1. Britain is driving Muslims out of public life by making it a condition for them to publicly renounce their normative Islamic values.
2. So if you're a Muslim politician you have to be pro LGBT and pro Israel otherwise you'll get targeted by top politicians and the media.
3. If you're a Muslim activist you'll get labelled an extremist if you fail to denounce aspects of Islamic law or if you criticise counter terror policies or Western foreign policy.
4. If you run a Muslim charity you will be targeted by the Charity Commission in ways non Muslim charities are not. Held to a different yardstick
5. If you are big on social media subtle and not so subtle pressure will be applied behind the scenes to take your platforms away.
6. Muslims who want to serve their communities by setting up youth centres etc have to agree to implement Islamophobic counter terror policies as a condition of getting government funding
7. Even banks will shut down the personal and business accounts of Muslim activists and organisations without giving them a reason. But we all know the reason.
8. I could go on but in short, Muslims who aspire to a role in public life are faced with the ultimatum of having to abandon their religious and political values or face demonisation and ostracism.
9. The only acceptable Muslims for the British establishment are the likes of Sadiq Khan or Sajid Javid who are willing to sacrifice or even completely abandon Islamic values.
10. This ostracism of Muslims will only lead to further division, resentment and hatred in our society. There are over 3 million Muslims in the UK and they're not going anywhere. They will simply retreat into their own bubble if this continues.
11. Much better to simply accept that people have different values and beliefs and as long as they are not inciting hatred or violence towards a particular group, they should be allowed to hold those beliefs privately and publicly.
