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London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “One of Our Strengths Is Our Diversity”

Dec 8, 2019 10:00 am By Hugh Fitzgerald

Sadiq Khan, the Muslim mayor of London, and a tireless apologist for Islam, had his usual reaction to the latest murders by Muslim terrorists in “the greatest city in the world.” For Sadiq Khan, the defense and promotion of “diversity” has become an obsession. Last summer Sadiq Khan earned the outrage of many Londoners for his expensive focus on this “diversity”; they discovered he now spends annually close to $2 million on”diversity” bosses for London Transport, far more than he does on employees devoted to keeping fares down, or on improving safety in the system.

Here’s Khan’s latest praise of “diversity”:

London mayor Sadiq Khan told reporters that diversity is one of the British capital’s strengths in the wake of the London Bridge attack, and that all great cities are targets for terrorists.

“Look, I’m mayor of the greatest city in the world, and one of our strengths is our diversity,” he told reporters shortly the attack by Usman Khan, a convicted radical Islamic terrorist who had been freed from prison on a tag after serving less than half of a 16-year term, which left two dead and three injured.

This insistence that “diversity is our strength” is the byword not just of Sadiq Khan, but of many European politicians, and above all, of Chancellor Merkel. It is stated as a given; no evidence need be offered. But why should we accept this assertion? Is all “diversity” a “source of strength”? What kind of “strength”? Start asking these questions, and you will not get a coherent answer, but merely self-satisfied repetition of the mantra that brooks of no disagreement. In Seoul, in Beijing, in Tokyo, in Warsaw, in Budapest, there is precious little diversity, and no one in those cities appears to be longing for it to arrive, so that those capitals can be more like the London of Sadiq Khan. London’s “diversity” finds its expression not just in the terrorist attacks that fill Londoners with anxiety, but in the crime wave of stabbings by Muslim criminals, in the “greatest city in the world.” The “diversity” that the 3.5 million Muslims have brought to Great Britain includes, as well, the grooming gangs in a dozen of its cities that have led to the ruined lives of tens of thousands of English girls, the victims of “diversity” whom Sadiq Khan appears not to have noticed.

“But we do know there are people out there who hate our diversity, hate what we stand for, and are trying to seek to divide us”, he added — although his grounds for appearing to suggest that terrorists despise Britain for being diverse were unclear.

Who are the people who are taught to “hate our diversity”? Surely it is the Muslims themselves, who read Qur’anic verses that describe them as “the best of peoples” while non-Muslims are “the most vile of creatures”? Why should Muslims wish to have anything to do with such people? The Qur’an further instructs them not to take Christians or Jews as friends, for “they are friends only with each other.” The doctrine of Al-wala’ wa-l-bara’ (Arabic: الولاء والبراء‎) is a concept in Islam, literally “loyalty and disavowal,” which signifies loving and hating for the sake of Allah. This type of love requires Muslims to love those who are obedient to Allah and to defend and assist them, and to hate those who are disobedient, which means all non-Muslims.

Muslims are thus taught not to integrate into a non-Muslim society, but instead are instructed in more than a hundred Qur’anic verses to fight, to kill, to smite at the necks of, to strike terror in the hearts of, non-Muslims. Is such a population a source of “strength” for British society, or is it, rather, a source of physical danger and societal disarray? We know the answer to this: look at the London that Sadiq Khan has helped create, and what his cherished “diversity” has meant to the social fabric, and to the physical safety, of Londoners.

Mayor Khan then flirted with controversy with a statement echoing an earlier, infamous former claim of his with respect to terror attacks — i.e. that “part and parcel of living in a great global city is you’ve got to be prepared for these things” — by telling reporters: “Look, I know, speaking to colleagues around the world, mayors of other great cities, that we’re all targets for terrorists.”

So according to Mayor Khan, terrorism is something you’ve just got to accept, it’s the price we all pay for the privilege of living in a great city, we just have to prepare ourselves, there’s nothing much else to be done.

Some critics of the Mayor of London have suggested that such attacks only appear to be a feature of life in cities such as London, while in a relatively homogenous place like the Japanese capital of Tokyo they are exceedingly rare — although not entirely unknown….

Quite right: there are many homogeneous cities whose inhabitants are not impressed with those in the West celebrating “diversity”; they do not want it for themselves, and have made great efforts to prevent such “diversity” from being imposed on them. “Non-diversity” – homogeneity of the populace – is seen as a source of societal strength and safety in Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo, Budapest, Warsaw. What would Mayor Khan urge the Mayor of Tokyo to do – let in a million Muslims so Tokyo’s residents can enjoy the same benefits of “diversity” that Londoners do? Not a chance.

“[T]he message I want to send… is we are resolute, we stand united in the face of terrorism, and we will not allow anybody to divide us,” he insisted.

Who are “we” who “stand united”? Surely not those who are taught in their holy book to despise, hate, fight, and strike terror in the hearts of those who do not belong to the same faith? Sadiq Khan says “we stand united in the face of terrorism.” Has he taken a poll of Muslims? How does he know that they are “united in the face of terrorism” when they are told in several Qur’anic verses to “strike terror in the hearts of the Unbelievers”? And what are Muslims to think about terrorism  when Muhammad himself, the Perfect Man and Model of Conduct, boasts in a hadith that “I have been made victorious through terror”? And how does Sadiq Khan know that “we [the British] are resolute…united in the face of terrorism, “and we will not allow anybody to divide us”? Haven’t the bombs and knives of murderous Muslim terrorists done quite enough already to “divide us”?

Here’s what we have in Sadiq Khan: a mayor who has presided over the greatest crime wave in London’s modern history; there are now more murders – mostly by stabbing – in London than in New York. The rate of criminality among Muslims in Great Britain far exceeds that of native British or that of other, non-Muslim immigrants. Don’t bother Mayor Khan with talk of Muslim terrorists and grooming gangs and stabbings on London streets. Sadiq Khan doesn’t need to present evidence; he’s the mayor of the greatest city in the world and he knows that “one of our strengths is our diversity.” But with each new atrocity committed by Muslims who have been prompted by the Qur’an, ever fewer British – despite the pollyannish views about “diversity” that they are constantly fed by the media and many politicians aside from Mayor Khan — are prepared to believe him. That growing disbelief is a welcome sign of mental health.

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  1. Piccolino says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 10:20 am

    London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “One of Our Strengths Is Our Diversity” which must be his code word for ”Our
    Divershitty”

    • JW_Reader says

      Dec 8, 2019 at 1:27 pm

      Without Diver_shity, Sadiq shitface Khan will still be in shithole.

  2. Michael Copeland says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 10:27 am

    Khan’s claim is, of course, nonsense.
    Thank you for exposing it.

  3. Michael Copeland says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 10:44 am

    One feature of Western society that was clearly shown in the defeat of the muslim terrorist is the instinctive rejection of such criminal atrocity and a willingness to take risks fighting against it.

    It is true that not everybody would show such resolute bravery and determination, but the response of those who, unarmed, tackled the killer gives insight to “one of OUR – the West’s – strengths”.

    Lukasz the kitchen worker who tackled the killer with a pole, said, “I acted instinctively”. So too must the others have acted who, with almost no time to think, fought the murderer off with whatever came to hand – a chair, a narwhal tusk. How strong and brave of Lukasz and the other two who pursued the retreating terrorist along the bridge, shouting warnings to others, and overpowering him, with brilliant inventiveness, by means of the narwhal tusk and a fire extinguisher.

    Those are strong instinctive reactions. Those are our strength. They come to the fore in an emergency. They utterly reject the socially divisive murderous supremacist diktats of Islam.
    https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/12/courage-what-would-we-do/

    • Savvy Kafir says

      Dec 8, 2019 at 11:06 am

      Yes, that was an excellent display of courage, and of heroic resolve to take down a jihadi dirtbag. I hope many others follow their example! These attacks will continue throughout the West, as long as Muslims remain here.

      Got Muslims? You’ve got jihad!

      • peacefuleasyfeeling says

        Dec 8, 2019 at 12:41 pm

        So true is the last line if you don’t mind i will use it

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 8, 2019 at 6:02 pm

      +1

  4. WPM says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 11:57 am

    Leander
    Your comments have nothing to do with this Jihad watch article ,or Jihad watch ,

    • Cicero says

      Dec 8, 2019 at 12:52 pm

      Hear hear. Some readers seem not to get the point of this site

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 8, 2019 at 6:42 pm

      Yes–his claiming that the Bible is evil and that the “Prophet” was a peacenik is just intended to distract from the threat of Jihad.

  5. James says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 12:06 pm

    They always say diversity is our strength. They never say, increased crime, rape, fanatacism, pressure to adopt foreign moral and legal codes, pressure to accept foreign customs that discriminate against women and Jewish people are our strength. There is strength in social conflict or in anti-Semitism. Somehow when it is all bundled up as diversity it sounds better.

  6. Sun says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 1:00 pm

    If diversity is our strength, I wonder what good does Islam contributes to our Western society.
    I have asked some liberals in my family. Nobody could answer my question.

    • James Lincoln says

      Dec 8, 2019 at 1:47 pm

      Sun,

      There is no upside to Islam in Western society.

      Absolutely none…

      • Sun says

        Dec 8, 2019 at 2:25 pm

        Full agreement!

  7. James Lincoln says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    Ethnic diversity WITHOUT assimilation into the predominant culture of the host country leads to the dreaded:

    MULTICULTURALISM.

  8. Tom says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 2:41 pm

    Toadies like Khan, Trudeau and Merkel constantly spew their “Diversity is our strength” mantra and their sycophantic followers believe them without question.

    Diversity, like many other words, has been weaponized by the left, SJW’s and Islamists and used against any critic of Islam to silence them.

    Those of us who still are able to think critically know that this is an obvious attempt to censor free speech and, given the rise in populist politicians, will not succeed if we continue to challenge it at every opportunity.

    A lie, such as that being perpetrated by those who say “Diversity is our strength”, can only succeed if it goes unchallenged.

    • Jayell says

      Dec 8, 2019 at 6:31 pm

      ‘Diversity’ suggests a lack of ‘uniformity’. Where there is a lack of uniformity there is ipso fact a lack of unity anfd therefore actual or potential inherent division. Where there is division there is inherent structural weakness and consequent fragmentation. Therefore it is ludicrous to claim that diversity gives strength, since it undermines unity and thereforevstrength, and it is quite pathetic to complain about being ‘divided’ since ‘diversity’ presupposes division in the first place. Khan is either a cynical self-advancing confidence trickster or a deluded fool, and the only reason he prattles on about ‘diversity’ is because, as a totally un-British South Asian, it is the only possible validation for people like him to continue to be in the UK in the first place.

  9. Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 3:44 pm

    Khan, like Trudeau, is intentionally confusing biological diversity (genetic and environmental) with social diversity. Genetic diversity and environmental diversity are both good things. Social diversity always leads to conflict, civil war and failed states. History is full of examples.

    Again, fools are easily deceived by nice sounding good-speak.

  10. Ren says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 3:46 pm

    Diversity is OK, only without muslims.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 8, 2019 at 7:18 pm

      Very often true, Ren.

  11. Diversity Lies says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 5:17 pm

    60 Studys say Diversity=Violence/War

    http://1nselpresse.blogspot.com/2017/02/vielfalt-nahe-krieg-hier-die-beweisliste.html

    Only titles are translated,the links bring you the the english original…

  12. Peter35 says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 5:30 pm

    Sadiq Kahn, this diminutive moslem nutter lies faster than a horse can gallop. As for diversity, it worked just fine in Oz, NZ, Canada and USA—-until moslems showed up.

    While our so-called leaders keep stupidly insisting moslems are OK, reality shows a different face. How on earth could moslems possibly assimilate when their ‘holy book’ tells them otherwise, and when have they ever assimilated? The 56 countries they have invaded over the centuries are all now islamic countries.
    In a world gone mad, only some Eastern European countries, Israel and Angola show any sign of sanity.

  13. gravenimage says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 5:57 pm

    London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “One of Our Strengths Is Our Diversity”
    …………………..

    Yeah–especially the “diversity” of thousands of Jihad terrorists.

  14. abad says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 8:34 pm

    Is it just me, or does Khan look like a Moslem Hitler minus the mustache?

  15. TrueFreeThinker says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JyAwCJaC2uY

    Great video about how Diversity is our greatest strength supposedly.

  16. Stanton Lore says

    Dec 8, 2019 at 11:07 pm

    I appreciate being informed that diversity makes us great, whether that phrase is uttered in England or the USA. I feel so ignorant. All along in my life I believed our strength as a nation was our Constitution and rule of law. Now that I know we don’t need anything but diversity I will relax knowing borders mean zilch. Actually, that idiotic phrase, repeated often by idiots (of course), is comical. Will Khan be re-elected? That would be both comical and disheartening.

  17. Patrick B. Ludwig says

    Dec 9, 2019 at 4:09 am

    Diversity in London:

    – Paki muslims
    – Egyptian muslims
    – Indonesian muslims
    – Bangladeshi muslims
    – Indian muslims
    – Moroccan muslims
    – Bosnian muslims
    – Rohingya muslims
    – Ugandan muslims
    – Kenyan muslims
    – Saudi muslims
    – Turkish muslims
    – Albanian muslims
    – Sudanese muslims
    – South African muslims
    – Nigerian muslims
    – Malaysian muslims
    – Malian muslims
    – Tschadian muslims
    – etc. etc. etc.

  18. jca reid says

    Dec 9, 2019 at 6:08 am

    Islam is just one mega – Fascistic, perverted monoculture. Nothing else is permitted to exist. Speak the Truth for once Mr. Khan about this disgusting ideology!

  19. Dawne Swift says

    Dec 9, 2019 at 1:39 pm

    As a Londoner born and bred I can’t believe the change in the city over the last 20 odd years. When I was young – 70s/80s, sure there were black people and Asians, but fewer than 10-15% I’d say. Now the city is over 50% immigrant and crime is rife. The knife attacks that make the papers are just a small proportion of the knife crime. So much isn’t reported. We moved 18 months ago to a small town by the sea – still very English – and whilst there are immigrants here there isn’t much crime. I walk my dog on the beach every day and meet so many new arrivals to the town all white “refugees” from London. They tell me of their children mugged at knife point on the way home from school in Upminster; gangs of armed black youths roaming Edmonton, and a father whose child’s friend lost a kidney after being attacked by a knife wielding gang in Romford; somebody else who moved her family here after a young girl was randomly knifed by black gangsters in Harold Hill. None of these attacks even make the news (other than the one in Harold Hill where the poor girl died).

    But because immigrants vote Labour, Sadiq Khan is almost assured of getting in again as London Mayor. The man is absolutely hopeless, and not just that but spending millions on his pet projects of diversity as mentioned in the article. I just despair.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 9, 2019 at 9:45 pm

      Yes–terrible, Dawne. My mother and aunt went through the London blitz as young women in the British army in WWII. My mother was a teletype operator, and my aunt drove supply trucks between London and the mouth of the Thames in dangerous blackout conditions

  20. Carolyne says

    Dec 9, 2019 at 9:00 pm

    I hear that nonsense “Diversity is our strength” often but no one ever explains how that works. Where did that come from? Why is it “Our strength?”. It seems to me that by splintering society into little ethnic groups rather than one citizenry, would make society weaker not stronger. Bad is good. Good is bad. Or something like that.

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