“Johnson was widely criticised by senior Tories after his remarks in the Telegraph, with demands for an apology, including from the then party chairman, Brandon Lewis. The Tell Mama monitoring group said they had led to a 375% increase in anti-Muslim attacks and incidents of abuse. Nevertheless, Johnson has consistently refused to apologise.”
“The Tell Mama monitoring group said they had led to a 375% increase in anti-Muslim attacks and incidents of abuse.” How do they know that? This is a case of post hoc ergo propter hoc — after B, therefore caused by B. The alleged anti-Muslim attacks happened after Johnson’s supposed “Islamophobic” remarks, but unless the perpetrators cited Johnson in explaining what they were doing, the connection is imaginary.
Tell MAMA is “a discredited ‘anti-Islamophobia’ group that lost government funding in 2013 after exaggerating statistics to further their cause.”
Britain is, of course, finished.
“Boris Johnson says sorry for ‘hurt’ caused by Tory Islamophobia,” by Haroon Siddique, Guardian, November 27, 2019:
Boris Johnson has apologised for Islamophobia within the Conservative party as a Tory candidate accused the prime minister of fanning the flames of anti-Muslim prejudice.
The prime minister has faced heavy criticism for a column last year in which he used the terms “bank robber” and “letterbox” to describe Muslim women who wear a burqa and for failing to hold an independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the party.
On Wednesday, on a visit to Cornwall, asked if he apologised for the Islamophobia that has taken place in the Conservative party, he replied: “Of course, and for all the hurt and offence that has been caused – of course we do. And all that is intolerable and it’s so important as a country that we don’t allow that kind of thing and that’s why we’re going to have the independent inquiry.”
The apology was the first Johnson has made in relation to Islamophobia and came the day after Jeremy Corbyn repeatedly declined during a TV interview to say sorry for antisemitism within the Labour party, although he had previously done so.
Johnson, who agreed to an independent inquiry on Islamophobia during a televised Tory leadership debate in June, said the inquiry would be on “every manner of prejudice and discrimination”. Critics, who say anti-Muslim prejudice is rife within the party and requires specific scrutiny, insist that is not good enough.
Johnson’s apology came after Parvez Akhtar, the Conservative candidate for Luton South, called on the prime minister to unequivocally apologise for comments he made about Muslim women in the Telegraph last year and hold an independent inquiry into Islamophobia within the party.
“Whatever the intent of the column the effect has has been to reinforce the widely held view that the Conservative party has a blind spot when it comes to Muslims,” said Akhtar. “This view is further exacerbated by the fact that the prime minister refuses to apologise for those comments and hold an independent inquiry into Islamophobia despite committing to it on live television.”
Akhtar said he had twice personally experienced anti-Muslim hatred aimed at him within the party since joining in 2005, but had not left because he felt the only way to effect change was from within….
Akhtar said: “I can no longer remain silent as I would be complicit in the blatant discrimination which exists not only within the party towards individuals but also when it comes to the policy agenda.”
Johnson was widely criticised by senior Tories after his remarks in the Telegraph, with demands for an apology, including from the then party chairman, Brandon Lewis. The Tell Mama monitoring group said they had led to a 375% increase in anti-Muslim attacks and incidents of abuse. Nevertheless, Johnson has consistently refused to apologise.
The former Tory chair, Sayeeda Warsi, who has campaigned against Islamophobia for years, applauded Akhtar’s stand and said Johnson’s apology was “a good start”….
Halal Bacon says
ka pi tu la tion
mortimer says
How about some Muslim leader apologizing for all the hurt caused by Islam …
The “tears of jihad” are a rough estimate of the number of deaths of non-Muslims by the political act of jihad.
The death toll from jihad consists of: 120 million Africans; 60 million Christians; 80 million Hindus; 10 million Buddhists; as many as 500,000 Jews.
This gives a rough estimate of 270 million killed by jihad. Jihad is Islam’s divinely mandated method of establishing Islam’s political, global supremacy through warfare, subjugation, enslavement and genocide.
Some estimates of the tears of jihad go as high as 300 or 400 million, showing Islam is the greatest genocidal force in history
270,000,000 KILLED / 1400 years = 192,857 deaths per year since Mohammed began his attacks.
192,857 KILLED / 365 = 528 deaths per day since Mohammed began his attacks.
528 KILLED / 24 (hours) = 22 deaths per hour since Mohammed began his attacks.
22 KILLED / 60 minutes = 0.3669 persons killed by Islam every minute since Mohammed began his attacks.
1 KILLED / 3 minutes = one person was killed by Islam every 3 minutes since Mohammed began his attacks.
MUSLIMS, APOLOGIZE !!!
Carly says
You are singing my song!! AMEN!!!!
Gail Griffin says
Good math.
J_not_a says
Thanks for the illuminating breakdown
James says
Muslims should reconsider their attitude. Instead of being offended they should try self-criticism and self-analysis. Not all criticism is a phobia, some of it is simply objective analysis, so there should be some sort of apologies on the Muslim side. One seldom hears self-criticism by Muslims after jihadi attacks. Rather self-justification seems to be the order of the day. But perhaps that might be necessary.
Clifford Fodor says
That would be against their religion. They are required to fight back against anyone who offends them. They even beat up their women if they even think they might become disobedient. Islam must be abolished. It is not a religion. It is an anti religion. But it won’t be until the Second Coming.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
I’d like to say unbelievable, but it’s not. And so it is that to escape the clutches of globo-socialism we must embrace Sharia. Freedom is lost either way. It’s a fork in the road that gives nowhere good to go.
FYI says
Meanwhile another Terror attack in UK TODAY at London Bridge…while Boris apologises for all the “islamophobia”..
Naram-Sin says
I’m sorry for Islamophobia. Government officials should base their opinions on facts, like 33,000 people murdered by ISIS, 9/11, the 36,000 terrorist attacks since 9/11, sex slaves, etc.. There is no need to make stuff up, that would be Islamophobia and we don’t need any of that.
MS MADELEINE DUNN says
and we all know that the “that’s not Islam’ crowd are going to blame the london bridge attack on Boris and all the bigotted white Christians who made this poor mentally ill young man feel ostracized which led to his mental breakdown. What we need to do is fight islamophobia and condemn all the haters of Islam who are the real cause of terrorism.
gravenimage says
Yes–because even this cringing apology is not enough.
Westman says
After binge-watching “The Crown”, I came to the conclusion that England has been on the “finished” road since before WWII and the Islamic invasion is just a major nail in the coffin.
The Aristocracy of the feudal system controlled the citizens and squeezed its wealth out of the pheasants; maintaining their inheritable advantage.
After being the new “Rome”, England’s colonies broke away and no longer were exploitable resources and income, then WWII bankrupted it. The response was socialism, government health care, and the dole. Those items are rather attractive to the poorer former colonies and the stage was set for immigration for a piece of what we now call the UK. In light of the actual Rome, it seems typical that people would come from the lands formerly vanquished by the rulers – all roads leading to “Rome”, its wealth, and opportunity.
That was highly accelerated after 9/11 and the development of personal cell phones, for obvious reasons. Everyone with a cell phone can compare the living conditions of a nation and talk to those who went before. One no longer must guess if things will be better or how much “assistance” is available.
Boris Johnson is on a sinking ship and seems to be turning off the bilge pumps instead of disconnecting the EU anchor. Appologizing to the low-fare passengers isn’t going to right the ship.
Max says
Will Boris Johnson prove to be just as ineffective and disappointing as Theresa May was? He is already going in that direction.
gravenimage says
UK: Boris Johnson apologizes for “all the hurt and offense that has been caused” by “Islamophobia”
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And here is the payback from the “Muslim community”:
“UK: Man shot dead after stabbing many on London Bridge was wearing hoax suicide vest”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/11/uk-man-shot-dead-after-stabbing-many-on-london-bridge-was-wearing-hoax-suicide-vest
As other posters have already noted, Boris Johnson will probably be falsely accused of inciting this Islamic savagery.
Christina Pansy says
There’s no such thing at “Islamophobia.” A “phobia” is an irrational fear, but fear of Islam is rational. Don’t let the leftists control the language.
jca reid says
If Churchill was alive today, he’d be 145years old, or thereabouts. He’d kick PM Johnson’s ass clean out of #10! It is simply astounding that a British PM, along with a whole host of Politicians are pandering to this Fascist Desert Nazi Ideology that murders & suffocates the Human spirit & dignity.
Tee ‘n’ the Wildlife says
Shut up, Boris.
Infovoyeur says
Whoa, did you know what Boris actually wrote about in an article about a decade ago? It questioned why so little progress in Islam, the factors that held progress up, Issues like (such as) why so little democracy and indeed cultural development in Islamic societies/countries–wealth, financial (interest etc.), even maybe mentioned inshalla and bida? That was solid counter-jihad good stuff, and even more flammable now. I don’t have the reference, but boy, did he do well there, and how badly he is now sliding.