"Britain Is the Enemy of Islam"

In this mailing: Soeren Kern: "Britain Is the Enemy of Islam" Veli Sirin: Is Turkey's Erdoğan in Decline? "Britain Is the Enemy of Islam" One Month of Islam in Britain: January 2015 by Soeren Kern  •  March 4, 2015 at 5:00 am "Contrary to popular misconception, Islam does not mean peace, but rather submission to the commands of Allah alone. Therefore Muslims do not believe in the concept of freedom of expression, as their speech and actions are determined by divine revelation and not based on people's desires." — Anjem Choudary, British Islamist. "Britain is the enemy of Islam." — Mizanur Rahman, Muslim cleric at Palmers Green, north London. "Brothers and sisters, we would not be here had it not been for the fact that the kafir [non-Muslims] had gone to our lands and killed our people and raped and pillaged our resources... Stop putting freedom on this pedestal." — Aysh Chaudhry, Muslim trainee lawyer at London-based law firm, Clifford Chance. "The firm is committed to establishing an inclusive culture where people with diverse backgrounds and views work effectively together and feel confident to develop their potential." — Spokesperson for Clifford Chance law firm. Oxford University Press warned its authors not to mention pigs or sausages in their books, to avoid causing offense to Muslims. Tarek Kafala, the head of BBC Arabic, said that the term "terrorist" was too "loaded" to describe the actions of the men who killed 12 people in the attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. "We know that acts of extremism are not representative of Islam; but we need to show what is." — Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, in a letter to 1,000 imams across Britain, asking for their help in fighting extremism. The British government has decided to close the Christian Durham Free School, after a student gave the wrong answer when inspectors asked him what a Muslim was. (Image source: Durham Free School) Following is a brief summary of some of the main stories involving Islam and Islam-related issues in Britain during January 2015, categorized into three broad themes: 1) Islamic extremism; 2) British multiculturalism; and 3) Muslim integration into British society. 1. Islamic Extremism On January 7, the British-born Islamist Anjem Choudary defended the jihadist attacks on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. In an opinion article published by USA Today, Choudary wrote: "Contrary to popular misconception, Islam does not mean peace but rather means submission to the commands of Allah alone. Therefore, Muslims do not believe in the concept of freedom of expression, as their speech and actions are determined by divine revelation and not based on people's desires. Continue Reading Article Is Turkey's Erdoğan in Decline? by Veli Sirin  •  March 4, 2015 at 4:00 am Fréderike Geerdink, a Dutch journalist, was indicted by a Turkish prosecutor for "terrorist propaganda" because of her writing on Kurdish affairs. The raid at her home took place on January 6, the very day that the Netherlands' Foreign Minister, Bert Koenders, was in Ankara. She faces a possible sentence of five years in prison. Erdoğan has sought to dampen criticism of his behavior by accusing Western Europe of persecuting Muslims. Dutch newspaper journalist Fréderike Geerdink (left) was indicted this month by a Turkish prosecutor for "terrorist propaganda," because of her writing on Kurdish affairs. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (right) insists that Turkey is a state of law and a defender of freedom of expression. Turkey's Islamist president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, may have entered a decline after 11 years of increasing national political command. Erdoğan proclaims Turkey to be a state of law and a defender of freedom of expression, even though its record in the persecution of journalists is among the world's worst, according to such international media monitors as Freedom House, in its 2014 survey, Democracy in Crisis: Corruption, Media, and Power in Turkey. Continue Reading Article

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