https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojugvuZdJek
‘Jihad is a basic requirement of Islam and living in Britain or having British nationality by birth or naturalisation does not absolve the Muslim from his or her duty to participate in jihad: this participation can be active service in armed struggle abroad and/or the provision of material and moral support to those engaged in such struggle anywhere in the world.’ Muslim Parliament
The Guardian has printed a ‘Muslim woman’s’ response to David Cameron’s speech on radicalisation. She, Siema Iqbal, doesn’t like it, and, nor do most of the Muslim community it would seem.
Not the first time she has been involved in attacking anti-radicalisation moves by the government…
Muslim community rejects the State’s criminalisation of Islam and condemns moves to silence legitimate critique and dissent
This joint statement expresses a position with respect to the ongoing demonisation of Muslims in Britain, their values as well as prominent scholars, speakers and organisations.
We, the undersigned Imams, sheikhs, advocates, activists, community leaders, community organisations and student bodies of the Muslim community, make the following points in this regard.
One thing that is notable is the drive to blame Islamophobia for the radicalisation of Muslims, and that they seek to silence the critics of Islam…and yet at the same time complain of Muslim extremists and radicals being censored…apparently it is vital to hear their voices….well the Guardian and BBC seem to agree with that.
She tells us that ‘I used to hear the term “Muslim community” and think of a peaceful hard-working community who settled in the UK to create a better future for generations to come. Now I hear that and it paints a picture of a misunderstood, frightened community under attack and feeling the need to continually apologise and defend its religious beliefs.’
What the Guardian, nor the BBC that interviewed her, tells us is that she is an organiser and spokesperson for the islamist organisation ‘Mend’.
Issues she wants to press upon the politicians and the media?...’THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO RAISE MUSLIM ISSUES WITH ALL OF THEM – Hijab, Nikab, Halal slaughter, Islamophobia, Terrorism laws, Palestine, Kashmir etc.’
You get the picture.
The BBC were pumping this Mend propaganda out on one of their Asian network stations…
Here is what Andrew Gilligan said about Mend and the Islam Channel..
At first glance, it looks admirable: two closely connected campaigns, called YouElect and Mend (Muslim Engagement and Development), to get British Muslims involved and voting in this year’s general election.
Both Mend and YouElect are clever fronts to win political access and influence for Islamists holding extreme and anti-democratic views.
Mend has its prescription for a better Britain as revealed in its Muslim Manifesto…
Government policy continues to conflate religion with extremism, casually linking it to British Muslims. This is dangerous for social cohesion and feeds into myths popularised by the far-right about Muslims.
This manifesto has been developed to encourage British Muslim participation in the general election by making policy initiatives and their impact more amenable to Muslim voters.
Commit to curbing the encroachment of counter-terrorism policies on civil liberties.Commit to support for an independent Palestine and end of Israeli occupation by December 2017.
Commit to furthering Turkey’s progress on the path to eventual EU membership
Commit to fostering social cohesion and community resilience to all forms of extremism; support de-radicalisation programmes that work with Muslim communities not against them.
Commit to supporting faith school provisions in the state sector for Muslim pupils and parents; support ‘twinning’ of faith and non-faith schools to encourage cultural exchange between pupils of different racial, religious, ethnic and other backgrounds.
Commit to developing teaching materials to educate young people on Islamophobia, racism and anti-Semitism; to fund projects to promote educational programmes on Islam awareness; to prioritise religious education in the national curriculum to prepare young people for life in a religiously plural society.
Commit to a review of the 2006 Racial and Religious Hatred Act as advised by the Law Commission’s Hate crime.
Essentially an Islamists dream ticket…pushing everything that would increase the influence, presence and power of Islam.
Here is another Muslim Manifesto…this time from a well known, popular ‘moderate’ Muslim in Pakistan…
The Islamic Manifesto
(A Declaration of War against the Present World)This manifesto is, in fact, a declaration of war against the existing state of affairs. The objective behind its implementation is the manifestation of the actual truth so that the hollow concepts of law and politics, economics and sociology fashioned by the west be rendered meaningless.
It should be very clearly written down in the constitution of our country that the Qur’an and Sunnah shall be the supreme law of state to which the parliament and constitution itself must submit.
Here is yet another Muslim Manifesto, this time from the Muslim Parliament in Britain in 1990. It illustrates how that mindset of Muslim superiority and the requirement to be separate from the Kufaar was always present…
It is a matter of deep regret that the Government, all political parties and the mass media in Britain are now engaged in a relentless campaign to reduce Muslim citizens of this country to the status of a disparaged and oppressed minority. We have no alternative but to resist this invidious campaign.
This manifesto attempts to provide a common text defining the Muslim situation in Britain. It also seeks to provide a framework for the healthy growth of all parts of the community as well as a common Muslim identity and purpose.
Of all the major religions of the world, Islam is the most “politicised”. At its inception Islam created a political platform from which Muslims were to launch themselves on a global role as founders of great States, empires and a world civilisation and culture. Political and cultural subservience goes against their grain. Yet in Britain today Muslims are being asked to accept subservience and the total disintegration of their identity, culture and religion, as the only real options open to them.
This manifesto is based on the following assumptions: 1. that Muslims in Britain have to accept neither subservience as their inevitable and permanent condition nor the disintegration of their identity, culture and religion; 2. that, despite being a minority, Muslims here can define and pursue goals compatible with the goals of the global Ummah, the world community of Muslims, of which they are an integral part.
That the option of “integration” and/or “assimilation” that is on offer as official policy in Britain must be firmly resisted and rejected.
Maxim: Muslims must develop their own identity and culture within Britain and as part of a global Muslim community, the Ummah
Maxim: We are Muslims first and last.
Jihad is a basic requirement of Islam and living in Britain or having British nationality by birth or naturalisation does not absolve the Muslim from his or her duty to participate in jihad: this participation can be active service in armed struggle abroad and/or the provision of material and moral support to those engaged in such struggle anywhere in the world …. Survival within Islam is the only form of survival that has any meaning. If we protect Islam, Islam will protect us. If we weaken our links with Islam we shall be swallowed up.
Maxim: Only Islam can protect Muslims
Let’s hope no one takes Siema Iqbal seriously….hmmm…too late.