Rod Liddle on the madness of making "Islamophobia" a "hate crime". His hero of thbe week is Madonna, for refusing to bow to the pro-Palestinian mob and still perform at tonight's Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv...
ROD LIDDLE Islamophobia a hate crime… whatever next? A ban on criticising Marx and fascism?
Madness, a politically correct madness... a denial of truth and logic
Comment
By Rod Liddle, Sun Columnist
16th May 2019
The Sun
THERE’S an important debate in the House of Commons today – and for once it’s not about bloody Brexit. It’s about Islamophobia.
The Government is under pressure to make it a hate crime.
The Government is under pressure to make Islamophobia a hate crime
Quite how you can ban people from having rational objections to a highly questionable ideology eludes me. It’s like trying to ban criticism of fascism, or Marxism. But that’s what they’re doing.
An All-Party Parliamentary Group has already drawn up rules about what it considers Islamophobia.
The Government says it does not accept the definition.
Apparently, suggesting that Muslims are more likely than other religions to carry out terror attacks is Islamophobic now. Do that, and you could be guilty of a hate crime.
'THIS IS A MADNESS, A POLITICALLY CORRECT MADNESS
Yes, even when the perpetrator has screamed “Allahu Akbar” before slicing someone’s head off.
And has posted a video stating that he’s carried out his murder in defence of Islam.
This is a madness, a politically correct madness. It’s a denial of truth and a denial of logic.
But few people dare put their heads above the parapet to say that it is madness, for fear of being called “racist”.
One has, however. Martin Hewitt, boss of the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
He has said that the law will make it harder to police anti-terror operations.
And that it will hinder stop-and-search procedures, and is undermining our attempts to stop jihadis murdering us all.
He also pointed out that under the proposals: “Any criticism of standard Sharia rulings which are at odds with our laws and customs . . . will become unexaminable.”
This is outrageous and dangerous. We should not have Sharia rulings in our country in the first place. They tend to discriminate horribly against women.
Few people dare put their heads above the parapet to say that it the idea is madness, for fear of being called 'racist' - one has, however, Martin Hewitt, boss of the National Police Chiefs’ Council
And people who live in our country should all follow the same law, whatever race or religion they might be.
It is absurd to pretend that terrorist attacks carried out by Muslim extremists are entirely detached from Islam.
They are patently very closely attached and perhaps inspired by Islamic ideology.
Further, a frightening number of Muslims worldwide and even within our country often approve of such attacks.
A 2015 Radio 4 poll found 45 per cent of British Muslims agree that clerics preaching violence against the West represent “mainstream Islam”.
'PREACHING VIOLENCE AGAINST THE WEST'
Around half (49 per cent) believe Muslim clerics preaching that violence against the West can be justified are out of touch with mainstream Muslim opinion.
Clearly, the vast majority of Muslims in this country do not approve of the kind of outrages we’ve seen both in the UK and in continental Europe.
I daresay many do not agree with jailing homosexuals, or the death sentence for apostates, or female genital mutilation, either. Not to mention the complete subjugation of women.
And yet that is what happens in states which describe themselves as Islamic.
And those persecutions are carried out precisely in the name of Islam.
Muslims are already protected under our current anti-hate laws, and so they should be. But to criminalise a fictitious notion such as Islamophobia is a clear denial of reality.
You will remember the appalling murders of Muslims in Christchurch by a right-wing fanatic. We were rightly quick to condemn the ideology which motivated the savage who carried out that attack.
We must have the same right to condemn the ideology behind Islamist attacks.
Terror cops have called on Theresa May to ignore calls to create an official definition for 'Islamophobia' Madge of honour
Madonna is still going ahead with her plan to sing at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv this weekend despite the continual bullying from pro-Palestinian campaigners
HERO of the week – and it’s an unlikely one, I admit – is Madonna.
Madge is still going ahead with her plan to sing at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv this weekend.
This is despite the continual bullying from pro-Palestinian campaigners.
They include that grizzled old halfwit Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.
But Madonna’s stuck to her guns.
I might turn the sound down when she actually does sing, but still – respect.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9085791/islamophobia-hate-crime-ban-criticising-marx-fascism/
ROD LIDDLE Islamophobia a hate crime… whatever next? A ban on criticising Marx and fascism?
Madness, a politically correct madness... a denial of truth and logic
Comment
By Rod Liddle, Sun Columnist
16th May 2019
The Sun
THERE’S an important debate in the House of Commons today – and for once it’s not about bloody Brexit. It’s about Islamophobia.
The Government is under pressure to make it a hate crime.
The Government is under pressure to make Islamophobia a hate crime Quite how you can ban people from having rational objections to a highly questionable ideology eludes me. It’s like trying to ban criticism of fascism, or Marxism. But that’s what they’re doing.
An All-Party Parliamentary Group has already drawn up rules about what it considers Islamophobia.
The Government says it does not accept the definition.
Apparently, suggesting that Muslims are more likely than other religions to carry out terror attacks is Islamophobic now. Do that, and you could be guilty of a hate crime.
'THIS IS A MADNESS, A POLITICALLY CORRECT MADNESS
Yes, even when the perpetrator has screamed “Allahu Akbar” before slicing someone’s head off.
And has posted a video stating that he’s carried out his murder in defence of Islam.
This is a madness, a politically correct madness. It’s a denial of truth and a denial of logic.
But few people dare put their heads above the parapet to say that it is madness, for fear of being called “racist”.
One has, however. Martin Hewitt, boss of the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
He has said that the law will make it harder to police anti-terror operations.
And that it will hinder stop-and-search procedures, and is undermining our attempts to stop jihadis murdering us all.
He also pointed out that under the proposals: “Any criticism of standard Sharia rulings which are at odds with our laws and customs . . . will become unexaminable.”
This is outrageous and dangerous. We should not have Sharia rulings in our country in the first place. They tend to discriminate horribly against women.
Few people dare put their heads above the parapet to say that it the idea is madness, for fear of being called 'racist' - one has, however, Martin Hewitt, boss of the National Police Chiefs’ Council
And people who live in our country should all follow the same law, whatever race or religion they might be.
It is absurd to pretend that terrorist attacks carried out by Muslim extremists are entirely detached from Islam.
They are patently very closely attached and perhaps inspired by Islamic ideology.
Further, a frightening number of Muslims worldwide and even within our country often approve of such attacks.
A 2015 Radio 4 poll found 45 per cent of British Muslims agree that clerics preaching violence against the West represent “mainstream Islam”.
'PREACHING VIOLENCE AGAINST THE WEST'
Around half (49 per cent) believe Muslim clerics preaching that violence against the West can be justified are out of touch with mainstream Muslim opinion.
Clearly, the vast majority of Muslims in this country do not approve of the kind of outrages we’ve seen both in the UK and in continental Europe.
I daresay many do not agree with jailing homosexuals, or the death sentence for apostates, or female genital mutilation, either. Not to mention the complete subjugation of women.
And yet that is what happens in states which describe themselves as Islamic.
And those persecutions are carried out precisely in the name of Islam.
Muslims are already protected under our current anti-hate laws, and so they should be. But to criminalise a fictitious notion such as Islamophobia is a clear denial of reality.
You will remember the appalling murders of Muslims in Christchurch by a right-wing fanatic. We were rightly quick to condemn the ideology which motivated the savage who carried out that attack.
We must have the same right to condemn the ideology behind Islamist attacks.
Terror cops have called on Theresa May to ignore calls to create an official definition for 'Islamophobia' Madge of honour
Madonna is still going ahead with her plan to sing at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv this weekend despite the continual bullying from pro-Palestinian campaigners HERO of the week – and it’s an unlikely one, I admit – is Madonna.
Madge is still going ahead with her plan to sing at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv this weekend.
This is despite the continual bullying from pro-Palestinian campaigners.
They include that grizzled old halfwit Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.
But Madonna’s stuck to her guns.
I might turn the sound down when she actually does sing, but still – respect.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9085791/islamophobia-hate-crime-ban-criticising-marx-fascism/