"Today’s soundtrack can be just as sinister. On Monday, in response to Cameron’s constructive call for a united front, Asghar Bukhari, the paranoid founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee who last month accused Zionists of “creeping into my home and stealing my shoe”, said:
“The vast majority of Muslim communities see David Cameron, his government and his policies as being at the forefront of alienating them, demonising them and pushing them into a corner.”
Why constructively engage when you can take knee-jerk offence?
So where are all these "mainstream" voices of reason being “overpowered” by radicals? Where are all the progressives determined to put paradise-seeking genies like Ajmal Masroor firmly back in their bottle?
They exist, but you can count those who put their head above the parapet on one hand with fingers to spare.
A Muslim leader is yet to emerge to take the mantle of the late, great Zaki Badawi. Before his death in 2006, this brave enemy of extremism, who coined the helpful term “British Islam”, told the Guardian:
“I want the government to help me train better imams. It’s cheaper than having to combat the effect of bad imams.”
Badawi was shocked at the number of Muslim leaders who can’t speak English being imported from Saudi Arabia. He firmly believed British Islam must be rooted in British values.
Nine years on, Badawi’s legacy lies in tatters. Today’s default Muslim position on ISIS could hardly be more passive: “We’re not responsible for the extremism of others so why must we apologise for it?”"
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/5998/so_where_are_all_these_british_muslim_moderates
There's a reason that sensible, civilised British people have had enough and are beginning to push back.
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