Don't say "Islamist" or "jihadist". Don't say "hate marches" either, "arguably inciting division and emboldening far-right sentiments”.
Why on earth should civil servants be "trained" by the "Anti-Islamophobia Working Group", which came up with these lines?
There's more. 1/13
The link.
“It is deeply concerning that DESNZ is not prepared to share the content of this session. Without transparency there is a risk that training is embedding deeply contested ideology into the civil service, which is meant to be impartial." 2/13 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…
Now let's look at a rather revealing segment from an AIWG report. "How dare they call them hate marches!"
So, what did London look like on 11 November 2023? There certainly was far right trouble. It was indeed roundly condemned.
And the other side, the "peace marchers"? 3/13
"Khaybar, oh Jews!" The infamous call to murderous racist hatred, in the name of Islam. This is a crime. They were not arrested. 4/13
"Raise your voice louder, death but not humiliation, raise your voice louder, the resistance will not die, raise your voice louder, death but not humiliation, a united homeland for freedom!"
At the time, many called these hatred rallies "peace marches". It was obscene. 5/13
Do you think these people support terrorists, perhaps? Maybe? Just possibly?
Remember, this is just a month after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. 6/13
Revolting Nazi slurs? Oh yes. They are almost always seen at "Palestine Solidarity Campaign" protests. Here are a few from that day. 7/13
And a few more. They do it *because* they know it is hurtful and abysmal. 8/13
Zionism - not Netanyahu or the IDF - is their bogeyman. Even left wing Israeli peaceniks are their enemy. You'll often find protest messages and language right in tune with the worst of the far right. 9/13
This was the period when the return to medieval London was underway in earnest. Blood libels. Satan. 10/13
Michael Gove pursued on the day, for abuse. This was when abuse and intimidation of politicians was surging.
And the AIWG's reaction to all this hatred? "Mind your language." "Don't be divisive, now." It's absurd and offensive. 11/13
The Aziz Foundation, a key mover behind Labour's "Islamophobia" project, is an AIWG member.
So is Yasmine Ahmed, head of Human Rights Watch UK. She hails from another group, Rights Watch (UK), which was a bitter opponent of Prevent and an ally of... 12/13 aiwg.co.uk/members
...the terrorist support group Cage.
So, here we are today. This project lacks transparency. It's peopled by individuals with, at best, sketchy records on extremism. There's no reason to have any confidence in it.
At worst, it will produce a sort of charter for Islamists. 13/13
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That was filmed in July at a meeting of the "Palestine Solidarity Campaign", a racist hatred movement for terrorists.
And here they are abusing a council body in July. Shout! Rage! Push! Scream! 2/5
Well, of course. Go racist vandals! Attack the RAF!
"Palestine Action’s successful decommissioning of two Royal Air Force military aircrafts at RAF Brize Norton struck a crucial node for the imperialist war machine" 3/5
Qari Asim is part of a very small set of Muslims favoured by the government as it sets out to tackle "Islamophobia".
This is a concern when the small set is at the heart of a very big issue - "blasphemy".
His record is poor. He was let go by the last government. Why? 1/5
Because he backed the furious and frightening protests against the "Lady of Heaven" film in 2022. They were among the most alarming extremist incidents in recent years. 2/5
In addition, he has praised some of the preachers who have turned Pakistan into a land of burning and often lethal hatred. This includes supporters of political assassination in the name of Islam. 3/5
Shahzad's preaching is not just objectionable. It is dangerous.
The event will also feature Owais Raza Qadri, a "king" for Shafiq.
Qadri has called the fanatic who murdered a Pakistani politician for speaking up against Pakistani blasphemy laws a "hero".
Some "king". 2/4
The venue is a mosque where you will find Asrar Rashid, another appalling hate preacher, looking forward to the destruction of Israel and hailing the death cult Houthis of Yemen. 3/4
When Manchester video surfaced, I was shocked, but puzzled too as someone familiar with UK policing. It seemed out of character and strange. Surely there was something more? Now we know there was, with a jury seal.
Why should people worry about Labour's "Islamophobia definition" gambit? Well, consider an outfit with this record:
- How it assesses a given article to be“biased” or “misleading” is based upon a highly contestable, ideological point of view regarding what counts as... 1/10
...normatively Islamic.
- It deemed an article written by Qanta Ahmed, a female Muslim doctor, which expressed disagreement with the view that the full-face veil, the niqab, is compulsory in Islam, “misleading”. It simply ignores a diversity of Muslim views on such matters. 2/10
- It labels as “biased” or “misleading” articles that simply report what others have said, conflating the views of the people being quoted with the position of the journalist or outlet.
- It is impossible to cross reference all the articles analysed and independently... 3/10