The latest YouGov poll on religious attitudes has sparked outrage from within the British Muslim community – particularly its finding that the host population considers Islam to be incompatible with British values. The survey, conducted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ahead of this weekend’s Jalsa Salana (the UK’s largest Muslim convention), discovered that while 25% of Brits think Islam fits snugly alongside tea, cricket and queuing, 53% are unconvinced. Presumably, the remaining 22% are too busy getting gang-raped, blown up or stabbed to death to form an opinion.
Furthermore when compared with other religions, Islam stands alone as the black sheep of the congregation. A whopping 41% of British adults said Muslim immigrants have a negative impact on the UK, compared to 15% for Hindu immigrants, 14% for Sikh immigrants, 13% for Jewish immigrants and just 7% for Christian immigrants. In addition, only 24% could bring themselves to say that Muslim immigrants have had a positive impact on the country – the lowest among all religious groups surveyed.
Cue the predictable wails of Islamophobia, this time from Sabah Ahmedi – a British Muslim who has employed his scimitar to carve out a niche as ‘The young imam’ online. Ahmedi considers the findings “deeply worrying”, highlighting the “high levels of anti-Muslim sentiment”. Ahmedi is the latest in an excruciatingly long line of British Muslims, who appear to exist solely to remind us that whatever the circumstances, Muslims will find a way to avoid responsibility and manoeuvre themselves into the victim seat.
It’s worth reminding ourselves that the Muslim population in the UK has risen from 1.55 million in 2001 to over 4 million in 2021, with Muslims accounting for 32% of the UK’s population growth since 2011. Clearly then, unlike the nation’s Jewish population, any possible negative view of Islam is not based on a small sample size. Furthermore, Census data indicates that only 50% of Britain’s Muslims are homegrown – thereby inextricably linking Islam with the mass immigration scam currently plaguing our shores.
Still, Ahmedi is more than entitled to his schtick – just as we are entitled to call bullshit on it. First up, is Ahmadi’s claim that fear among British people “stems from a lack of understanding of Islam”. In other words, it’s our fault for noticing. ‘The young imam’ confidently claims: ‘As a British Muslim, it is tragic to think that we are disliked or hated because of our religious beliefs. It is unfair and unjust considering that the vast majority of Muslim immigrants to the UK are contributing positively.’
Hmmm. It is ‘tragic’ Sabah, but perhaps it’s not the ‘religious beliefs’ people find so concerning, more the observable actions? Besides which, I’d like his evidence that the ‘vast majority’ of Muslim immigrants contribute positively. Not only do British Muslims have the highest unemployment rate, only one in five legal migrants in Britain are working! Integration among Muslim communities in Britain is so bad, even former Equality Tsar Trevor Phillips finally admitted it. And while Ahmedi assures us many Muslims are serving in the NHS, the armed forces and schools (more British Muslims have joined ISIS than the armed forces), I must have missed the memo where ‘grooming gangs’ were reclassified as a public service.
“‘Instead of focusing on the tiny minority of Muslim immigrants who cause harm, focus on the majority”, Ahmedi says. Precisely which ‘minority’ is he talking about? At least 40% of British Muslims want Sharia Law. Almost half think Jews have too much power over UK government policy. Only 25% believe Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel on October 7th, or that Israel has a right to exist. Fifty-seven percent want Halal food compulsory in all schools and hospitals, while 52% believe it should be illegal to depict the Prophet Mohammed, and that homosexuality should be illegal. At what point does this ‘minority’ become significant enough to warrant scrutiny, or dare one say concern – 60%, 80%, 100%?!
Still, not to worry. Ahmedi encourages us all to “meet Muslims to see we are not a threat”. Absolutely, take him up on his offer. Better still, why not tell your teenage daughter to pop in to her local taxi or kebab house on her way home pissed or smacked off her face one night – at least that will save them the need for foreplay.
Mr Ahmedi mentioned he was “encouraged” by the findings which “seem to show that the younger generation is more open-minded”, and he hopes that indicates “a brighter future where Muslims are not considered a threat but an asset to this society”. In addition, he stated, “we love this country and cherish its values of freedom and tolerance” – of course you do Sabah me old son, where else can you go on a rape spree and get government sponsorship for it? Besides which, with Jezbollah Inc. finally underway, gang-rape as a human right might just make it into the next manifesto.
Freedom and tolerance are indeed British values, but they’re not exactly reciprocal in many Muslim-majority enclaves. Try flying a Pride flag in certain parts of Birmingham or preaching Christianity in Tower Hamlets, and see how far that tolerance stretches.
Here’s a question for Mr. Ahmedi: why is it only Islam that’s so consistently “misunderstood” in Britain? Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, and Christians don’t seem to suffer the same perpetual PR crisis. Could it be the beheadings, the fatwas, and the insistence on parallel legal systems have got a bit staid?
Ahmedi’s pleas for understanding ring hollow when the evidence is so stark. If Muslims wish to be seen as an “asset,” the onus is on them to integrate, not on us to pretend everything’s rosy. That means confronting the cultural practices—forced marriages, honour killings, FGM—that have no place in a civilised nation. It means acknowledging the failures of multiculturalism, which have allowed ghettos to flourish and resentment to fester. And it means dropping the victim card every time someone dares to point out the obvious.
It’s not Britain or the British people’s job to integrate, to overlook, to mollycoddle or to tolerate criminal behaviour in any way shape or form. Fit in or fuck off is as true today as it’s always been.
One more point before I leave you, the Ahmadiyya Muslim convention is expected to be attended by some 40,000, and is appropriately being held in Alton, Hampshire. One can only imagine the logistical genius who mistook Alton for Alton Towers, thinking a bit of rollercoaster fun might liven up the proceedings. Perhaps they’ll toss some “LGBTQwerty flotsam and jetsam” off the castle turrets for good measure – after all, nothing says “British values” like a spot of medieval cosplay.
Frank Haviland is the author of Banalysis: The Lie Destroying the West and The Frank Report, which you should probably subscribe to.
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There’s only one answer blow all the mosque’s to bits when full of muzzies.
It appears to be very much a one way street where the vocal adherents of Islam are concerned, and, these vocal elements know that they have the government’s support. Hence, they issue their ‘expectations’ for the host country to accommodate. The ‘ordinary’ Muslim is probably like the ‘ordinary’ non Muslim – willing to get on with their daily lives without having to (forcibly) ‘tread on other’s toes ‘. It’s zealots( religious or otherwise) who create the disharmony, aggression, and force flash points, but since these types know it suits the government’s agenda, they carry on with impunity. It’s the ‘ordinary’ members of the UK’s population who are suffering the consequences.
Brigitte Gabriel:”There is no such thing as a moderate muslim”
There were no ‘moderate’ muslims in Gaza on 7th October when they were in the streets celebrating the mass murder and rape of Jews as they spat on the bloodstained corpses of Jewish women and men.
Apart from illegals they didn’t invite themselves here. It was the British political establishment and their rich and powerful friends in business, charities, foundations and NGOs. The direction of travel vis a vis immigration has been known for 50 years and the outcome of that mass immigration has been known for anyone with half a brain. Anyone who has voted for establishment parties, particularly over the last thirty years should look in the mirror if they want to blame anyone.
53% are unconvinced….
Unconvinced? Something of an understatement! We are totally against islam having any foothold in Britain as the muslim way of life is inimical to British society mores and standards. Much of islamic doctrine is totally disgusting from the misogyny to underage and forced marriage and the so-called ‘honour killings’ are way beyond the pale.