Would anyone be calling for the banning of Graham from the UK if he had called Christianity “evil”?
The MCB said: “We would expect the government to apply its criteria here. If it does not, it will send a clear message that it is not consistent in challenging all forms of bigotry.”
The British government is already inconsistent: it bans foes of jihad terror and critics of Islam, while letting in jihadis. The Home Office recently banned Martin Sellner, Brittany Pettibone, Lauren Southern and Lutz Bachmann from entering, all for the crime of opposing jihad terror and Sharia oppression, and thereby made it clear that it is more authoritarian and unwilling to uphold the freedom of speech than ever – at least when it comes to criticism of Islam, Muslim rape gangs, and mass Muslim migration.
Even worse, the bannings of Sellner, Pettibone, Southern, and Bachmann were just part of a long pattern. Pamela Geller and I were banned from entering Britain in 2013, apparently for life, also for the crime of telling the truth about Islam and jihad. Just days after Geller and I were banned, the British government admitted Saudi Sheikh Mohammed al-Arefe. Al-Arefe has said: “Devotion to jihad for the sake of Allah, and the desire to shed blood, to smash skulls, and to sever limbs for the sake of Allah and in defense of His religion, is, undoubtedly, an honor for the believer. Allah said that if a man fights the infidels, the infidels will be unable to prepare to fight.”
And Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri’s preaching of hatred and jihad violence was so hardline that he was banned from preaching in Pakistan, but the UK Home Office welcomed him into Britain.
The UK Home Office also admitted Shaykh Hamza Sodagar into the country, despite the fact that he has said: “If there’s homosexual men, the punishment is one of five things. One – the easiest one maybe – chop their head off, that’s the easiest. Second – burn them to death. Third – throw ’em off a cliff. Fourth – tear down a wall on them so they die under that. Fifth – a combination of the above.”
Theresa May’s relentlessly appeasement-minded government also admitted two jihad preachers who had praised the murderer of a foe of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. One of them was welcomed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Meanwhile, the UK banned three bishops from areas of Iraq and Syria where Christians are persecuted from entering the country.
So if the British government is consistent in this case, it will ban Graham and let in a few jihadis.
“U.K. Muslims Want Preacher Franklin Graham Banned for Spreading Anti-Islam Hate Speech,” by Tom Porter, Newsweek, September 9, 2018:
The leading Muslim organisation in the U.K. has urged authorities to ban preacher Franklin Graham, who is set to speak in the country later this month.
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), an umbrella organisation for hundreds of Muslim groups, has lent its support to calls from three members of parliament and thousands of members of the public to deny the preacher a visa for spreading hate speech.
Graham—son of the late Billy Graham—is scheduled to speak at an event in Blackpool, in the northwest of England, later in September.
Opponents say that he has incited hatred of Muslims and the LGBTQ community, and ought not to be allowed into the country.
The MCB in a statement to The Guardian said: “In the past the government has banned individuals whom they claim are ‘not conducive to the public good’. Mr Graham’s remarks are on record and clearly demonstrate a hatred for Muslims and other minorities.
“We would expect the government to apply its criteria here. If it does not, it will send a clear message that it is not consistent in challenging all forms of bigotry.”
A supporter of President Donald Trump, Graham has described Islam as “evil” and a “religion of war,” claimed that Barack Obama was “born a Muslim,” claimed that Satan is behind the movement for LGBTQ rights. He has praised Russian leader Vladimir Putin for opposing the “homosexual agenda” in his country and his controversial “gay propaganda” ban….
Jean Terry says
It is amazing to me as none of the banned people preach hate and murder. And yet those who do are not banned if they are Muslim. Mr. Graham may tell the truth about the Muslim religion but he preaches love.
mortimer says
Yes, F. Graham preaches CHRISTIAN AGAPÉ LOVE … that is the OPPOSITE of JIHAD … BIGOTED WARFARE AGAINST DISBELIEVERS …
Muslims hate kafirs only because they disbelieve that is not a prophet.
Muslims are the real bigots… it’s decreed by Koran 48.29 …
““Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
Those with him are VIOLENT (ashiddaa’) against the unbelievers (kufaar),
Compassionate amongst themselves.”
That is the model of BIGOTRY, don’t you agree?
mortimer says
Correction: Muslims hate kafirs only because they disbelieve that Mohammed is a prophet.
Mac-101 says
Is Graham the last well known Christian Minister who will Speak Truth to Power?
mortimer says
The other preachers who criticized Islam got de-platformed or they are in hiding with security guards 24/7.
I met a well-known preacher who wears a bullet-proof vest whenever he goes out.
Mac-101 says
ALL our entire established churches have denied Christ infinitely more times than trice before the roster crows twice!
.
One of the End Times Requirements! The Church will be defiled!
Guy Forester says
The Christian pastors and preachers that refused to follow the state mandated messages in Nazi Germany and the USSR ended up dead or in concentration camps.
I would recommend that Pastor Graham consider this as a badge of honor. He should also get radio time on SW and AM radio that can be picked up in the UK. Also, produce DVD’s that can be carried into the UK and distributed.
mortimer says
WHAT??? CHALLENGE ‘ALL KINDS OF BIGOTRY’ ????
Goody!
How about we just challenge … AL WALAA WAL BARAA…
…the ESSENTIAL ISLAMIC DOCTRINE OF APARTHEID and BIGOTRY ??
‘Baraa’ is HATRED towards Kafirs ‘for the sake of Allah’…Al Bughoud or Al Mu’adaat (hatred) is the opposite of Al Muwalaat (love towards Muslims). Baraa is:
– To Hate
– To keep distance from
– To be enemy to
– To desert
– To decline to help
– To disrespect
– To put down
– Not to ally with
– Not to support
Allah ordered Muslims to have Baraa (to be cleansed) from the dirty kufaar and from kufr and shirk.
-Imam Abdul-Latif ibn Abdur-Rahman Rahimullah said, “It is not possible for someone to realize Tawheed (Islamic faith) and act upon it, and yet not be HOSTILE against the mushrikeen (i.e. wrong worshippers). So anyone who isn’t HOSTILE against the mushrikeen, then it cannot be said that he acts upon Tawheed nor that he realizes it.” [ad-Durar as-Saniyyah 8/167]
-“The doctrine of al Walaa wal Baraa is the REAL IMAGE for the actual practice of this faith.” – source “Al Walaa wal Baraa According to the Aqeedah of the Salaf”, by Sheikh Muhammad Saeed al Qatani, authoritative Saudi Sharia lawyer and imam at the Abu Bakr and Al Furqan Mosques in Mecca. – https://islamfuture.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/al-wala-wal-bara-according-to-the-aqeedah-of-the-salaf-parts-123/
-Shaykh Ahmad ibn ‘Atiq said:
“There isn’t in the Book of Allah the Exalted – after the issue concerning the obligation of tawheed and the forbiddance of its opposite (kufr=wrong belief)- any issue which has as so many proofs, nor so clearly explained, than the issue of al-walaa’ and al-baraa’.” (W-B is ‘Islamic apartheid’)
– from Sufi scholar Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624): “The honour of Islam lies in INSULTING kufr and kafirs. One who respects the kafirs dishonours the Muslims… The real purpose of levying jiziya on them is to HUMILIATE them to such an extent that they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain TERRIFIED and TREMBLING. It is intended to hold them under CONTEMPT and to uphold the honour and might of Islam.”
– from ibn Taymiyya, “Book of Emaan”: “… true believers show ANIMOSITY and HATRED towards disbelievers and NEVER support them.”
– from Umar Sulayman ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ashqar, “Belief in Allah”: “The Muslim should regard the Kuffaar as ENEMIES and HATE them because of their kufr (wrong belief), just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself.”
– from [Chap.iv] “The Islaamic Concept of al-Walaa’ wal-Baraa’” by Khalid El-Gharib: “… to SHOW ENMITY to those who show enmity to Allaah and His Messenger”.
Wellington says
Again, mortimer, you provide detail that is crucially important but of course this will be lost on the likes of Theresa May and her ilk (and it is, sadly, a very large “ilk”) who have never, and I predict will never, take the time to learn what you know about Islam.
So, meanwhile sapient and informed people like Robert Spencer, who speak the truth about the worst religion of all time, will be banned from a once free country. Guess we can pretty much add Franklin Graham to this list.
My God, Britain is descending fast.
gravenimage says
True, Mortimer and Wellington.
FYI says
I wonder does the LGBTQ community know about..
HADD..the islamic punishment for a gay man
TAZIR…the islamic punishment for a gay woman{at the discretion of the judge}
Will they be protesting at the local mosque at such islamic bigotry?
Isn’t it much easier to attack a Christian than to challenge the muslims?
islam has ACTUAL punishments for gay people.
Michael Copeland says
The Muslim Council of Britain objects to Graham because, they say, his remarks “clearly demonstrate a hatred for Muslims and other minorities”, and he has been “spreading hate speech”. They cite these as being ‘not conducive to the public good’.
So it is hatred they object to?
The “excellent pattern” praised in Koran 60:4, is “between us and you enmity and hatred forever….”.
This is part of Islamic law, like all the Koran. As mortimer’s comment above shows, Islam instructs hatred. See also https://libertygb.org.uk/news/islam-instructs-hatred-muslims-speak.
They thus confirm that Islam’s message of hatred is ‘not conducive to the public good’.
mortimer says
Copeland, the Islamic doctrine of AL WALAA WAL BARAA (Islamic apartheid) is NOT CONDUCIVE to the ‘PUBLIC GOOD’.
peter says
The word “hatre.d” has become the last resort of a scoundrel . I knew a friend who would use the word eveytime she ran out of argument to shut me up. Of course it did not work
James Lincoln says
The average bread-and-butter Jihad Watch reader / poster would be banned from the UK if they only knew what we were thinking and posting…
Wellington says
No doubt. And instructive of what has happened to liberty (and common sense) in the UK.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, James and Wellington.
elee says
Hey Brits”
Would you exile Churchilll? Do you think you’re finding peace in our time?
Indiana Tom says
Muslims demand that Franklin Graham be banned from the country for criticizing Islam.
That might include a lot of other people besides Graham if applied consistently.
gravenimage says
I’m sure you remember this shameful and shocking story:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614834/Arrested-quoting-Winston-Churchill-European-election-candidate-accused-religious-racial-harassment-repeats-wartime-prime-ministers-words-Islam-campaign-speech.html
pumbar says
I thought we were finished?
gravenimage says
Pumbar, surely you must find this concerning?
pumbar says
I’m optimistic and, like one of my fellow countrymen said, I ‘never, never, never give up’ (unlike our rugby team).
gravenimage says
I hope enough patriotic Britons do this, Pumbar.
pumbar says
Hope is for followers of Mr Graham and Greek women who open boxes. I’ll stick with certainty, and I’m certain that the amount of us, that are just beginning to boil, is going to be large and will make our demands heard.
David M says
“A supporter of President Donald Trump, Graham has described Islam as “evil” and a “religion of war,” claimed that Barack Obama was “born a Muslim,” claimed that Satan is behind the movement for LGBTQ rights.”
All of these things can be easily proven with facts except the Satan one, and that one is not an impossibility.
Mac-101 says
Islam’s and Mohammad’s teachings are almost ALL 180* from Christ’s teachings. That to me would make it Satanic!
StellaSaidSo says
+1
gravenimage says
UK: Muslims demand that Franklin Graham be banned from the country for criticizing Islam
………………………….
I hope this doesn’t happen–but it may well, given how many others have been banned from Britain for daring to mention the violence of Islam–as well as Britons who have been censured or jailed for saying the same.
More and more, Britain–historically one of the cradles of freedom of speech–is imposing Shari’ah crushing of freedom of speech. Just shameful.
Manny says
I admire Franklin Graham greatly, and I’m Catholic. Rev Graham is absolutely courageous for his denunciation of Islam as filled with evil. He sees the truth and isn’t afraid to speak it.
Mac-101 says
Amen, And that Catholic Cardinal who called out the Pope for promoting known sex offenders/pedophiles is an extremely brave man.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Maria_Vigan%C3%B2#August_2018_letter
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
Here’s part of the problem in the UK. A problem shared by so many self-loathing whites who are enamored with cultural exoticism.
Theresa May thinks she from the third world!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGtOT1tIAwg
Jayell says
Can’t you just see her on the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. No? Maybe Donald Trump could join her? No, he’s actually got some self-respect!
andy mckendrick says
Theresa has done the same for dancing ,that King Herod done for Mothercare.
eddie says
How could President Chickenshit possibly join Theresa May on Strictly Come Dancing? His f*****g bone spur might start playing up? The BS artist can just about manage 4 rounds of golf a week.
CogitoErgoSum says
I love the time he hit Hillary Clinton with a golf ball as she was boarding her plane.
PRCS says
I definitely liked that one, too, CES.
granddaddy says
Good for Franklin Graham. At least there’s one place in the Christian world that isn’t fake.
jayell says
The MCB ‘expects’ does it? It’s pretty obvious that it ‘expects’ to control the UK, along with all the other loudmouth, tinpot islamic organisations which have given themselves grand titles to match their bloated collective Dark-Age egos but no democratic credence whatsoever – e.g., the Saudi-funded so-called ‘Muslim Parliament’ (‘elected’ by no one but themselves) which was supposed to inhabit a proposed huge megamosque near the Olympic site in London but couldn’t get away with flouting local planning laws despite threats of violence to opponents. Any self-respecting UK authority would tell these preposterous, posturing, megalomaniac alien charlatans to take a running jump, but of course the UK authorities aren’t self-respecting anymore and instead prefer to emulate their Stasi heroes in stifling proper democratic values in order to appease their paymasters in the Middle East who ‘expect’ to exercise the prerogative of pulling the strings – as afforded by their oil money. I wonder how the elections are going in Sweden, where the dreaded ‘Right Wing’ (sic) were being tipped to upset the current islamomanic apple-cart? I hear that their are similar rumbles around the UK – no doubt these will also be ‘far-right’ extremists, or whatever. Maybe the media and ruling elite need a visit to the optician, because they don’t seem to be aware of anything to the ‘left’ of them.
Twerzig says
Back when the English were fighting
Adolf Hitler.
If you said you were biggoted
it meant you were in on
Operation Overlord.
alex Reid says
Seems strange wanting Muslims this fella kicked out of UK for criticising Islam, when Muslims constantly criticise the UK. Islam can’t stand criticism because it is so screwed up. It is a retarded dogma.
Charles T Lawson says
IS THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT NOW RENAMED PERGAMON , BECAUSE OF THE SEAT WHERE HA SHATAN SITS ?