I suppose the MPs on this list think they are helping Muslims by welcoming MEND to Parliament next week. (Click the images in this post to enlarge them.)
If this is what Joanna Cherry, Ed Davey, Stephen Kinnock, Caroline Lucas, Anna Soubry, and Wes Streeting think, they could not be more wrong.
The Muslims all of us should support – with room left aside for debate on specific issues, of course – are the liberals and the opponents of extremists.
Well, these very Muslims are the targets the Islamists of MEND have chosen for the most crude and vicious abuse for years and years on end.
.... One can also understand MEND by looking at the Muslims it likes. The speakers at its events and the people it promotes, for example.
It is a disturbing roster. It includes Anas al-Tikriti, Moazzam Begg, Lauren Booth, Malia Bouattia, Haitham al-Haddad, Omer El-Hamdoon, Dilowar Khan of the East London Mosque, Zahir Mahmood, Abu Eesa Niamatullah, Yasir Qadhi, Tariq Ramadan, and Yvonne Ridley.
This Must End
It is long, long past time for MPs to see MEND for what it is – a proudly intractable part of the problem and no component of any desirable solution.
If the Parliamentary event does go ahead, it will be interesting to see who does stand by the extremists. [Harry’s Place] Read more
