thought this was about cartoons… Notice the IS flags. This is f*$#(%g out of control.
pumbar says
That looked like Australia to me…
Georg says
Oh, the title “Thousands of British Muslims protest against Charlie Hebdo magazine for publishing cartoons of Prophet” must be inaccurate. Sorry about that.
tilda says
Yes, it looks like the 2012 protest against the Mohammed movie.
cs says
Yes, it is Australia, and I think this is old stuff, old and disturbing nonetheless.
Michael Copeland says
“the Muslim Action Forum … said that the Charlie Hebdo cartoons had helped “sow the seeds of hatred” and had damaged community relations.”
So the two things are related? And undesirable? Islam instructs hatred. Hear Anjem Choudary: “As a muslim I must have hatred towards everything which is non-Islam.” Is he “sowing seeds” and damaging community relations?
See http://libertygb.org.uk/v1/index.php/news-libertygb/5968-islam-instructs-hatred-muslims-speak
Raj says
What on earth are these people doing protesting in London when they should be protesting in Paris? Why don’t UK authorities ask this question. As someone of Buddhist links I’m not the least bit offended by the Onion magazine depicting the Buddha in an orgy, so no religious cartoons should be off limits. My own copy of Charlie Hebdo shoots up in value thanks to these obscene, displaced protests. These Muslims are their own worst enemies.
Charli Main says
Muslims do what they do in Britain because Muslims know they can.
Muslims know that they can spew out vile racist and religious threats against non Muslims and nothing will be done about by the British authorities.
The prime directive of the British political elites is—-DON´T UPSET THE MUSLIMS. IT WILL MAKE THEM ANGRY—VERY ANGRY.
Well here is one Christian that says—F++k the Muslims and their paedophile “prophet”
Michael Copeland says
“Of all men, I hated the prophet the most —
for he killed my husband, my brother, and my father.”
So said Safiya, teenage captive taken and “married”
by Mohammed after attacking Khaybar
Baladhuri’s ninth century Kitab Futuh al-Buldan (“Book of Conquests”).
http://www.christianpost.com/news/isis-sex-slaves-and-prophet-muhammad-128186/
cs says
Yes, in Israel they behave, otherwise they “know” what will happen to them.
Undaunted says
Oh, the irony. Had Montgomery done more than demand an “orderly front” and preen and stamp his feet to get Ike to give him all the supplies in theater, leaving Patton with almost none more than once, more than half the Jews slaughtered and burned in WWII would have been saved as the speed, audacity and violence of Patton’s Third Army would have defeated the Nazi’s in late ’44. I wonder if the Muslims in the picture above know how much Monty helped them kill Jews by way of his fear and arrogance.
thomas pellow says
Supplementary.
“Swarming around hero Monty, the hardline Muslims protesting AGAINST freedom of speech: Thousands gather outside Downing Street over ‘uncivilised’ Charlie Hebdo cartoonists.
“Vast crowd of British Muslims gather for Charlie Hebdo protest in London.
“Thousands met in Whitehall to condemn cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.
“Protesters hand petition signed by 100,000 British Muslims to Downing St.
“Group marched through London before stopping for communal prayers.
“Male and female protesters were kept separate ‘out of respect’ for women.
“They were met by counter protesters from far-right group Britain First.
Last month’s terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo’s offices left 12 people dead”
By IAN DRURY and CHRIS GREENWOOD
FOR THE DAILY MAIL
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2944946/Thousands-British-Muslims-protest-against-Charlie-Hebdo-magazine-publishing-cartoons-Prophet-Mohammed.html#ixzz3RFX3I6IM
Johnny Canuck says
Of all the things that upset Muslims, it would appear that caricatures of Mohammad are number one. Pamela Geller’s idea to hold a Mohammad cartoon contest in pure genius.
Georg says
+ ∞
Joe Shmo says
As someone in the comments section of the Telegraph pointed out, the Muslims can’t see the irony of the wording “abuse factory” in light of the grooming gangs in the north of England (and probably all over the country)
The comments make for great reading btw.
Jerry says
Je Sui Mohammad
Je Sui Paedophil
Liam1304 says
I suppose you know this means war?.
Let’s just tweak this a little so can understand it shall we?
QUOTE
The leaflet said: “The recent re-publishing of the cartoons, caricatures and depictions of Herr Hitler/Joseph Stalin by Charlie Hebdo magazine and other publishers is a stark reminder that freedom of speech is regularly utilised to insult personalities that others consider sacred.
“Such actions are deliberating insulting and provoking to Totalitarians worldwide. As British citizens, we believe that these publications will continue to ‘sow the seeds of hatred’ and damage community relations.
“In an already fragile world we need to move from actions of incitement, hatred and provocation to civility, consideration and respect.”
END QUOTE
PERSPECTIVE.