The only example of William Shawcross’ “Islamophobia” that the far-left Independent’s appalling Lizzie Dearden gives us is this: “Europe and Islam is one of the greatest, most terrifying problems of our future, I think. All European countries have vastly, very quickly growing Islamic populations and frighteningly large numbers of the young men in these, both in Britain and in Germany and in France, are turning to radical Islamism.”
It would be interesting to know what part of that statement that Lizzie Dearden, or the Independent’s top dogs, or Amnesty International and Liberty, or Big Brother Watch, Rights and Security International and The Runnymede Trust think is false or inaccurate about that. It’s likely that they are enraged at Shawcross because he said Europe and Islam constituted a “problem,” and noted that “all European countries have vastly, very quickly growing Islamic populations” as if that may not be an unalloyed benefit to those countries. Dearden, as a leftist “journalist” with more interest in preserving the leftist narrative than reporting the truth, almost certainly has no idea of the 1,400-year Islamic jihad against Europe, which The History of Jihad discusses in detail, and her head is likely filled with ahistorical nonsense about tolerant, pluralistic Muslim Spain, a myth that is also exploded in The History of Jihad. But what is the excuse of Amnesty International and these other groups? Of course, they’re all staffed with hordes of earnest young ideologues just like Lizzie Dearden who have no clue of what they’re dealing with.
The Independent, or any of these “human rights organizations,” would have done us all a service if they had explained exactly what was so egregious about what Shawcross said. But they will never do that. The proles’ role is to accept the narrative, not to reason why.
“Review of counter-extremism scheme boycotted over chair’s ‘Islamophobic’ comments,” by Lizzie Dearden, Independent, February 17, 2021:
Human rights organisations have boycotted a review of the government’s flagship counter-extremism scheme after its leader was accused of Islamophobia.
Charities including Amnesty International and Liberty said the appointment of Wiliam [sic] Shawcross, former chair of the Charity Commission, as the independent reviewer of Prevent had undermined its credibility.
A joint statement accused Mr Shawcross of expressing “patently Islamophobic views” in the past, including saying: “Europe and Islam is one of the greatest, most terrifying problems of our future.”
The 17 groups, which also include Big Brother Watch, Rights and Security International and The Runnymede Trust, said they would be launching their own “parallel review”.
“It is apparent that the government intends to use this review to whitewash the strategy and give it a clean bill of health, without interrogating, in good faith, its impacts on human rights and fundamental freedoms,” the statement added.
Ministers announced an independent review of Prevent two years ago, but it has been beset by controversy and delays….
Human rights organisations pointed to an appearance at the 2012 World Affairs Council, in Texas, where during a conversation about terror plots, Mr Shawcross said: “Europe and Islam is one of the greatest, most terrifying problems of our future, I think.
“All European countries have vastly, very quickly growing Islamic populations and frighteningly large numbers of the young men in these, both in Britain and in Germany and in France, are turning to radical Islamism.”…
The group of charities said the choice of reviewer suggested that the government “has no interest in conducting an objective and impartial review of the strategy, nor in engaging meaningfully with communities affected by it”.
“Mr Shawcross’s appointment, given his well-known record and previous statements on Islam, and following the debacle of the Lord Carlile appointment, brings into question the good faith of the government in establishing the review and fundamentally undermines its credibility,” they added….
Some campaign groups have long accused Prevent of targeting Muslims and setting the barrier for intervention too low, although police say statistics prove that all demographics and ideologies are considered….
A Home Office spokesperson said:…“It is false and disingenuous to say that Prevent disproportionately targets Muslims. It plays an essential role in stopping vulnerable people being drawn into all forms of terrorism, with safeguarding at its heart. It is important that this review is conducted so this vital programme continues to improve.”…
Around a quarter of referrals were due to concerns over Islamist radicalisation and 22 per cent related to right-wing radicalisation….
mortimer says
The term ‘Islamophobia’ is used by Leftist-Globalists to sideline anyone who defends European traditional values. Islam is being used by them as a wedge issue to divide society so it may be reformed for secularist, corporatist globalism.
John Forbes says
We all complain bitterly but little to NOTHING is done – ever!
Massive child Muslim Group Raping in the UK( actially Margaret Oliver states that things have not changed & the EX CHIEF PROSECUTOR says things have gone backwards) of many thousands of white & Sikh children are STILL being gang raped repeatedly & STILL the British are not enraged & the POLICE still refuse to even investigate?
The LEFT & NOW BIDEN say that RIGHT WING EXTREMISM is the Greatest Threat to America! How many right wing groups have “blown people up” Beheaded anyone , or Rioted over Cartoons?
The proscribed abuse is well outlined in the Koran, Hadiths & Sira for all to see & KAFIRS & Jews & Non believers are Monkeys & Pigs & STILL our COWARDS IN POWER refuse to even QUESTION anything as WESTERN SOCIETY is DISMANTLED by MARXISTS!
ALL seem to have missed what happened in IRAN to the left & gays once the HOLY AYATOLLAH KOMAINI arrived!
If these IDIOTS in the DEMOCRATS & CONGRESS think that they can stand against the MONSTERS IN C.A.I.R then they may as well believe in the “TOOTH FAIRY”!
IT WILL BE A HUGE BLOOD BATH!
geoff fury says
a fantastic reply and the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
job says
100% true.
RonaldB says
I think we need a few more details here. What is “Prevent”? Does it represent a research organization, or does it represent a police agency with actual powers and a history of action against individuals? It is, of course, a stock response of the left to call names and accuse opponents of “racism”, rather than actual engage in factual discussion. Nevertheless, the right must demand facts and complete information, independent on whether the left calls it names or not.
gravenimage says
Ronald, “Prevent” is the British program aimed at stopping “radicalization” of terrorists–both Jihad terrorists and those supposedly from the “far right”.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/21/uks-top-counter-terror-officer-backs-prevent-amid-row-over-review
tgusa says
Is the close right less dangerous than the far right? Are left wing governments less dangerous than right wing governments? I cant think of any human rights abusing right wing systems of governments but I do know of many left wing human rights abusing systems of government. I don’t believe in the right wing left wing titles. There are totalitarians that dictate what people should do pushing their ideals on everyone demanding compliance and there are non totalitarians who prefer that people should be left to make their own decisions. Pretty easy to spot who would be most dangerous.
gravenimage says
There certainly have been dangerous far right wing governments in the past–Nazi Germany certainly comes to mind.
But much of what is called “far right wing” now is merely right of center–and sometimes not even that. Liberals, feminists, and gays are smeared as “far right wing” if they dare voice any criticism of Jihad.
tgusa says
Nazi Germany was totalitarian and certainly not individual rights supporting right wing. That is a myth promoted by the usual suspects over the last 40 years. Stalin and Hitler were really not that much different. Was Stalin a right winger, no. I am of the so-called right wing. I am and have always been more liberal than the liberals of today. One difference is that my form of liberalism requires personal responsibly which is not the case for so-called liberals of today.
Jayell says
Those who talk about the Nazis being ‘right wing’ need to remember that the term ‘Nazi’ is an abbreviation of ‘National Socialist’. Socialists are LEFT wing and most of Hitler’s policies were in fact centre-left. It seems that modern-day left wingers suffer from some kind of elective disorientation and have forgotten about/never bothered learning about the difference between ‘right; and ‘left’.
Wellington says
Jayell: Until 1934 and the Night of the Long Knives (June 30th), Nazism had both left-wing and right-wing elements in it as evidenced by its 25 point program of 1920. After Hitler got rid of the left-wing elements in Nazism, for example having Ernst Rohm killed, thereafter Nazism was a pure Far Right movement. Hitler had to appease the business class and it just so happened that most of his rivals within Nazism were left-wingers like Rohm—two birds killed with one stone. Thereafter, German businessmen made huge profits and backed Hitler—and there is nothing socialist about huge profit making for businessmen.
You mentioned the word “Socialist” in the term “National Socialist” and this is indeed a left-wing term, but the word “National” is a right-wing term—demonstrative of how muddled Nazism was in theory from its outset. Remember, socialism is all about globalism, ceasing repression of the worker, and the nation state is yet another capitalistic construct to keep the workers of the world down, to prevent them from forming a world-wide workers’ community, etc. If Nazism after the Night of the Long Knives was not a Far-Right movement, what was? Nazism from the summer of 1934 to the spring of 1945 was about as far right as one can find anywhere in history, though Franco’s Spain and Salazar’s Portugal are other good examples.
Sylvia Drummond says
gravenimage I think that we would all prefer to see a British programme called ‘Deport.
Wellington says
Instructive, very, that the single most accomplished civilization in history, easily so, i.e., Western Civilization, is the only civilization which eventually produced a highly significant amount of self-loathing, and as evidenced, among so many other idiocies, by political correctness, multiculturalism, the cancel culture and Orwellian wokeism. My God, when even pronouns and gender are suspect, as they most certainly are in Leftworld, courtesy of the moronic Western Left, you know or should know that something has gone terribly awry.
So, the West is so successful that it produces massive amounts of leisure time (and wealth) and which in turn allows losers and parasties of all kinds, examples being Biden, Kerry, Harris, Psaki, AOC, Rice, Trudeau, Pope Francis, Merkel, Macron, May, Blair, Pelosi, Omar, Tlaib, Schiff, Swalwell—long list eh?, to try and destroy the greatest civilization of all time. Oh yes indeed, the Age of Nonsense marches on.
Much of the time man is a collective idiot. Never truer than now.
Westman says
And the people on that long list will be last to feel the effect of their Islamophilia upon the free world.
Peter Evans says
G’day Mate, Better to be an Islamophobe than an Islamophile me thinks !!. At Least you know what might come at you other than be used till your worth has run out.
Peter Evans says
I forgot to add a quote from the man himself.
… “We have often proclaimed this truth in our domestic and foreign policy, namely that we have set as our goal the world-wide spread of the influence of Islam and the suppression of the rule of the world conquerors … We wish to cause the corrupt roots of Zionism, capitalism and Communism to wither throughout the world. We wish, as does God almighty, to destroy the systems which are based on these three foundations, and to promote the Islamic order of the Prophet … in the world of arrogance”.
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini.
Eleanor says
It’s the young leftie losers and progressive parasites who are the most dangerous Wellington. Nearly half of your list has one foot in the grave anyway, and what is concerning is that they will probably be replaced by more young dangerous leftie halfwits. I despair.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Western civilization has an analogy in the business world. The business lifecycle usually goes something like this:
Launch, growth, shakeout, maturity, decline – or lifecycle extension.
Western civilization is now in the “decline” stage, as you have eloquently outlined.
Tragic…
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/finance/business-life-cycle/
somehistory says
“The Beast of Hollow Mountain,” old movie with Guy Madison. Madison and a friend own a ranch. There is a mountain nearby. There is also in the movie a pretty woman to whom Madison is attracted; and since he is a very handsome guy, there is competition from a jealous local sleaze. The sleaze is a liar, too.
This situation with moslims being protected from criticism is much like elements of the movie; and when they are shown to be a danger, the one calling out the danger is targeted as the bad guy. The “bad guy” must go…no matter how truthful he is.
Does the beast get the “local sleaze”…or does Madison have to rescue him…because Madison is not a bad guy after all.
How long before the liars get the facts straight? islam is a beast and absolutely no good; hungry to kill and murder its way across the planet.
Those who don’t recognize the danger of the beast, those who downplay the danger, lie about the danger, deny the danger, will all be eaten by it.
One can just imagine these fools standing around the Everglades arguing to protect the invasive python from being caught, all the time watching the big snakes kill and eat everything they can wrap their body around.
tgusa says
Snake hunting can be a stimulating activity. Its not something that can be classified as a leisure activity because it is snakes you are hunting.
somehistory says
I had a t shirt from the Sweetwater West Texas Rattlesnake Roundup…but didn’t get it by going on the hunt. Just seeing pics…much like some I’ve seen of pythons caught in the Glades in the past few years….not for me. Those who go, have something inside that I don’t.
But I recognize that islam is full of snakes of a different sort. That’s the first step, I believe.
gravenimage says
UK: Leftist ‘human rights’ orgs enraged at ‘Islamophobia’ of chief of ‘counter-extremism scheme’ review
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How dare anyone oppose Jihad terror (i.e., “extremism”)? Bad dhimmis!
Everyone knows that there is nothing more indicative of human rights than slaughtering unbelievers in the name of Islam…sarc/off
Jack Holan says
Leftists never address the issue. They label and attack an individual, besmirch, defame, and disparage him/her so as to ruin his/her reputation and credibility of whatever may by argued. This is the Stalinist/Hitlerian metDhodology of today’s Left and it’s no accident that it’s employed as a blueprint in Europe, North America, South America and South Asia/minor. If the World of the sane don’t awaken to this totalitarian scheme to gain power over all us and control our thoughts through mainstreaming acceptable speech we will reach those ‘re-education camps’ screamed for by many Democrats after the 2020 Election. As in the case of the UK they let the true terrorTists roam the streets and incarcerate, contrary to the Magna Carta, those who publicly speak out about it. Thank you Jihadist May former PM of England. A Jihadist needn’t carry a bomb or gun to be a Jihadist. They can be an enabler such as ex-Stasi Officer Angela Merkle who climbed the ladder from enemy covert Agent to Chancellor of the Democratic Germany. Quite Interesting. Then she flooded the country with People from unknown Muslim countries, unvetted, after ISIS declared on the bloody beaches of Libya, that they would have Hijya as Mohamed at Medina and take over Europe. They didn’t mean tomorrow but they have their foothold
Yohannes says
Why those “Human Rights” leftards blind about the acts of those dreaded abdools like church vandalism, beating woman on Speakers Corner, and so on?
Oh wait, they condemn, but only lip service.. K-Lips Al-Quraishi is their actual master…
Jayell says
So 92% of terrorist offences worldwide and virtually 100% of terrorist offences in the UK are committed by muslims, yet it is ‘islamophobic’ to link islam with this criminal activity. If a ‘phobia’ is an irrational fear, how is it ‘irrational’ to link proven statistics with an identifiable causal factor? I shudder to think at what would have happened at the time of the Great Plague if this lot had been around whingeing about ‘rodentophobia’ when those cuddly little furry creatures with the long tails on board the ships were spreading the good news around.
somehistory says
For a long time, it has been recognized in the U.S. that there are more Blacks in prison than Whites, although in the population at large, there are more Whites. To point this fact out as a “fact” is called “racist” by those who don’t want to admit that more Blacks than Whites commit crimes.
More Blacks are shot and killed by Blacks than by Whites, and this is a fact; but it is called “racist” to point it out as a fact.
That is the way it is with people who want to hide the Truth, or hide from the Truth. moslums and their supporters don’t want the Truth about islam to get published because people would see just how evil islam is.
LR says
“Rodentophobia”. That’s funny.
Rodents are God’s creatures too. Stop hating them, and let them procreate like mad. It doesn’t matter if they sometimes carry disease that can kill us. We have to make them happy.
Well, why not? Apparently, we can now defy biological reality by simply stating men can get pregnant. So, we might as well go whole hog for rodents!
Sheraton Chippendale says
‘chair’ i.e. chairman.
John Forbes says
What really worries me is how little interest there is in the British Public on these issues? Their society is being totally destroyed & yet like the rest of Europe not a thing is done?
Michael Copeland says
See Britain First. They are trying to get “a thing …done”, but are being stymied by government antipathy. Each time they have applied to be registered as a political party it has been turned down. They have a considerable base of support.
OLD GUY says
Islam is a problem, one can’t but help wonder what took so long to figure it out. If you allow these young muslim men into your country it is the same as allowing and enemy to invade with out any resistance. Islam is running operation migration invasion of the EU, and will shortly be doing the same thing in America thanks to Biden’s open border policy. Makes one wonder if COVID is being used to keep the pubic distracted from the real threat global islam and its freedom sucking ideology.