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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How low will they go in Edinburgh? Last Saturday, right to the bottom of the hatred pit. At least three Nazi slurs were hurled from the podium. And there was much more.
First up, Tommy Sheppard, a former SNP MP. The flag of the Iranian regime is a most appropriate backdrop. 1/9
That wasn't enough for Sheppard. He then urged people to take "action" against defence companies in Scotland. Why? Because they are "crucifying" Palestinians.
Sheppard spent much of his time in Westminster hating on Israel and bringing extremists to Parliament. 2/9
Lesley Riddoch is a columnist for "The National". And it shows. No, a baroness resorting to a "concentration camp" slur does not make it OK. 3/9
See London abused yet again yesterday, knowing that the government and the capital’s mayor just look away and say nothing as the streets are turned over to ghouls.
“Zionists are not welcome here!”
There were so many awful scenes. 1/12
Let's start with "Zionists". That takes in Israelis and diaspora Jews of all sorts, including strong opponents of Netanyahu who want the war to end.
But no. They are "baby killers". 2/12
In fact, Zionism is a "crime". "Kick them out!" 3/12