Since several offensive anti-Muslimism posts have been deposited in this
Islamic forum, ostensibly of the fringe pressure group "Christian Voice",
an
organisation with links to the racist BNP. I thought this topical article
from the Observer highlights the noxious irrelevance of this "we" group on
the UK political scene.
Houghton previously posted:-
<Quote> ...
In the UK we are no longer willing to go on accommodating Muslims at the
expense of our own values and culture. ... A line has been drawn, and
Muslims now know that they can expect a united firm opposition to their
encroachments, by Government, the courts, the media, and the public. ...
<Unquote> ...
Did Houghton expect this "line in the sand" outcome about "Christian
Voice",
and their racist allies, from the House of Lords? Doesn't this article
explode amd demolish the "Islamization myth" and Houghton's jingoistic
gloating of "Muslims now know that they can expect a united firm
opposition
to their encroachments, by Government, the courts, the media, and the
public."?
Doesn't this House of Lords ruling clearly establish the "values and
culture" of the real UK? Doesn't this mean that "Christian Voice" and
their
pernicious sup****ters are irrationally and balefully out of touch with
political reality on this 'blasphemy' issue, as well as, the myth of
"Islamization" (if anyonecould agree on what that term actually meant)?
The Observer article "When blasphemy bit the dust" is freely available at
this link:-
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jonathan_heawood/2008/03/when_blasphemy_bit_the_dust.html
<Extract> :-
It takes an arcane debate to repeal an archaic law in this country, as
became clear in the House of Lords on Wednesday night.
Lady Andrews kicked off Wednesday night's debate by noting one of the very
few occasions on which a successful prosecution was brought for blasphemy,
when a Mr Haslam described the Old Testament as "wretched stuff" and "a
disgrace to orangutans".
More seriously, she noted the failure of Stephen Green and Christian Voice
to bring a blasphemy prosecution against the producers of Jerry Springer,
the Opera. The Earl of Onslow agreed, noting: "If Jesus Christ exists, and
if Jesus Christ in his Godlike form was capable of creating the universe,
then he could quite easily hack the bit of leftwing obscurantism and
b-mindedness that writes things such as Jerry Springer: The Opera. If he
does not exist, nothing will happen. If he does exist, it is up to him to
get hold of the chap who wrote it and make sure that he does time in the
diabolical house of correction."
Richard Dawkins was repeatedly cited in the debate. Lord Elystan-Morgan
quoted approvingly from The God Delusion, in which Dawkins describes the
Christian God as "a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a
vindictive,
bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist,
infanticidal, genocidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic,
capriciously malevolent bully." Lord Elystan-Morgan did not believe that
Dawkins should be prosecuted for this statement, which clearly meets the
criterion of strict liability for the offence. He concluded with a worry
about what his forebears, "many of whom were non-conformist ministers"
would
make of his liberalism on the Day of Judgment, but suggested that he would
have "far graver things to worry about on that particular occasion".
<Unquote> ...
What do subscribers now think will be the flowdown effect on British
Muslims
will be, with repeal of the "blasphemy laws" - "The Christian tenets of
the
Church of England are no longer afforded special protection under English
and Welsh law. Meanwhile, members of all faiths, and even those who define
themselves by their absence of faith, share equal protection under the
racial and religious hatred act."?
--
Peace
--
Allah is one but Islam is a mosaic. The Muslim world is a linguistic tower
of Babel, an ethnic patchwork, a geographical puzzle and a political
kaleidoscope offering a picture of extraordinary doctrinal diversity.
[Slimane Zéghidour]
Zuiko Azumazi
zuiko.azumazi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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