Blackburn tweeted: “If the left hadn’t told me the EDL were the real threat I would have carried on thinking it was machete-wielding, Koran-quoting Muslims.” And: “I know the media haven’t told us but I suspect these terror attacks were carried out by Muslims because of Islam.”
Let’s see. Which group has been responsible for more terror attacks in the UK? The EDL or machete-wielding, Qur’an-quoting Muslims? Which group is part of a global network of terror groups that has vowed to destroy the West and establish states ruled by its law in the ruins? The EDL or machete-wielding, Qur’an-quoting Muslims? Which group is part of a larger grouping that has called repeatedly for lone wolf terror attacks against civilians in the UK and elsewhere? The EDL or machete-wielding, Qur’an-quoting Muslims?
And were jihad terror attacks carried out by Muslims because of Islam? Let’s take 9/11. In his letter to himself that he wrote just before the 9/11 attacks, 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta wrote: “Read al-Tawba and Anfal [traditional war chapters from the Qur’an] and reflect on their meanings and remember all of the things God has promised for the martyrs.” Did he not think that he was carrying out his attack because he was a Muslim who wanted to obey Islamic teachings? And 9/11 plotters Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi bin As-Shibh, Walid bin ‘Attash, Mustafa Ahmed Al-Hawsawi and ‘Ali ‘abd Al-‘Aziz ‘Ali wrote: “We ask to be near to God, we fight you and destroy you and terrorize you. The Jihad in god’s [sic] cause is a great duty in our religion.” Were they not Muslims plotting mass murder because of Islam?
Michael Blackburn’s remarks, however, although manifestly true, are deemed “Islamophobic” by The Tab, and now Blackburn is embroiled in a controversy. It is good that Lincoln University has defended him, although instead of standing on free speech grounds, as good as that is, it could and should have pointed out that what Blackburn wrote was correct, accurate, and commonsensical. That Lincoln University officials did not dare to do this is a sign of how insane our age really is.
“Lincoln University defends lecturer who tweeted ‘terror attacks were carried out by Muslims because of Islam,’” by Amber Marshall, The Tab, October 5, 2018 (thanks to Lookmann):
Lincoln University have defended a lecturer who tweeted Islamophobic and anti-feminist tweets, including one which said “terror attacks were carried out by Muslims because of Islam”.
Between 2012-2018 Michael Blackburn, who teaches English at Lincoln University, tweeted a series of Islamophobic and anti-feminist tweets. One said: “If the left hadn’t told me the EDL were the real threat I would have carried on thinking it was machete-wielding, Koran-quoting Muslims.”…
More recently in 2017, the English lecturer said: “I know the media haven’t told us but I suspect these terror attacks were carried out by Muslims because of Islam.”…
Before we started investigation into this incident, Blackburn’s Twitter account (@SunkIsland) was still available to view, however he has since deactivated it.
In response to the tweets, Lincoln University defended Blackburn on the grounds of freedom of speech, emphasising they “recognise individuals’ rights to hold different beliefs and views”, and that the ability to “speak freely and to explore ideas is fundamental to the idea of a university.”…
When The Lincoln Tab approached Michael Blackburn for a comment, he declined.
Smart man.
Halal Bacon says
Bravo!
..and rain is wet 🙂
Unbeliever1 says
Here is one for you, Halal Bacon. You have to hear this guy Nabeel Qureshi on “understanding violence in Islam”.
https://youtu.be/DR1j5aeiGZk
gravenimage says
Great stuff from Qureshi. He is missed.
Jayell says
I wonder why Qureshi didn’t get the same reception from a University audience as Robert Spencer did at Stanford?
Carol the 1st says
Are those who *don’t* hold “different views and beliefs” commonly known as HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL, and SEE NO EVIL?? (otherwise known as the Red/Green Trinity)?
Noel Anderson says
Sharia Law and the so called religion that supports it, is an abomination and has no place in a modern 21st century civilized society…..It is barbaric and savage like the people that practice it…..It brings death were ever it goes….It has not contributed anything to the world community in the 1400 years of it’s existence except 300,000,000 deaths and counting. It is has been and still is responsible for most of the slavery in the world, it mutilates it’s girl children, it’s men have no control over there natural instincts just one step up from animals…..When is the western world going to wake up…Study the history of the last 2,000yrs., don’t be put of by the lies of the trendy lefties and the MSM, they are mostly young fools with no life experience, still wet behind the ears… the truth is the truth and no amount of PC whitewash can change the the truth……May God Bless you all…….
Malcolm Jackson says
Michael Blackburn should join UKIP.
Perhaps Mr Blackburn should try asking Nigel Farage what Nigel thinks of Mr Blackburn’s comments.
Nigel Farage publishes all his Radio shows on You Tube. If you want to make a comment on Nigel’s dislike of Tommy Robinson,and Nigel’s support of Islam, then go along to Nigel’s You Tube Page and post away. I am sure Nigel will love to read our comments. Alternatively call Nigel on his show at 0345 60 60 973. Happy days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0xlL0aPyc
Georg says
“If the left hadn’t told me the EDL were the real threat I would have carried on thinking it was machete-wielding, Koran-quoting Muslims.”
*independent thought alarm*
Maxwell SJ Fenton says
If it wasn’t factually and evidentially true he’d be a liar. It is and he isn’t.
The English leftist goats butt heads over Truth, hence they’re so dim and dangerous, running amok in the corridors of academia.
Renate says
You know what the nutty Left would say…”The truth is no defence.”
mortimer says
The British Left is finished. The people of UK will soon realize they are liars. Islam’s primary source texts are the origin of motivations for JIHAD-WARFARE against disbelievers.
Has the Left read the KORAN, HADITHS and SIRA or the manuals of DISCRIMINATORY LAW? NO ???
Then why does the Left have the KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED to speak about JIHAD ??? They don’t.
SHARIA LAW IS CLEAR ABOUT THE DUTY OF JIHAD:
Legal Definition of Jihad from the ‘Reliance of the Traveller’ (manual of Sharia law)
– “Jihad is a communal obligation,” meaning upon the Muslims each year. [Reliance of the Traveller, Book O9.1]
Jihad is something Muslims must do against non-Muslims every year.
– RoT – O9.0: Jihad : (O: Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion.
– RoT – O9.8: The Objectives of Jihad : The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians…
– RoT – O9.9 : The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because they are not a people with a Book …
-The caliph (RoT – o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians
◦Make war upon such of those to whom the Scriptures have been given (Jews and Christians and Zoroastrians) such as believe not in Allah. (K.9:29)
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Official Definition of Jihad according to Saudi Arabia:
“Jihad is holy fighting in Allah’s Cause with full force of numbers and weaponry. It is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars. By Jihad Islam is established, Allah’s Word is made superior (which means only Allah has the right to be worshiped), and Islam is propagated. By abandoning Jihad Islam is destroyed and Muslims fall into an inferior position; their honor is lost, their lands are stolen, their rule and authority vanish. Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim. He who tries to escape from this duty, or does not fulfill this duty, dies as a hypocrite.” – footnotes on p.39, ‘The Noble Koran’, published by King Fahd Complex for Publication of the Quran, Madinah, KSA.
SuchindranathAiyerS says
Anybody who reads the Quran, the Hadiths and Islamic History knows that what the World calls “terror” is standard Islamic Modus Operandi commanded by Mahomet, Abu Baqr and Uthman
Westman says
“When The Lincoln Tab approached Michael Blackburn for a comment, he declined.”
“We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.” ― George Orwell, 1984
Tom says
Good for the University for defending the Prof’s right to free speech and not capitulating to what must have been a torrent of leftist and Islamists threats.
Given the political and policing bias in the UK toward charging people for expressing their freedom of speech, it was an incredible feat of fortitude for both the Prof and the University to stand up and be counted in this fight.
gravenimage says
Glad to hear the university is standing by him.
Norger says
“I know the media haven’t told us but I suspect these terror attacks were carried out by Muslims because of Islam.”…
Indeed, the MSM will never say that. However, it’s somehow “Islamophobic” to take note of the fact that these terrorists self-identify as devout Muslims and justify their actions with reference to authoritative Islamic sources, to which the terrorists cite confidently and accurately. Whether the terrorists’ version of Islam is “true” Islam is completely beside the point; they are undeniably following a mainstream interpretation of Islam, completely consistent with the version taught in Saudi Arabia, heart of the Islamic world.
gravenimage says
UK: University lecturer under fire for saying “terror attacks were carried out by Muslims because of Islam”
……………………..
Under fire for telling the truth.
Lydia Church says
What they are saying is:
“The truth? TRUTH?! Oh, we can’t have that around here!”
Ren says
Islam = Terror = Terrorism
Muhammad said it and wanted as such.
strong aingel says
Over the years, in every Western Nation, tens of thousands of us have been diligently working to expose successive Governments importuning of islam upon us… tolerate this, accept that. The majority of us have been marginalised, ostracised even. Some have ended up in Prison. The Prof is saying only what commonsense evidences. Thank God there is at least one Professor not safe roomed. However at his level of things his focus on machete wielders belies what is really going on in both the Political and civil domains, where jihad warfare is arranged to undermine, displace and poison unbelievers.
dumbledoresarmy says
Good on Michael Blackburn.
God bless him.
Time for jihadwatchers – especially British Jihadwatchers – to write to him, offering encouragement, and referring him to Robert Spencer’s and Ibn Warraq’s latest books about jihad and Islam, and to ex-Muslim Sam Solomon’s book on the hijra, “Al Hijra: the Islamic Doctrine of Immigration” and to Australian scholar Mark Durie’s book on Dhimmitude, “Islam, Dhimmitude, and Freedom”.
Also: the university should be contacted and thanked for standing up for their employee on grounds of freedom of speech. Urge them to maintain that position uncompromisingly.
One might up the ante by suggesting that they invite ex-Muslims such as Ibn Warraq and Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Sam Solomon and Magdi Allam to *speak*. And that they issue an invitation to prominent critics of Islam – mention some names, incuding that of Robert Spencer and Rev Dr Mark Durie (who is formidable). They could hold a conference on the subject of freedom of speech and freedom of conscience, and expressly discuss – and critique – the Islamic blasphemy ‘law’ and the Islamic apostasy law.