The
Myth of Islamification And What It Means To Us - View Of
Europeans Hardliners
3 March 2010By Robert Edwards
Any attack upon another's religion is a violation of a
human right. A man's religion is his free choice of
worship and should be inviolable. Let us make it clear
that the politicisation of religion is the real cause
of so much human strife and suffering and not the
religion in itself. Religion is often attacked by
atheists and other secularists as being responsible
for the slaughter of millions over the centuries ...
and it is the cynical political manipulation of
religion for secular ends that concerns us here.
Here in Britain (and elsewhere in Europe) we have this
ugly phenomenon of some fringe parties adopting a
violent type of religious intolerance as a
nationalistic platform. Its exclusive target is Islam
and what is perceived to be `the threat of
Islamification' , supposedly challenging Britain's
identity as a Christian nation. Are we really
justified in claiming to be a Christian nation?
Where did all this begin? What are its origins?
Attacking anyone for his religion was unheard of in
the days of Mosley's Union Movement. Mosley always
said, "We do not attack people on account of what they
were born [what they are] but solely on what they do".
This is a perfectly sane and rational point of view
and can not be challenged on any moral grounds. At
that time, Mosley was referring to what was described
as `the quarrel with the Jews'. He would say the same
regarding Muslims, always consistent, and he abhorred
any ill-treatment of the under-dog. In Mosley's case,
there was never a quarrel with Muslims. Quite the
opposite. He regarded the Arab world as Europe's
natural ally.
I believe this bogus `crusade' against Islam erupted
at the time of the end of the Cold War, when
international communism dealt its own death blow. The
Age of Ideology came to an end leaving an enormous
vacuum waiting to be filled by a much-needed external
threat in the form of another global bogeyman. That is
when the idea of a `war against terrorism' was first
hatched with the Middle East in mind and the new
neo-con global agenda linked to Israel and a New World
Order. The rest is history, as they say.
Far-right opportunists latched onto this conspiracy
theory, opposing Islam worldwide, as an ideal
substitute for a previous `external threat' now
re-invented as the Muslim `enemy within' ... the
militant Muslim with his eye on world domination. Ring
a bell?
A new vocabulary was needed in order to articulate
this myth. We had `jihadists' and then `islamofascists'
. `Jihadist' is a clear corruption of a noble and
pious obligation for the religious. It has no
political equivalent. Jihad means the daily struggle
to improve oneself as a religious person, having a
subjective dimension as well as an obligation to the
greater well-being of the community. It does not mean
holy war, which is a cynical invention of the
self-styled, latter-day `crusaders' stirring up
religious hatred. This is but one example of how Islam
is being distorted and how it is being misrepresented
by the far-right groups, without which they are
completely moribund in terms of ideas.
All of this has been cobbled together to create a
grotesque caricature divorced from reality ... reality
being one of three Abrahamic faiths experiencing a
revival that was once the Christian experience,
uplifting and dynamic. This is `Islamification' to the
conspiracy theorists ... meaning Islam gaining in size
and strength but it is only in terms of the religious
without a political base. This is where the conspiracy
theory falls flat on its face.
Although Muslims recognise the Ummah as the world
community of Islam, it has no political organisation
as such and is simply the recognition of a universal
brotherhood of the religious. Universality is a
characteristic of all the major religions and Islam is
no exception.
This brings us to another weakness in the claims of
the anti-Islamic far-right. There is a mad idea that
only `British' religions have a place in these isles,
corralling their `British gods' within a sanitised
cordon off North West Europe. Universality is too much
like the nightmare of world government which, as all
good Empire Loyalists know, is a Jewish communist
conspiracy in the pay of New York bankers. How Muslims
fit into that equation is something that only the
complete paranoiac can incorporate into his tangled
web of a mind.
We find them defending the Christian values of Britain
against the `alien' faith, the interloper and
destroyer of the true faith. Christianity has its
roots in the Middle East, the Holy Land, as does
Islam. If Islam is deemed alien then so is
Christianity and, of course, the predecessor of both,
Judaism. That any religion should have a national
identity is absurd in the extreme ... equally as much
as the idea of a Christ renewing his British passport
with the Home Office.
Christian values are not British values. They are
universal values ... meaning they are for all mankind.
Islamic values are so similar that the same
universality applies. How these giant faiths co-exist
is a mark of our nation's tradition of tolerance and
the magnanimous nature of its people. Whether church,
mosque or synagogue — they are all centres of
religiosity and the human feeling that there is
something greater than all of us. This is higher than
any politics.
Then there is the scaremongering concerning Sharia
Law. This is regarded by the anti-Islamic `crusader'
as barbaric, involving torture and mutilation unto
which no Christian should succumb. For the benefit of
the ignorant, Sharia Law is for Muslims only, being
based on the Holy Qur'an ... perceived to be the word
of God. The reasoning being that God is higher than
man, so it follows that God's law is higher than
man-made law.
The Jews in Britain have their Beth Din, Jewish
ecclesiastical courts for the religious. This is
perfectly reasonable and acceptable.
Surely it follows that different faiths must have
different needs. What a dull, grey world it would be
if everything in our society were to be standardised
and subject to a one-size-fits- all rule on matters of
law and regulation. Yes, we have diversity and there
should never be coercion to conform to a single
standard way of living. I say that Muslims are
entitled to another tier of law if their faith demands
it. There will always be our tier of secular law ...
but there is nothing wrong with choice. According to
Islamic injunction, a Muslim is obliged to honour and
respect the laws of a host country and to do otherwise
is deemed un-Islamic, of course.
We have large Muslim communities settled in Britain
that have become part of a permanent demographic
change. Second, third and fourth generations have
adopted much of our culture, as one would expect, but
most retain the faith of their fathers and those
before them. Islam is now firmly rooted here and it
deserves to be respected and understood ... not
attacked as a conspiracy.
Have I changed my mind on the immigration issue since
the days of the 1960s when our slogan was `Stop
Immigration — Send Them Back to Good Jobs and
Conditions'? It was always a humane policy and one
that became part of a wider economic solution for
Britain and Europe. At that time, reversing non-white
immigration was a very reasonable and practical
proposition. Fifty years later, it is a different
world that has left many far behind but one that
demands a rethink if we are to preserve our European
culture in peace and in prosperity.
All things are in a state of becoming. It is a law of
the Universe. Race and culture are no exception in the
great movements and upheavals that occur from time to
time. Races have always migrated and moved around the
world.
However, `Islamification' is nothing more than a cheap
scare tactic. This must be understood first. Islam
saved Europe before when the Arab Empire civilised
Andalucía for hundreds of years while Europe lived in
the Dark Ages. Islam can again have a benevolent
influence upon our lives in terms of morality, human
character and a code for families and communities.
After all, it is a complete way of life for the
believer in a way that the Christian churches never
quite managed to pull off for their flocks.
In these times of economic stress and uncertainty many
of us are struggling and finding it all very
difficult. The solution is not to turn on a perfectly
innocent, hard-working community because it appears
different in custom and worship.
I am often urged to seek out what unites us rather
than to knock the far-right for its short-comings. I
would apply that same principle to all other groups
and communities living alongside us during these
difficult times.
What should unite us all is a common interest in
survival as people first.
Robert Edwards is a leader of the present day
followers of the British fascists, a follower of
Oswald Mosley. His blog is available at http://www.european
action.com/ You can write to him rhe@robertedwards38 .fsnet.co.
uk and ask to receive his letters. rhe@robertedwards38
.fsnet.co. uk
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