After the Arab Spring uprising in 2011, the counterrevolution of 2013 in Egypt that removed the Muslim Brotherhood from power and outlawed it, and sustained protests that forced Al-Nahda to relinquish power in Tunisia in favour of an interim technocratic government, political Islam is once again back in the bunker, fighting for legitimacy and struggling… Continue reading Political Islam Part 38
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Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 25
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson, refering to the Invasion of Migrants, saying “We will send you back.” He added: “If you come illegally, you are an illegal migrant and, I’m afraid, the law will treat you as such.” But, while at least 1,890 foreigners reached British shores in small boats last year, the Home Office… Continue reading Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 25
Political Islam Part 37
The Arab Spring – region wide mass uprisings — in 2011 transformed Arab politics by bringing to an end long enduring dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, precipitated reforms in Jordan and Morocco and brought civil war to Syria. The initial euphoria of revolution and early transitions to democratic governance underscored the immense popularity, organizational… Continue reading Political Islam Part 37
Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 21
Nearly a decade after the abuse of vulnerable girls in Oxford began to be addressed, following years of negligence by police and social services, the last of the so-called Operation Bullfinch trials has ended. How did the sex offenders at the centre of the city’s depraved underworld finally come to face justice? Oxford, 2011. For… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 21
Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 24
Nearly 1,900 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats last year, prompting warnings from politicians that they would be sent back. But the figures suggest the reality is quite different. On 22 August last year, 94 people – including at least 10 children and one baby – piled into eight small boats on a… Continue reading Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 24
Political Islam Part 36
Clearly there are many groups that are seeking to establish some kind of Islamic policy, which then can become an instrument for global Islamic resurgence and even political unification. Islamic polities, states or caliphates are not the endgame. They are to become means and instruments of global Islamic resurgence. Political Islamic movements can also be… Continue reading Political Islam Part 36
Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 20
The Rochdale child sex abuse ring involved underage teenage girls in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Nine men were convicted of sex trafficking and other offences including rape, trafficking girls for sex and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child in May 2012. This resulted in Greater Manchester Police launching Operation Doublet to investigate… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 20
Political Islam Part 35
A movement to be considered one as Political Islam can be global and seeking to establish a global Islamic Caliphate, such as the Hizbut Tahreer, or they can be country-specific seeking to establish an Islamic state such as Hamas in Palestine or Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Pakistan. There are also regional movements; the most prominent… Continue reading Political Islam Part 35
Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 19
A widely shared post on Facebook compares the public reaction to the killing of George Floyd with the reaction to the organised sexual abuse of children in the UK. It says: “The cops kill a man in America, massive civil unrest. 1 million innocent children gang raped & groomed in the UK. Nothing happens.” It… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 19
Political Islam Part 34
There are many revivalist movements in the Muslim world and Muslim communities in the West, such as the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), but they do not qualify as political Islamic movements. Only those groups who believe that not only does Islam have a built-in political system but also that all Muslims are required… Continue reading Political Islam Part 34