My latest in FrontPage:
A recent incident in Britain highlights yet again how it is well-nigh impossible nowadays to have a coherent and honest public conversation about the nature and magnitude of the jihad terror threat. Any attempt to do so is drowned out by charges of “bigotry,” “racism,” and “Islamophobia,” such that we now have a generation of people who believe reflexively that any opposition to jihad violence and Sharia oppression is ipso facto “hateful,” and thus must not be given voice. Those who dare to break this rule will be duly punished. This was the recent experience of a British woman named Sheila Daly, a councillor at Kingshurst Parish Council in Birmingham. She stepped out of line, and raised unacceptable questions. She knows now not to do such a thing again.
According to the UK’s Metro, Daly, 78, uttered remarks at a Kingshurst Parish Council meeting that went beyond all the bounds of present-day acceptable discourse, straying far beyond woke boundaries. She committed her transgression at a meeting that was called “to discuss the new arrivals, many of whom were flown into the Birmingham area after leaving Kabul.”
Daly, Metro reported, “asked if council officials were prepared for the Afghans to begin ‘blowing us up’, a comment that drew audible gasps from others at the meeting.”
Audible gasps. In this face of this general horror over her words, Daly tried to explain: “she said she did not believe all the Afghans who had come to the UK had worked with British forces and spoke of her suspicion the Taliban would try to ‘smuggle people into the country to cause mayhem, blow us up, or do whatever.’” She “insisted she was not racist as she used to foster Asian children and said: ‘I would take a family in and look after them. But there are people in this country [whose] children have gone off to a war they didn’t want to fight in Afghanistan. They’ve been killed or maimed. And we’re inviting the same people into this country to have houses [and] jobs.’”
Why, how could Sheila Daly have dared to say such a bigoted, racist, “Islamophobic” thing? How could she have dared even think it? Maybe she was aware that, as the Daily Mail reported on September 10, “an Afghan rescued from Kabul by the RAF has been arrested as a suspected Taliban terrorist in Manchester.” And that Sky News reported on August 23 that “a person from Afghanistan on the UK’s no-fly list has been flown into Birmingham as part of the British evacuation operation in a potential security breach.”
What’s more, Business Insider reported in mid-August that “thousands of inmates, including former Islamic State and al-Qaeda fighters, were released from a prison on the outskirts of Kabul as the Taliban called for a ‘peaceful transition’ of power. Afghan government troops surrendered Bagram airbase to the Taliban early on Sunday. The base houses Pul-e-Charki prison, which has around 5,000 prisoners. It is the largest in Afghanistan and notorious for its poor conditions. A maximum-security cellblock held members of al Qaeda and Taliban, said reports. Footage published by an independent Afghan news agency, which supports the Taliban, appears to show militants letting the inmates out.”
What could possibly go wrong? None of those al-Qaeda or Islamic State jihadis could possibly have ended up being picked up by British (or American) forces and brought to the UK or the US, could they? Surely the idea that these jihadis would be able to come into the United States or Britain as Afghan refugees is beyond the realm of possibility, right?
Despite the fact that there is nothing precluding that possibility at all, Daly apologized. “After his colleague’s comments, the council’s acting chair David Cole said he had ‘read her the riot act’ and she had apologised and retracted the remark, which the council had accepted.” Nonetheless, “Nazek Ramadan, director of charity Migrant Voice, which advocates for migrant communities, condemned the councillor. Ms Ramadan said: ‘These kinds of comments are totally inappropriate, inflammatory and fuel racism. They spread misinformation and incite hatred.’”
What guarantee can Nazek Ramadan give that Sheila Daly is entirely wrong, and that no Afghan evacuees will turn to jihad? He can give no such guarantee. But you’re not allowed to voice such concerns in shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain today. To do so is “racist” and “Islamophobic.”
gravenimage says
UK Councillor Warns: Some Afghan Evacuees Will Soon Be ‘Blowing Us Up’
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Sheila Daly was not wrong. She never should have apologized.
mortimer says
The leaders of ISIS, Al Qaeda and other Islamic terror groups have EXHORTED jihadists to attack the British. Many British civilians HAVE ALREADY BEEN ATTACKED by jihadists … even on London Bridge and the approach to Parliament.
A number of Afghan jihadists are sure to attack eventually.
gravenimage says
It’s already happened in the west.
Check Burry says
In UK Parish Councils are pretty powerless, so even if they ditched her, for being right on the money, it would make little difference, she can still say same out of the council.
Peacelover says
NONE of it is about race! I think people who call it ‘racism’ do so only ’cause they have small and limited minds,themselves.
Maureen Chaloner says
Why is a Muslim head of migrant watch???
Peacelover says
I thought the very same.
gravenimage says
+1
Michael Copeland says
Salman Abedi was taken in from Libya by the Royal Navy and brought to Britain as an asylum seeker.
He blew up the Manchester concert.
gravenimage says
Yep.
Maureen Chaloner says
EXACTLY which is why Ms Daly should not have apologised…
Peacelover says
I agree but she is just ‘giving in’ like so many are,as we know. I shouldn’t have used the word ‘but’ since there is no good excuse to giving in.
tgusa says
The victims of the Manchester bombing were mostly young females. What tough guy.
The Royal Navy assisting in the bombing of their own people. That is quite the turnabout. However, I’m sure the Royal Navy were just witless dupes but that is no consolation for anyone.
Wellington says
Just another example of the “larger burden.” The larger burden is Islam, all of it, and no willing adult Muslim deserves any respect. None.
The main problem remains and that is that there is no good Islam. Dhimmis like Pope Francis, Bush 43 and Tony Blair continuing to defend Islam is appalling and so-called moderate Muslims in the West are even worse because they give cover to the one major faith which is totalitarian and a menace overall to mankind.
If we lived in an optimal world, a completely sane and informed world, Islam would have been dismissed by now as just one more major error in man’s sorry-ass history. The fact that Islam has not been dismissed by now by mankind, and especially by the West, is dispositive of the collective idiocy of mankind—ditto for traditional authoritarian rule, remaining Marxist sentiments still foolishly abounding, and Western Leftism (which has much in common with the great error which is Marxism—oh yeah, overlapping of stupidity and iniquity is, unfortunately, not uncommon).
Every polity can be successful if they have democracy, capitalism, a decent legal system and a proper moral code. Sadly, this still rules out much of mankind, even most of mankind.
How tragic. How useless. How stupid.
Maureen Chaloner says
Tragic to the point of sheer lunacy….
Maureen Chaloner says
I would NOT apologuse.Hell would freeze over first.SHE IS RIGHT!
Peacelover says
+
Michael Copeland says
Kingshurst Parish Council
18 The Parade, Birmingham B37 6BA
kingshurstparishcouncil@gmail.com
Sheila Daley’s email is not shown on the Parish Council’s website. The other Councillors’ emails are shown.
http://kingshurstparishcouncil.org.uk
gravenimage says
Thanks for that grim information, Michael.
Michael Copeland says
ALL the Paris Bataclan terrorists entered Europe as “refugees”.
gravenimage says
Yep.
Eleanor says
As an aside, the leader of the Sydney, Australia Lebanese rape gang, is being released from prison shortly. This is one nasty piece of work. The actual gang consisted of 14 Lebanese young men.
For those interested, the victim has done a 60 Minutes Australia interview about the crime which can be found on YT, and there is a Daily Mail article about his release.
“One of Australia’s most notorious gang rapists will be RELEASED into the community in weeks – two decades after his crimes appalled the nation.
Notorious Sydney gang rapist Mohammed Skaf will leave prison next month
Skaf, now aged 38, spent two decades in jail after convicted of series or rapes
First became eligible for release on parole in 2018; now granted strict parole
Will be subject to 24-hour monitoring and released no later than October 8, 2021.”
gravenimage says
These rapists should be deported after serving their prison terms.
Dave Mcloughlin says
Sir you are too generous. Emasculated and then deported.
KJW says
Ms Ramadan said: ‘These kinds of comments are totally inappropriate, inflammatory and fuel racism. They spread misinformation and incite hatred.’”
They say that even when you’re talking about and quoting the Qur’an. A guy on YouTube said my words were dangerous and some right-wing group might read them and do something bad. He m also said “We are a peaceful people.”
Does Ms Ramadan complain about the Islamic schools and mosques in Britain teaching the inflammatory, racist, hatred-inciting Qur’an?
Inspired Infidel says
The sane people of the world can make muslims so uncomfortable that they will change their own behavior. I confront every clown in ridiculous muslim attire out in public with questions regarding their behavior. My speech might be rude , but not illegal in any way. They are the world’s trash & should be treated like trash.
Check Burry says
She is correct, and should not have been forced to grovel, recant.
IT WILL HAPPEN
THEY WILL disappear from the hotels, plot and kill, maybe only a few.
Michael Copeland says
The texts they recite instruct them to ambush and kill us.
We are their enemy: this is their “Realm of War”.
Commanded to view us with hatred as lower than beasts,
They’re permitted to use deception, and lie to us all.
Disclaiming loyalty here to our state and laws,
Their men conspire to do killings at home and abroad:
They scheme and plan to murder with home-made bombs.
The intention is clear that we walk in fear of our lives.
They are here and round us.
From; “Here and Round Us”
https://gatesofvienna.net/2021/02/here-and-round-us/
Jim says
It seems to me that in the West, if people are disillusioned with their religious sect, they leave and join one that is not burdened with evil intentions. Or they found their own alternative religious organization. We see this in cases like the World Wide Church of God or Robert Schuler’s son, who left his Crystal Cathedral Church. Muslims who tried to do this would face consequences in many cases. And who hears of this happening. The best thing would be to leave Islam and join a different religion without sharia law. But instead they defend their innocence but do nothing to stop the crimes of false muslims, but rather even aid them. So perhaps we should expect terror attacks, just as these have been committed by previous Muslim migrants.
Peter says
The horible mistake
Sheila made, was to apologise, poor sole, probably trying to save her job,or perhaps scared of being blownup !!
Walter Sieruk says
,Yes, the terrible reality is that some of those Afghan “refugees” may be jihadist/Muslims being actual human time bombs just waiting to blow up ,in jihad suicide/homicide attack at their chosen time and city.
Michael Casmer says
Wasn’t there a British soldier not too long ago who was beheaded on the streets in Great Britian? Forget his name. I guess everyone else did also
gravenimage says
That was Lee Rigby, Michael, whose terrible murder was covered here. Not all of us have forgotten.
Michael Casmer says
Very kind of you to remember gravenimage. thanks.