Frank wrote on May 1^st, 2022 at 11:55am:

I asked Brian who still thinks islamophobia is just a phobia. Its not. Its a religious and a political cult. I would argue that any society that takes religion seriously is compromised in some way or the other and it goes for hinduism, sikhism, islam or catholics.

Frank wrote on May 1^st, 2022 at 12:06pm:


I'd bet you'd be the first to convert 

John Smith wrote on May 1^st, 2022 at 11:59am:



No - dump the Islamists in Afghanistan with no money or passports....

Is no Islamist - is no problem ... better still.... ship 'em all to Greenacre where they can push up daisies with the best of them ... you'd think they would have learned to not  just walk out in a driveway there with a million dollar price tag on their head by now... but noooo - too hard a think ...

WOKE WORLD
July 2022  By  Titania McGrath



I wholeheartedly support the principle of free speech, but I do think that those who say things that offend minority groups ought to be arrested and possibly executed.

Take the recent film The Lady of Heaven. I haven’t watched the film, but apparently it is extremely offensive to the Islamic faith. There are only two billion Muslims in the world which, according to mathematicians, is only 25 per cent of the world’s population. This makes them an oppressed minority and deserving of our protection.

This is clearly an Islamophobic dog whistle

Thankfully, mass protests outside cinemas have led to screenings of The Lady of Heaven being cancelled. Islamophobes have been quick to point out that all the protesters were men and that we shouldn’t be supporting such a reactionary and patriarchal religion. But the Koran is actually a feminist book. The part about beating women is clearly ironic.

Besides, if there really was a problem with gender inequality in Islam, how do you explain the fact that there has never been a single successful conviction in a Sharia court for misogynistic hate crime?

As a Muslim ally, I consider any attack on Islam to be a form of racism. Imagine how ignorant you’d have to be to mock their beloved prophet or that four-armed elephant thing they all seem to like so much.

It’s not just blasphemous movies. Our media is also institutionally Islamophobic. We constantly hear reports of Islamic suicide bombers in the press, and yet for some reason Catholic suicide bombers are never mentioned.

And why is it that in media coverage of ISIS, reporters can never bring themselves to say anything nice about them? It’s obvious that they have a major problem with people of colour being in positions of power.

And one of our most popular children’s television shows is about Peppa Pig, a character entirely made out of pork. This is clearly an Islamophobic dog whistle.

The sad truth is that Islamophobia in the UK is out of control. Even our police force routinely target Muslims for no reason whatsoever. If you don’t believe me, try shouting “Allahu Akbar” at an airport and see what happens.

freediver wrote on Jul 28^th, 2022 at 5:59pm:


Years ago, FD, I got you to admit that hate speech that can lead to violence should be banned. You did of course trip over yourself when you then turned around and claimed the Quran to be that exact type of hate speech - but somehow should not be banned. So, who knows what actual position you have on this.

The point though is that my position on free speech, as well as yours (at least when you decide to be sane) - is actually not too dissimilar - nor is it too dissimilar to the positions held by the great majority of the wider public.

What you and me and most of the wider public most certainly do *NOT* share - is Abu's opinions on free speech.

polite_gandalf wrote on Aug 5^th, 2022 at 2:25pm:

Bobby. wrote on May 8^th, 2022 at 8:41pm:


That is it.

I thought this place would be fun, but it's a hate cabal.

Go bugger yourselves whoever allows content like this, while banning people for swearing.

Go bugger yourself

polite_gandalf wrote on Aug 5^th, 2022 at 2:25pm:


Can you cite where FD said that?

FD doesn't appear to be into book burning sometimes it's better to expose what is actually written in those books.

Have you heard from Abu Rashid?

I thought he might have joined the Islamic state.