It would be odd for me not to say something about the events of this New Year when the blogosphere has probably been cooking on gas over the issue, so I will throw in my two-penny worth.
This is one area where the west suffers from a terrifying level of institutionalised foolishness in its handling of and attitude towards Islam. Hopefully the events in France will focus a few minds. Have a look at this quote from a man who has been in the Middle East cauldron and has witnessed Islamist wickedness first hand:
‘Our sufferings today are the prelude of those you, Europeans and Western Christians, will also suffer in the near future. I lost my diocese. The physical setting of my apostolate has been occupied by Islamic radicals who want us converted or dead. But my community is still alive. Try to understand us. Your liberal and democratic principles are worth nothing here. You must consider our reality in the Middle East because you are welcoming in your countries an ever growing number of Muslims. Also you are in danger. You must take strong and courageous decisions even at the cost of contradicting your principles. You think all men are equal, but that is not true. Islam does not say that all men are equal. Your values are not their values. If you do not understand this soon enough, you will become the victims of the enemy you have welcomed in your homes.’
Amel Nona, Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, 2014.
Yes, this is the exiled Chaldean Archeparch of Mosul, where Christians have been settled for 1700 years. They are now being driven out or killed by the new Islamic State. Here speaks a man from first-hand experience and immense wisdom. He understands the deception being foisted on the west on a vast scale and David Cameron, Nick Clegg and David Milliband could do a lot worse than spending an hour with this man so he could give them all some much needed counsel.
No prominent western leader seems to understand the issue, neither Barak Obama, David Cameron, Angela Merkel or Francois Hollande who recently just came up with the same old line that the recent atrocities in France had ‘nothing to do with Islam.’ Do they really believe that their populations are all such fools?
What we are facing in the west is an extremely powerful spirit that inspires militant Islam, and its goal is control. It is a controlling spirit of the highest order that wants to control everything you say and everything you do. It starts with nice sounding words and clever speech, hijacking western concepts of democracy and individual rights by using the language of equality and human rights, but ends in the ‘concentration camp’ when it gets its way. Because the west is spiritually and morally bankrupt its defences are weak. Mr Obama and Mr Cameron believe that it is our economic strength that will help pull us through. At the White House in January it was a case of ‘we reaffirm our belief that our ability to defend our freedoms is rooted in our economic strength and the values that we cherish – freedom of expression, the rule of law and strong democratic institutions.’ This is only part of the picture, because essentially it is our spiritual and moral strength that will defeat the enemy, and those assets are at an all-time low. It would take a leader of incredible bravery and character to take on the institutionalised foolishness in this area because you would have the full force of the MSM plus the political elite screaming at you in ‘how can you be so offensive?’ mode. Nigel Farage began to do this in the last few days when he said that multiculturalism and mass immigration has been a massive failure and we need to acknowledge that, that we now have a Moslem fifth column in this country and that we need to stand up for our Christian heritage. That just attracted the usual ‘outrage’ from people like Cameron and Clegg who still just do not get it.
Churchill faced the same issues in the 30s when he prophetically saw what was happening in Germany with the Nazis and wanted to warn his countrymen. From 1933 to the beginning of World War 2 Churchill was not allowed to talk on British radio which was a government monopoly administered by the BBC. And he was an MP and former cabinet minister! Not allowed to use the radio to warn the British people because his views were too ‘controversial.’ Exactly the same now with the government taking the view that it is too ‘controversial’ to state the problem, and that is militant Islam, which is in Islam, wrapped up in it like a Russian doll within a Russian doll.
We are now reaching a tipping point in western society over the place of Islam in our cultures. After the outrages carried out in France by Islamist gunmen western governments and security services will be on high alert to thwart any other terrorist attacks. Let me say this quite clearly. Moslems who have no agenda to change the west into an Islamic caliphate and indeed want to get away from oppression pushed by political Islam are not the problem and must not be vilified in any way. But the problem is not such individual Moslems, it is Islam itself, because Islam has two faces, and within Islam hides militant Islam. You are dealing with the highest level of deception.
I am not quite sure about some of the recent demonstrating along the ‘Je suis Charlie’ lines. Charlie Hebdo was a publication which as far as I can see went out of its way to insult not just Islam but also Jews and Christians. I think very few of those demonstrating people would have actually published what Charlie Hebdo published on Islam. So it all seems a bit false. How many would want to stand with a publication that went out of its way to wind up the adherents of those faiths? It was certainly a case of freedom of expression although some would argue it was not very responsible use of that freedom. Having said that, you have to defend the right of people to express their viewpoints. If you want freedom of speech you have to accept people at the edge saying extremely edgy and insulting things, it’s the price of freedom. Nothing is off limits even if you wouldn’t say some things yourself. A mature society can handle it. There should be an incredibly high barrier. Only obvious incitement to violence should arguably be caught by the law.
This is a defining moment because we have heard enough now about double standards. You can say what you want about Christianity or Judaism but you cannot say certain things about Islam. You can burn a Bible in the UK and the police would do nothing but if you burn a copy of the Koran the authorities will come down on you like a ton of bricks. Double standards! That’s Islamic jurisdiction and sharia law which should have no sway at all in the UK. Institutionalised foolishness! Well that is the way it is in Islamic countries but it should not be the way of things in the UK. There is no reason at all why western society should stipulate that cartoons of Mohammad are beyond the pale. To restrict speech on Islam means you are causing the islamisation of your society. We are far down that road and as it has been said before the UK is on the way to becoming the first western nation to come under the heel of militant Islam because of our foolishness. If you want to know who controls you, just consider who you are not allowed to criticise. ‘Nuff said!’
I said a number of years ago words to the effect that Britain would show the world how to deal with Islam and I still tentatively stick with that although many would stand aghast and probably laugh like a drain at such a statement because they think we have reached a comatose level of dhimmitude. However one reason this might be the case is that the UK has gone further down the path of islamisation than most western nations and therefore a tipping point may be reached here before most other nations. I also believe there is a warrior spirit in the UK which has been fast asleep but once stirred into action is quite capable of doing what’s needed. It is grossly simplistic to see the UK as just a nation of unthinking apathetic individuals, blinded by reality TV and stuck in armchairs. The picture is far more nuanced than that. You only have to read the blogs and talk to people day by day to know they are very aware of the problem. Also the politicians do not represent the man in the street in their views on this issue. I am just waiting to see which western nation will see sense first and change the whole paradigm. This will provide leadership for the whole world.
A resolution needs to come between the UK and militant Islam sooner rather than later simply because the situation will deteriorate very quickly in favour of militant Islam if the can keeps getting kicked down the road. An imminent clash will be that much easier to handle than one ten years down the road. So 2015 could prove to be a pivotal year. This involves our governing authorities admitting very quickly that we have made serious mistakes by being nice to everyone and treating all cultures as equal.
The level of deception in this particular area is so great that very, very clever people have swallowed the lies hook, line and sinker. Hence we have the British PM, David Cameron, stating that Islam is a religion of peace and that the murder of Lee Rigby had nothing to do with Islam. Possibly the most dangerous deception in world politics today lies behind these viewpoints and is represented by an alliance cooked up in hell itself, between the hard left and militant Islam, which both have the same goals, the destruction of Judeo Christian civilisation. Strange bedfellows indeed, especially when it comes to things like homosexuality, but such is their hatred for what they want to destroy, that this hatred is more powerful than the unpalatable truth that later on Islam will swallow up the pink mafia. The LGBT contingent is much safer any day of the week in a Judeo Christian culture than an Islamic one. So the lies are spewed forth in the media that Islam is a peaceful religion, that immigration is not really the problem, that the people who commit these outrages are just marginalised, mentally ill or oppressed. This mind-set has such a hold over peoples’ thinking that if you stand firm against it you will face a sneering mocking spirit that flows out of the mouths of those who think that with all our fundamental differences we can just be one big happy family. They think they know best.
I know not what will happen but one thing I am very clear on is that the UK needs a leader like perhaps no time in its history every before. That person will have to step outside the box and discern the decisions that have to be made. They will have to be utterly courageous and have a face like flint. Such people do not hang like ripe fruit on an overladen apple tree. It is very difficult to see where such a leader could come from. Nigel Farage is speaking the most sense at present out of all the UK politicians as he hits the nail on the head by saying that we have a Moslem fifth column now in Britain that seeks to overthrow everything we hold dear and speaks strongly in defence of preserving our Christian heritage. He has more clue in his little finger than all the other soft left leaders we have at the moment.
For a leader, it is time to act confidently in what they believe and to speak with great resolve, intent, strength and authority. People will respect that and knuckle down. ‘You must take strong and courageous decisions even at the cost of contradicting your principles,’ says the Archeparch of Mosul. Quite! Serious changes have to be made. For one thing the authorities must recognise who the enemy is. That involves admitting that the problem is militant Islam, but it is still Islam, regardless of who you offend. That is a big step to dealing with the problem. The security state we live in also needs a rethink to stop wasting tax-payers money on checking absolutely everybody entering and leaving these shores. The authorities have to start homing in on dangerous people and do profiling and targeting those who are genuinely suspicious, instead of treating everybody as a potential terrorist criminal. But you can’t do that, it’s discriminatory. Tough, it’s common sense, and if you don’t like it, it’s reality. The whole issue of immigration needs a massive reality check. Always and every time a government’s first priority is the safety and security of its own people. If you do not understand that, you should not be in government.
One American commentator says that each American election that comes up is more important than the last one for the US. This is now very true for the UK. The 2015 election could prove to be a defining point in our history. The window of opportunity is narrowing quickly and if there is not a turning point in this election I predict that we will increasingly be in the grip of great darkness that will demolish what is left of this nation. The vacuum of leadership in the UK is critical and has to be filled, we must be hoping and praying that Great Britain will produce a leader to deal with the impending conflicts. Whatever you say, UKIP represents a very imperfect but encouraging sign that the tide is turning and that the iron grip that the politically correct elite has on this nation is beginning to be broken. Nigel Farage has said some very sensible things about the difficulties that mass immigration and the doctrine of multiculturalism have brought to our land. The nation needs to hear it.