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UK: In Muslim-majority prison, non-Muslims forced to convert

Oct 19, 2015 11:50 am By Robert Spencer

“Inmates told Liebling and her researchers that they were often bullied into converting to Islam, and those who resisted were too scared to cook pork in communal kitchens in case it caused offence.” Well, then! Those who dared cause offense to Muslims deserved everything they got, right? Everyone knows that you can’t go around “provoking” Muslims and “poking them in the eye,” and if you dare to do so, whatever happens to you is your fault, right? That is the core assumption of our ruling elites, as well as of the mainstream media, the churches, etc. Everyone knows that when a bully confronts you, you give him what he wants. Right?

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“UK Gets First Muslim Majority Prison, Controlled By ‘Islamic Protection Racket,’” by Liam Deacon, Breitbart, October 18, 2015:

A new report has warned that within the UK’s first majority Muslim prison, non-Muslim inmates are being pressured to convert to an “Islamic protection racket” which forms the largest “power block” in the jail.

The number of Muslims in Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire is thought to be double what it was in 2008, and the highest proportion in any UK prison. Even then, prison staff were warning about radicalisation. It now appears the situation is deteriorating at a rapid pace.

“About half the prisoners on Whitemoor’s main wings are Muslim, profoundly affecting the social nature of the jail and disrupting established hierarchies,” the report from the Independent Monitoring Board – which makes judgements on prisoner welfare – reads.

It conluded: “Against this background we note that some prisoners and staff found the Muslim presence overwhelming. The social and religious fragmentation within Whitemoor potentially posed risks for discipline and hence safety.”

Nationally, the UK’s prison population is roughly 15 per cent. However, the report revealed that Whitemoor’s Islamic population has shot up from 40 per cent just one year earlier, and 28 per cent in 2008. Between the ages of 22 and 39, Muslims now represent 56 per cent of the population there.

“Not only were Muslims the largest religion, they were the largest power block, displacing the greater multiplicity of gangs that had previously existed,” the report said.

The report then highlights a section of a groundbreaking study into the phenomenon of the Islamisation in prisons, published in 2012 by Alison Liebling, which refers to Whitemoor:

“There were some intimidating ‘heavy players’ among the Muslim population who appeared to be orchestrating prison power dynamics rather than propagating or following the faith.

“Many physically powerful players ‘re-establishing their outside identities’ as leader in the prison and used their (newly-acquired) faith status as a tool for establishing status.”

Inmates told Liebling and her researchers that they were often bullied into converting to Islam, and those who resisted were too scared to cook pork in communal kitchens in case it caused offence.

Some prisoners claimed that the jail functioned as a “recruiting ground” for extremism as younger inmates were “in awe” of convicted terrorists held there….

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  1. Angemon says

    Oct 19, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    A new report has warned that within the UK’s first majority Muslim prison, non-Muslim inmates are being pressured to convert to an “Islamic protection racket” which forms the largest “power block” in the jail.

    Let me guess: converting to islam in jail isn’t one of those “what happens in jail stays in jail” things.

    • Peggy says

      Oct 20, 2015 at 12:37 am

      The only problem is that these people are forced to convert. What is the prison system doing about it?

    • jazzy says

      Oct 21, 2015 at 3:03 am

      As far as I’m concerned, you should eat what you’re given in jail. We should give pork to all prisoners and all school children. If people don’t like it then they can eat the bun without the hot dog. This is England and we eat pork. If you don’t want to eat it don’t. Bit don’t try and make some halal menu in prisons or schools.

  2. Richie says

    Oct 19, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    .
    Prisons for Muslims should be run on a military style Japanese model, where inmates are broken, and not even permitted to speak, have no idle time, and certainly have no Korans. They will perform tasks as assigned. Their very names should be taken away. Liberalism has weakened everything in society, even allowing criminal scum to retain their power even behind bars

    • nicu says

      Oct 20, 2015 at 4:43 am

      Fully agree – as a Half – Japanese !

      Japan doesn’t allow Muslims to come to our country !

      Muslims are pampered in Western jails !

      • Dr. Divinity says

        Oct 20, 2015 at 4:25 pm

        PRISONS……The best recruiting ground that exist besides the internet….

  3. Kepha says

    Oct 19, 2015 at 6:47 pm

    Frankly, I think it’s disgusting the the Tube Bombers didn’t get the long drop and short tow long ago.

    • EYESOPEN says

      Oct 20, 2015 at 9:43 pm

      The UK is too “civilized” to do anything like that anymore. In fact, the “highbrows” in the UK are SO civilized that they will give their nation away to a conquering horde – without firing a shot!

  4. mortimer says

    Oct 19, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    Robert Spencer wrote: “Everyone knows that when a bully confronts you, you give him what he wants. Right?”

    Not exactly…we are told that all ‘regular’ bullying is evil, but bullying by Muslims is ALWAYS justified and was because of something the victim did to provoke the Muslim bully who always has NO CHOICE but to persecute non-Muslims…therefore, it’s just fine for Muslims to persecute.

  5. DR BalavendriN says

    Oct 19, 2015 at 9:40 pm

    1 so now convert and then train them as terrorist , my God now UK prison training ground

  6. gravenimage says

    Oct 19, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    UK: In Muslim-majority prison, non-Muslims forced to convert
    ………………………….

    And just the same thing is going on in Australian prisons:

    “Australia: Islamic State prisoners threaten to behead guards and inmates who don’t convert”

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/10/australia-isis-prisoners-threaten-to-behead-guards-and-inmates-who-dont-convert

    • Sile Draper says

      Oct 20, 2015 at 4:27 pm

      this is not new…it’s even happening with some of the staff.. I know I worked in personnel.

  7. Marty says

    Oct 20, 2015 at 4:38 am

    The most vile racist murder of all time in the UK is rarely discussed
    (unlike the relatively quick death of Stephen Lawrence)
    Muslim sadists kidnapped, tortured & burned alive a Scottish
    15 year old, Kriss Donald.
    His murderers are now in prison, instead of hanged, and run the
    most cruel mohammedan gang in any UK prison.
    Many indigenous British have had to convert for protection & will
    never be able to abandon the vile ideology when they are released.

  8. duh_swami says

    Oct 20, 2015 at 9:17 am

    A majority Mahoundian prison? How can that be? I though Islam was the Religion of peace, , of tolerance, of honesty, pf love, and non violent.What happened? What went wrong?

  9. Evolution says

    Oct 20, 2015 at 9:28 am

    This has been happening for a long time in many places.
    In Australia, a few prisons are practically mosques now.

    Prison is a very easy place to convert people to any religion/cult.

  10. David says

    Oct 20, 2015 at 11:07 am

    I know someone who went into prison a Christian a few years ago (he converted whilst on the run) and came out very sympathetic to Islam. Fortunately he was only there for 3 months.

  11. Ralph says

    Oct 20, 2015 at 2:19 pm

    Someone Need “Balls” To Tell The Filth Of The Earth To Go To Hell…

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