{"id":5095,"date":"2014-02-28T03:57:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T02:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=5095"},"modified":"2014-05-22T20:15:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:15:47","slug":"britain-islamists-create-climate-fear-curb-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2014\/02\/28\/britain-islamists-create-climate-fear-curb-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain: Islamists Create Climate of Fear to Curb Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uk-jesus-and-mo-channel-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5096 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uk-jesus-and-mo-channel-4.jpg\" alt=\"uk jesus and mo channel 4\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uk-jesus-and-mo-channel-4.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uk-jesus-and-mo-channel-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uk-jesus-and-mo-channel-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Muslim fundamentalists in London have threatened to behead a fellow British Muslim after he posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaajidNawaz\/status\/422342223460855809\">innocuous image<\/a> of Mohammed and Jesus on his Twitter account.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Britain: Islamists Create Climate of Fear to Curb Free Speech<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"Britain: Islamists Create Climate of Fear to Curb Free Speech\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4197\/britain-islamists-free-speech\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | February 28, 2014<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muslim fundamentalists in London have threatened to behead a fellow British Muslim after he posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaajidNawaz\/status\/422342223460855809\" target=\"_blank\">innocuous image<\/a> of Mohammed and Jesus on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>The death threats against <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maajid_Nawaz\" target=\"_blank\">Maajid Nawaz<\/a>, a Liberal Democrat Party candidate for British Parliament, add to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/2657\/muslims-intimidate-europe\" target=\"_blank\">growing number of cases<\/a> in which Islamists are using intimidation tactics to restrict the free speech rights of fellow Muslims in Europe. (Efforts to silence non-Muslims are well documented.)<\/p>\n<p>Nawaz\u2014a former member of the Islamist revolutionary group Hizb ut-Tahrir and co-founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quilliamfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quilliam Foundation<\/a>, a London-based counter-extremism think-tank\u2014on January 12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/looney-tunes-death-threats-against-maajid-nawaz-deserve-be-mocked-1435040\" target=\"_blank\">posted a cartoon<\/a> of Mohammed and Jesus greeting one another (\u201cHey\u201d and \u201cHow ya doin\u2019?\u201d) with the caption: \u201cThis is not offensive and I\u2019m sure God is greater than to feel threatened by it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet followed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LZ5X_lPXnvU\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Big Questions program<\/a> in which the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusandmo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus and Mo<\/a>\u201d cartoons, which have been around since 2005, were discussed and Nawaz was included as a studio guest.<\/p>\n<p>Nawaz, who is also author of the book \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Maajid-Nawaz\/e\/B00355QIIA\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1\" target=\"_blank\">Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism<\/a>,\u201d said he posted the image to trigger a debate among Muslims about what should and should not be acceptable within Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Not in the mood for debate, furious Muslims responded by bullying and issuing threats of violence\u2014including beheading\u2014and also launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/en-GB\/petitions\/nick-clegg-remove-maajid-nawaz-as-ppc-for-hampstead-kilburn\" target=\"_blank\">petition<\/a> (it quickly garnered more than 20,000 signatures) to have Nawaz deselected as a candidate for parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Labour Party Councilor Yaqub Hanif of Luton, a town situated 50 km (30 miles) north of London and known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SgKMI1wV0ps\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic extremist capital of Britain<\/a>, said the depictions of Mohammed were \u201ctotally unacceptable\u201d to Muslims and called on Nawaz to step down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s appalling that this guy is a parliamentary candidate because this behavior is not conducive to being an MP,\u201d Hanif said in an interview with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/liberal-democrats-face-calls-drop-maajid-nawaz-over-prophet-mohammed-cartoon-1433099\" target=\"_blank\"><em>International Business Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIf you want to be an MP then you must respect all faiths. He\u2019s not doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/nick-clegg-give-full-support-to-libdem-ppc-maajid-nawaz-and-take-disciplinary-action-against-party-member-mohammed-shafiq\" target=\"_blank\">counter petition<\/a> has now been set up (it has only 8,000 signatures) calling on the Liberal Democrats to give Nawaz their full support. The petition states:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIslamists and political opponents have mounted a campaign against Maajid Nawaz, resulting in numerous threats to his life. We note that this campaign, rather than being based on legitimate concerns of Muslims, is a political campaign which is being spear-headed by a group of Muslim reactionaries with a track record of promoting extremism. They are seeking to use Muslim communities in order to whip up hatred against a liberal and secular Muslims. We are concerned that this campaign will also be used by anti-Muslim extremists as evidence of Muslim intolerance and incompatibility with liberal values which could, in turn, fuel anti-Muslim bigotry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, has expressed his support for Nawaz. \u201cWe simply cannot tolerate anyone in a free country\u2014where we have to protect free speech, even if that free speech might cause offense to others\u2014being subject to death threats and them and their family being put under extraordinary pressure to recant what they said,\u201d Clegg <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/nick-clegg-will-not-drop-lib-dem-candidate-maajid-nawaz-who-tweeted-a-cartoon-of-the-prophet-mohammed-and-jesusclegg-will-not-drop-lib-dem-candidate-9095691.html\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Muslims eventually retaliated by rescinding the Quilliam Foundation\u2019s nomination for the annual British Muslim Awards, held in Manchester on January 30. Quilliam had been listed in the \u201cSpirit of Britain\u201d award category, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/British-Muslim-Awards\/359997144083436\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> on the awards Facebook page reads: \u201cIn light of recent activity, the British Muslim Awards, after careful consideration, have come to the decision that it can no longer promote the Quilliam Foundation as a finalist, and thus its nomination has been removed with immediate effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More worrisome for the principle of free speech is that British mainstream media have censored reporting of the Jesus &amp; Mo cartoon controversy.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Channel 4 News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Peace\/2014\/01\/29\/Mainstream-UK-TV-channel-censors-Mohammad-cartoon-amidst-intra-Muslim-row\" target=\"_blank\">blacked out<\/a> a cartoon image of the Prophet Mohammed during a news broadcast on January 28 in order not to cause offense to Muslim viewers. In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secularism.org.uk\/news\/2014\/01\/censorship-on-channel-4-news--an-open-letter-to-the-editor\" target=\"_blank\">open letter<\/a> to the editor of Channel 4, the National Secular Society wrote that by \u201cmaking this decision you have effectively taken a side in a debate where a Muslim man has suffered violent death threats after he explicitly said he did not find the cartoons offensive. You have taken the side of the reactionaries\u2014the side of people who bully and violently threaten Muslims, such as Mr. Nawaz, online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy redacting the picture of \u2018Mo,\u2019 you have contributed to a climate of censorship brought on by the unreasonable and reactionary views of some religious extremists. Rather than defending free expression, one of the most precious pillars of our liberal democratic society, you have chosen instead to listen to extremists and patronize British Muslims by assuming they will take offense at an irreverent and satirical cartoon. By taking the decision you did, not only did you betray the fundamental journalistic principle of free speech, but you have become complicit in a trend that seeks to insidiously stereotype all Muslim people as reacting in one uniform way (generally presented as overly sensitive and potentially violent).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2014\/jan\/28\/speaking-islam-loudmouths-hijacked\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> entitled, \u201cWhy I\u2019m speaking up for Islam against the loudmouths who have hijacked it\u201d (published by <em>The Guardian<\/em> newspaper on January 28), Nawaz defended his decision to tweet the image of Jesus and Mo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy intention was to carve out a space to be heard without constantly fearing the blasphemy charge, on pain of death,\u201d Nawaz wrote. \u201cModern Islamist attempts to impose theocratic orthodoxy on us will be resisted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others are not so sure. In an essay entitled, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.secularism.org.uk\/blog\/2014\/02\/publish-and-be-damned\" target=\"_blank\">Publish and be Damned<\/a>,\u201d Abhishek Phadnis, a free speech activist at the London School of Economics, writes: \u201cThe media\u2019s vaunted concern for minority welfare is at odds with its indifference to the minority <em>within<\/em> Islam that is trying to reform its orthodoxy\u2019s disgraceful attitude to blasphemy\u2014a minority that is gravely endangered and in need of friends. Theirs is a spirited rear-guard against a gigantic global power of untold wealth and influence (namely Islamism, or the \u201cloudmouths who have hijacked\u201d Islam, as Maajid Nawaz puts it) which has a wretched record on freedom of expression, and every intention of exporting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 1988, it has suborned the murder of foreign cartoonists, translators, artists, publishers and filmmakers who have offended its sensibilities, and has blighted the life and career of our most gifted contemporary novelist [Salmon Rushdie]. Its blasphemy code has been visited upon Western universities, publishers, magazines, museums, art galleries, television productions, operas, independent cartoonists, artists and filmmakers and even Wikipedia, and it has sought to sabotage the economies and wreck the diplomatic missions of democracies that refuse to implement that code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a damning indictment of the press\u2019s confusion that every publication has ended up on the wrong side of its own politics in this matter,\u201d Phadnis concludes.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SoerenKern.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soerenkern.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Soeren Kern<\/em><\/a><em> is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based <\/em><a title=\"Gatestone Institute\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gatestone Institute<\/em><\/a><em>. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estrat\u00e9gicos \/ Strategic Studies Group. Follow him on <\/em><a title=\"Soeren Kern Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Soeren.Kern\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em> and on <\/em><a title=\"Soeren Kern Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoerenKern\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Link to Original Article: <a title=\"Britain: Islamists Create Climate of Fear to Curb Free Speech\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4197\/britain-islamists-free-speech\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4197\/britain-islamists-free-speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslim fundamentalists in London have threatened to behead a fellow British Muslim after he posted an innocuous image of Mohammed and Jesus on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,100,113,48],"tags":[180,61,181],"class_list":["post-5095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-european-union","category-freedom-of-speech","category-islam-in-europe","tag-britain","tag-free-speech","tag-islam-in-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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