Wasiq Wasiq is a founding trustee of Muslims Against Antisemitism (MAAS) and an Associate Fellow at the Centre on Radicalisation & Terrorism of the Henry Jackson Society. That’s an extremely bad sign, as the Henry Jackson Society is a frankly fascist organization that has openly called for foes of jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women to be forcibly silenced as “extremists.” But in this particular instance, Wasiq is correct: the “far-right” threat has been massively exaggerated, not least by the Henry Jackson Society itself, and the jihad threat ignored or downplayed. One day the jihadis are likely to make that stance impossible to sustain.
“Stop inflating the danger of the far-Right,” by Wasiq Wasiq, UnHerd, July 7, 2022:
Concern about the growing threat from the extreme Right-wing has been gaining ground in Britain. The commentariat has lined up to emphasise how it will define this century.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan wrote recently that the West’s battle against the far-Right is one that we cannot ignore. Khan argues that the threat is an evolving global danger and one which the world needs to wake up to. Meanwhile, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and head of counter-terrorism policing, Matt Jukes, warned that those involved in far-Right extremism were getting younger.
In the final stages of serious attacks, more than a quarter have been linked to neo-fascist and racist groups. Of the 27 terrorist plots that have been thwarted over the last three years, eight came from the far-Right.
While these figures may seem shocking, it is important to note that the threat is still second to Islamist extremism — something we would do well to remember on the anniversary of the July 7 London bombings….
From the period between 31 March, 2013 to 31 March, 2021, there have been significantly more people in custody for Islamist extremist connected offences than any other form of extremism. The lowest number of people in custody for Islamist extremism was 79 in 2014 with an increase of over 100% (164) in 2017. The highest peak came a year later in 2018, with 186 individuals recorded as being in custody for the same connected offence.
In the same nine-year-period, there was a 1000% increase of extreme Right-wing connected offences. This may sound alarming, but the reality is different: the number of individuals in custody for extreme Right-wing connected offences rose from 4 to 44. There are therefore significantly fewer extreme Right-wing prisoners in custody than their Islamist counterparts despite the apparent increase in convictions….
Islamist extremist connected offences continue to dominate statistics year on year. Over nine years, the lowest number for all terrorism-related offences was 87 (2013) whereas the highest was 238 (2020). In each year, except 2021, Islamist extremist connected offences amounted to over three quarters of all offences consistently….
The attention given to the growing threat from extreme Right-wing individuals appears to be attracting more attention than it deserves. It is simply a fact that more people are consistently sentenced to prison for Islamist extremism than any other form of terrorism connected offences. As concerning as the rise in Right-wing extremism may be, it pales in comparison to the Islamic threat — we must not turn away from it.
somehistory says
Speakers of any bit of Truth today, must watch their backs. And their fronts. The knives are out…long and short.
mortimer says
Wasiq Wasiq is walking on the edge of ‘slander’ in the Islamic sense, and I am sure he knows that. However, only about 13% of Muslims are all-out Sharia compliant.
It is too obvious that jihadists have attacked the parliament of Westminster a number of times and they have stabbed, bombed and driven into many British people in the last fifteen years.
But Sadiq Khan does not criticize Islamic terrorists … he has made a career of DEFENDING them in court. I hope the people of London remember his betrayal of London in the coming mayoral election.
mortimer says
Jihadic terrorists kill an average of 40 people everyday for an estimated yearly total about 14,600.
A rough estimate of 270 million killed by jihad, since Mohammed began his raids.
The works out to an average of one person killed by jihadist every three minutes since Mohammed began his raids.
Muslims are required by Islam to imitate Mohammed. Less than 13% of Muslims are devoutly imitating Mohammed. Less than 1% of Muslims are active jihadists … a total of about 10 million around the world who are prepared to use armed attacks to implement Sharia law.
Wasiq Wasiq appears to be a Muslim who wants to implement Sharia law through censorship, but not through kinetic jihad … in other words, Wasiq Wasiq wants to remove the freedom of expression in non-Muslim countries.
gravenimage says
Actually, Mortimer, from what I have seen Wasiq Wasiq *condemns* Jihad censorship:
Wasiq Wasiq from the HJS condemns protesters who claim Lady of Heaven should not be shown in Britain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSv8O72GAUc&ab_channel=GBNews
Do you have any examples of his demanding censorship?
Ray Jarman says
It would be completely more lopsided if those who savagely raped the young girls around Liverpool and other Muslim infested areas. I also wonder if these numbers include the animals that should be in prison who were given a free ride as they were sent to mental institutions rather than prison where they belong? I am also curious as to the definition of right-wing. I also bet that the riots against the Jewish community is not part of the equation.
mortimer says
Reply to Ray Jarman: the attacks by Islamic terrorists are not random rages by ‘animals’ but planned Sharia enforcement by the mullahs from behind the scenes. The mullahs are responsible for enforcing Sharia law on the world … and the mullahs use JIHADIC TERRORISTS to do the dirty work. They only appear to be ‘animals’ … they are actually Sharia troops led by majors, colonels and generals in the shadows.
One of the greatest of all Islamologists was the Dutch Hans Jansen. He explained how the MULLAHS ENFORCE SHARIA LAW FROM BEHIND THE SCENES.
Quote: ” The elevated position of the Sharia in the world of Islam, we might argue, can only be understood as a belittlement of the Koran and Muhammad. Once we can make our Muslim and our dhimmi opponents see this, we may have influenced them. The question we should ask as soon as an appeal to a Sharia law book is being made is: ‘What do the Muslim scribes and scholars, all of them human, none of them a prophet, know more than Muhammad and His companions knew?’
Allow one example of how Sharia and clergy operate. In 2006/2007, a Dutch comedian got into trouble with an Islamic activist about the Theo van Gogh assassination. The comedian, on his own initiative, then consulted a local Amsterdam Imam and the board of his mosque, asking them directly whether they wanted to kill him. The Imam only looked stern, and did not say anything, acting as if he did not understand Dutch — which perhaps he did not. However, a smiling board member assured the comedian that they had no plans to kill him, because ‘for such things we have the radicals’. This perfectly illustrates the situation. The majority is silent, the Imam limits himself to looking dignified, his direct supporters bring the bad news, and the elite soldiers, true commandos, true mujahidin, do the dirty work.” – http://www.libertiesalliance.org/2012/07/12/professor-dr-johannes-jansen-speaks-at-inaugural-brussels-process-conference/
gravenimage says
Quote: ” The elevated position of the Sharia in the world of Islam, we might argue, can only be understood as a belittlement of the Koran and Muhammad. Once we can make our Muslim and our dhimmi opponents see this, we may have influenced them. The question we should ask as soon as an appeal to a Sharia law book is being made is: ‘What do the Muslim scribes and scholars, all of them human, none of them a prophet, know more than Muhammad and His companions knew?’
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Well, I’m glad that Hans Jansen was against Jihad and the violent imposition of Shari’ah, Mortimer.
But note the pass he gives to Muhammad and the Qur’an here–as if they *didn’t* teach Jihad and Shari’ah.
In fact, Jansen was very Islamophilic, and almost converted to Islam himself. He said, “Islam has ‘a very attractive and powerful culture, a high culture, great beauty’.” He was also very antisemitic, and left the room if anyone so much as mentioned Israel.
There are some good things about this figure, but he is pretty equivocal.
Wellington says
There is no right-wing extremist threat in the West anymore than there is a man-made climate change threat. Both are so nugatory as to not be happening at all. The Western Left is far more of a threat to Western Civilization just as man-made climate change pales in comparison with respect to the harm that the green new deal will do to the West if implemented in all its full and many idiocies while the insane war on fossil fuels continues. And remember that American technology has reduced any negatives of fossil fuel use to a minimum. Well, man needs energy and the Left feels terrible about this.
We live in a mad age. None madder in all of man’s sorry history. We are presently witnessing the destruction of the greatest civilization of all time, i.e., Western Civilization, and for no good reason. All the reasons are awful—man-made climate change, Islam being a religion of peace and tolerance, gender is fluid and even doesn’t exist, men can marry men, et al. Yes, madness.
mortimer says
Exactly so. Where are these white supremacists rioting and burning down buildings or gluing themselves to priceless art masterpieces as the Leftists are doing?
Wasiq Wasiq knows what is happening in the Muslim world and he may even be a Jihad Watch reader.
somehistory says
I read an article a few days ago about the “climate change” thingy and the wackos on a mission to destroy things. It was written by someone who seemed to know of what he wrote, but I cannot recall his name. He said that because the “green” people refuse to consider nuclear energy, they are not serious about having “clean energy,” but just want to destroy what energy, and other things along with it, there is.
Not his exact words, but as close as I can recall.
mortimer says
‘More nukes, less kooks.’
gravenimage says
+1
Walter Sieruk says
That that Muslim writer is attempting do to is distract the public attention away from the real threat of Islamic terrorism. This ploy he uses in senescence.
That is complete nonsense. Of that I can truly, testify,because way before 9/11 ,during the year of 1989 in made a in depth ten month study of the Ku Klux Klan. This research was to thoroughly done that a read most of their own materials and get a chance to talk to some Klan members
My conclusion is that they have the same irrational hate for the Jewish people and the Muslims members of Hamas and Hezbollah do , as well as those of al Qaeda and ISIS. but the to great differences between the Klan and those members of those violent and dangerous jihad entities is that such “right- wing extremist ” completely lack the intelligence and likewise organizational skills to engage in the awful things the the jihadists of al Qaeda, ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah and other similar jihad terror organisations
are capable of doing.
gravenimage says
Walter, with all respect, Wasiq Wasiq is *not* saying this–he is saying that Islam is a *much greater threat*.
And he is actually against antisemitism.
Not sure why he is still Muslim–but he does indeed appear to reject many of Islam’s most vicious tenets.
Walter Sieruk says
To graven image, yes you are right. My phone must have been “off the hook.” I would like to blame every error I make om being a senior citizen, but the sad reality is that even back when I was a young man I was far from being error free.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Walter. I have read stories quickly before and missed some aspects. I think just about everyone here has at some point.
mortimer says
religionofpeace.com says Islamic Terrorists have carried out more than 41,750 deadly jihad terror attacks since 9/11/02.
Jihad Report
Jul 02, 2022 –
Jul 08, 2022
Attacks 38
Killed 133
Injured 69
Suicide Blasts 1
Countries 15
Jihad Report
June, 2022
Attacks 178
Killed 1101
Injured 517
Suicide Blasts
Countries 24
Islamic Terrorists…
…killed more people in one month (5000+ in November, 2014) than were killed in 350 years of Inquisition (3000-5000).
…murder more people every day than the KKK has in the last 70 years (26 since 1945).
…killed more civilians in two hours on September 11th (2977) than in the 26 years of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland (2236).
…massacred more Iraqis on a single day in June, 2014 (1566) than the number of criminals executed by America in 44 years from 1976 and 2019 (1511).
…killed more Americans on American soil than did the combined militaries of Japan and Nazi Germany in WWII.
…slaughter almost twice as many people everyday than were killed during the entire Salem Witch Trials (20).
Keith O says
And yet, the “far right extremist” boogyman is still being dragged out like some demented childrens tale used to frighten the masses into looking the other way and to ignore the threat of Islam.
gravenimage says
Yep.
gravenimage says
UK: Muslim writer says the ‘right-wing extremist’ threat ‘pales in comparison to the Islamic threat’
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Wasiq Wasiq is right–and is a brave man for saying so.
tgusa says
He is just scared of us even though he mis-labels us as right-wing extremists and he and his outnumber us.I’m okay with that.