In a Northern European democracy in 2014, we should not be capitulating to the most regressive, reactionary forces in Islam, but rather supporting those reformist voices who speak out
.... If faux-moderates like Mo Shafiq and Mo Ansar are allowed not only to speak for Islam, but also to facilitate death threats against a fellow Muslim with whom they disagree, there is no hope for liberal society.
Worse still, as long as those on the left continue to support or apologise for Islamism, the reformists within Islam like Maajid will continue to suffer for standing up for liberal values.
And one day, it will not be death threats that we will be decrying, but the butchering of one of Islam’s reformers on Britain’s streets. When that happens, who will be to blame? [Left Foot Forward] Read more
