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Saturday, 15 May 2021

Blinkered promotion of Islam

Covid: Eid celebration marks Wales' first trial event for crowds in Cardiff Castle                                                                                                        Source: BBC


"Any act of worship that follows the Islamic rules of prayer can be said to create a mosque, whether or not it takes place in a special building." (Wikipedia)

The threat in Great Britain is not the same as in France where 'one mosque is erected every 15 days while one Christian building is destroyed at the same pace' but the softly, softly approach to affirm and to avoid offending Muslim sensitivities is similar.

This side of the channel while churches and chapels are closing mosques continue to expand. Islam is given a favourable press by promoting the notion that it is a religion of peace while ignoring the threat of the Sword. 

Cardiff Castle may now be regarded as a mosque under Islamic rules, the culmination of promoting Islam by the BBC and others during Ramadan.

On 2 May the BBC marked "one of the most important festivals of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan". 

Its S4C programme Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol (which translates into English as Start singing, start praising) presented a mixture of Christian hymn singing while promoting Islam as a way of 'getting closer to God'.

Muslims do not sing hymns yet Amazing Grace was sung by a choir as if to suggest the redemptive love of God is somehow comparable with submission to Allah.

Promoted as the religion of peace through cultural jihad, no connection is made with violent Jihad which results in the atrocities regularly reported around the globe.

Addressing the Combined Threat of Violent Jihad and Cultural Jihad the authors found that "cultural jihad may be an equally long-term threat to the West" as violent jihad.

A learning support co-ordinator at Swansea's Gower College said "We make a big fuss [at the college] about Christmas and Easter, but we need to reflect the other faiths and communities."

A wider perspective is needed. Whether by violent jihad or cultural jihad the desired outcome is the same: Rights of Non-Muslims in an Islamic State

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Woke Britain

KEEPING BRITAIN TIDY!

Rubbish on the steps of the Senedd in Cardiff                                                                                                                             Source: WalesOnline/(Image: UGC)

Revellers packed into Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham on Tuesday                                                                                          Source: Independent/(SnapperSK)

Hundreds of revellers flocked to the 'rave' in Manchester City centre                                                                                                  Source Mirror/(Image: ASP)
                

A few of images of woke Britain's regard for others. 

The Mirror headline puts it thus as 'rule of six' partygoers trash our parks: Britain 'facing litter epidemic' as lockdown louts dump 'tsunami of rubbish'

Contempt for authority and for others is illustrated widely across the Britain. 

Hundreds of people defied Covid restrictions and turned up at Clapham Common on 13 March for the Sarah Everard vigil despite the Reclaim These Streets group asking them not to after the planned official event was called off. Some police actions were portrayed as being heavy-handed.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which oversees the police complaints system in England and Wales found that the Metropolitan Police acted "appropriately". Organisers of the vigil described the report "disappointing".

Similarly when The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities reported that family structure and social class had a bigger impact than race on how people's lives turned out, that was not good enough for critics in the wake of the Black Lives Matter anti-racism protests.

Woke Britain!