“It is understood the allegation relates to an encounter with a Muslim party member outside an internal meeting in the summer.”
However, there is no information given about what actually happened. Sherwin herself says: I am being victimised by people trying to blacken my name.” And: “I am not a racist.”
At very least, then, this incident shows the deeply rooted confusion in Britain over how to respond to the threat of jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others. Islam is, once again, not a race, and to oppose these things is not “racist.” The reverse is also true: if Mary Sherwin called the Muslim party member some racial epithet, that has nothing to do with his Islamic religion. The British intelligentsia seems abjectly incapable of making these elementary distinctions.
“Conservative councillor suspended after Islamophobia allegation,” by Dan Martin, Leicester Mercury, November 20, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A Conservative councillor is being investigated by the party over an allegation of Islamophobia.
Mary Sherwin has been suspended from the Bosworth Conservative Association after a complaint was made against her.
The former Leicestershire county councillor said she had been unaware of the specifics of the complaint against her until she was contacted by LeicestershireLive.
She said the letter she had received said only that it was alleged she had discriminated against someone.
However, it is understood the allegation relates to an encounter with a Muslim party member outside an internal meeting in the summer.
The Burbage parish councillor and former police authority member denied the allegation, saying she was upset that it had been made against her.
She said: “I am being victimised by people trying to blacken my name.
“This is not me. I am not a racist.
“I was so upset when I got the email (about the complaint).
“I know I am being investigated but I can’t defend myself because until now I had no idea of what I was being accused of.
“What you (LeicestershireLive) is telling me is news to me.
“I haven’t been asked to speak to the person doing the investigation and I really don’t know what is going on.”
The councillor said she recalled the encounter outside the internal meeting in the summer, but said that she had done nothing wrong….
mortimer says
WHY ARE UK POLITICIANS SO INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH ISLAM?
There are many bad things about Islam that deserve to be criticized !
Islam contains many intrinsic issues that contradict and are irreconcilable with modern ideas, human rights and civil liberties:
1 No Golden Rule 2 No free speech 3 No democracy 4 Jihad – holy war of world conquest 5 Honour killings 6 Taqiyya – sacred lying 7 Taqlid – group think 8 Misogyny – repression of women 9 Rape of kafirs as jihad prizes 10 Genocide 11 Ethnic cleansing 12 Anti-Semitism 13 Al-Walaa wal-Baraa – Islamic apartheid 14 Torture 15 Plundering 16 Cruel and unusual punishments 17 Backwardness – stagnation 18 Violence against women 19 Slavery 20 Discriminatory Sharia law 21 Hatred of the arts 22 Pedophilia disguised as child marriage 23 Fifty generations of cousin marriage and genetic defects 24 Cruelty to animals 25 Extortion tax to humiliate disbelievers 26 No historic basis 27 Obscurantism or the rejection of fact-based reason 28 FGM 29 Arab racism 30 Theocratic totalitarianism 31 Vigilantism 32 Political supremacism.
Anyone who can’t see the inherent issue within Islam is intellectually dishonest.
revereridesagain says
“Anyone who can’t see the inherent issue within Islam is intellectually dishonest.” In a nutshell! Islam demands the rejection of reality as an article of faith, by “infidels” as well as their own “slaves of Allah”.
And everyone who is accused and who doesn’t fight back with at least as much fortitude as Mary Sherwin just digs another spadeful out of the big hole into which Britain and the rest of Western Europe is falling.
PRCS says
Per Sam Harris, Islam is the motherlode of bad ideas.
Barbara Yunker says
Concise and thorough summary – excellent!
James Davis says
Don’t Forget, The British “Giveaway”, & Betrayal, Of Their Colonial, Brother’s &
Sister’s, Fighting Communist’s in RHODESIA. They didn’t want to be labeled, “White Racist’s”, by THE UNITED NATION’S, & The Rest Of The
Brainwashed, “Politically Correct”, “GLOBALIST”, WORLD!!!
Antiislamicman says
Islam has no connection with race as any creed or colour can be a Muslim. Islam is not a race.
Jayell says
These muslims have to use the ‘race’ card because ‘islamophobia’ as such hasn’t been criminalised quite yet and it looks like they’re having a problem trying to find something suitably ‘hateful’ to pin on her. So, whatever causes trouble, they try it, and every idiot under the sun falls for it.
FYI says
islam isn’t a race but it seems to be IN a race to spread its chaos,murder and mayhem everywhere…aided by the Dhimmis,the Lefties and the MSM
gravenimage says
Spot on, Jayell.
mortimer says
This is a KANGAROO COURT. Arbitrary dealing with candidates and serving politicians is unbecoming to any political party. We trust our politicians to PROMOTE AND DEFEND our freedom of speech, rather than STIFLE and CHOKING OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws (and those of other Islamic jurisdictions), an accuser need only make a complaint to bring about the destruction of the life of the accused.
In other words, blasphemy laws are exploited by Muslim opportunists to get rid of inconvenient opposition or obstruction.
I believe this woman is being victimized, not for saying rude things about Islam, but because a political opponent wants her out of the way.
Because Islam contains the JIHAD DOCTRINE which justifies any opportunistic act that advances Islamic supremacism, Islam is not compatible with Western democracy which gives politicians the benefit of the doubt and presumes that most politicians will behave honorably.
Because of the JIHAD DOCTRINE, the TAQIYYA DOCTRINE and the AL WALAA WAL BARAA DOCTRINE, a reasonable person must assume that Muslims will behave very deviously in politics.
Emilie Green says
“I know I am being investigated but I can’t defend myself because until now I had no idea of what I was being accused of.”
The process is the punishment. At a minimum. If they get your head too, all the better.
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
UK: Conservative councillor suspended over accusation of “Islamophobia,” says “I am not a racist
I don’t understand why conservatives are always having to explain themselves, always on the defensive. You don’t see conservatives cutting heads or mass raping muslims or throwing gays off buildings or running Jews and Christians out of town… it’s muslims doing all that rottenness. The West did nothing but welcome muslims with open arms, and welfare, and healthcare, and every other manner of support. But in return we get terror, nasty enclaves, mass rape, and a multitude of subversion for islam. If what I just said offends some then it’s because it’s true.
“I know I am being investigated but I can’t defend myself because until now I had no idea of what I was being accused of.
And I have no doubt she’s being truthful about this, she’s simply another victim of hypersensitivity over islam. Unless you emphatically state you fully support islam and are willing to ignore the terror it inspires then you will surely be deemed a racist bigot. Any justified criticism of islam or muslims and you’re automatically a xenophobic racist who hates muslims. It’s worse than that, really, I’ve been banned from sites for merely citing islam’s violent texts. Excuse me, but this is getting so like “1984 ” with good people defending against phantom “islamophobia” and other imaginary thought crimes. Muslims are the ones who should be explaining why they bow to a god that wants us non-muslims enslaved or dead, especially when you consider it in the context of all the terror they actually do for islam (35,000+ and still counting). But somehow we’re bigots for caring about the security and safety of our families, friends, and nation(s), never mind the mountain of evidence that supports our grievances. If you say the word “day” and it rhymes with “hay” which rhymes with “gay” then you surely have offended some muslim who prefer gays be dead. That’s where we’re at with this thing, practically every syllable counts, your life and financial well being depends on it. The more islam grows the more we become its bitch.
Battle says
Mary Sherwin: Plese bring your own racism claim against the dastardly false accuser. Please also bring a free speech claim against the dastardly false accuser. And please also bring your own religious discrimination claim against the dastardly false accuser.
The accuser is an affirmative race bigot. The false accuser is an affirmative religion bigot. The false accuser is a thug.
Angemon says
Don’t cha know? “Islamphobia” is in the eye of the beholder, and when it comes to “hate crimes”, the correct stance is to believe the victim (because why would they lie, right?), and throw the presumption of innocence out the window…
Anna Yelena says
What is so sad is that Europe was saved twice by the brave American soldiers from Hitler’s quest for world domination only to kowtow to the evil of the Cult of Mo that has told the world of its evil plans. Will Europe be able to wake up from its coma, only God knows.
Ren says
Just be proud to be an islamophobe.
Shamus says
Obviously she is racist! she said that her accuser was trying to “blacken” her name, as if this were a bad thing. Using the word black or related words in a negative way is all the proof of racism you need!
I am, of course, being sarcastic. The UK is an asylum and the lunatics are in charge. Will things be different after the election? don’t count on it.
Rene says
FYI, FORMER IMAM ABDUR RAHMAN MUHAMMAD SAYS THE TERM ISLAMOPHOBIA WAS CREATED by THE IIIT (Muslim Think Tank) ANOTHER OFFSHOOT OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEATING DOWN CRITICS. . . AS A WEAPON TO ADVANCE A TOTALITARIAN CAUSE BY STIGMATIZING CRITICS AND SILENCING THEM. And is from the Muslim Brotherhood deceptive “General Strategic Goal for North America”. Read it is is on the internet.
Islam will put the blame somewhere else; try intimidation and cry victim; which is all pure bulls_ _ t, then cair steps in to put down more bulls_ _ t. This is the plan to destroy our country from within and replace our Constitution with sharia.
People need to wake up and NOW, obama gave them the keys to the government as he is a muslim, marxist, leninist,democrat,socialist, liberalist , totalitarian and they all sleep together. They didnt seal their college records just for the hell of it.
And now obama is sleeping with trudeau to bring them down ; hope the Canadian people see through the bulls_ _ t.
so they can stick their ‘islamophobe’ term where the sun doesn’t shine.
PRCS says
IMO, she should have said there are aspects of the sharia which are completely antithetical to and incompatible with British law.
Let Muslims prove her wrong.
Scott Carlson says
This made up word needs to be abolished. It’s intentional use is never good. It’s used as an intimidation tactic to get people to back down to the supposed victims demands. The use of this made up word is used to paint Muslims as victims and is usually used after an Islamic foul hit the news or after an Islamic foul hit social media. It’s no other than a sinister and clever tool to gain power over non-Muslims. It’s similar to the “black card” but has a far worse sinister intent.
Use common sense.
While or shortly after the person claiming this card does the person smirk and or laugh?
Is there actual disputable proof that the incident happen? (No blurred images etc..)
What does the person using this card gave to gain?
What are the demands of the person using this card?
Do the demands after using this card violate other person’s rights?
jca reid says
Islam is NOT A RACE!!! It is a psycho desert Nazi Ideology dressed up as a religion & because of that, demands respect. The Arabs actively promoted Hitler & the Nazis before, during & AFTER WW2. In 1935, Persia changed its name to IRAN – the Arabic for Aryan. I’m sick of these lickspittles who condemn someone who speaks out against an evil, Fascistic doctrine.