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Honour killing – cultural?

Flashbuck — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:42:21 +0000

When there’s a news report about a female muslim killed by a male member of her family, it’s usually obvious we’re talking about another so-called honour killing: a punitive killing carried out because it’s felt she’s somehow shamed her family and community. Generally speaking, her family and immediate community feel she must be killed because, as they see it, she’s behaved dishonourably. In effect what this means is that females are targeted if they refuse an arranged marriage, commit adultery, seek a divorce, or even if they’re sexually assaulted. Moreover, these so-called honour killings are commonplace in muslim societies; and in the West they’re on the rise.

Of course, as soon as any such news report appears we get no end of appeasers spouting the usual drivel, telling us that such killings have nothing to do with Islam: it’s just a ‘cultural thing’. The reality, however, is that a highly authoritative manual of Islamic law rules that no legal retaliation is required when a father or mother kill their offspring, or even their offspring’s offspring. (Page 584, Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, Reliance of the Traveller: Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law (Revised Edition), Amana Books, 1997, ISBN: 0915957728). So let’s get this right… it appears in an authoritative and reliable manual of Islamic law, but it’s just a cultural thing, nothing to do with Islam?

Is your doctor a muslim?

Flashbuck — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:49:22 +0000

On of the most persistent traditions in the history of medicine is the Hippocratic Oath. Written during the 4th century BC, it’s widely regarded as one of the first statements of moral of conduct to be used by doctors. Over the years, however, the Oath’s original wording has undergone a series of reformulations, resulting in a number of modern oaths and updated codes. But though a number of derivations have been adopted, what they all have in common with the original Oath is a commitment “to do no harm”, and to “keep the good of the patient as the highest priority”. For instance, certain members of the medical profession will now swear by the The Physician’s Oath, pledging that they “will not permit considerations of religion, nationality, race, party politics or social standing to intervene between my duty and my patient.”

But not if your doctor is a muslim… For example, Section 2 of the constitution of The UK Muslim Doctors & Dentists Association (MDDA) states that muslim doctors and dentists must “advance the Islamic religion in the practice of medicine,” while also prioritizing “the preservation and protection of the good health of Muslims.” Let’s face it, this is clearly another US and YOU situation: not only does their constitution put muslims first, but it doesn’t even mention non-muslims.

Boris is bonkers

Flashbuck — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:43:35 +0000

London’s beefy Mayor, Boris Johnson, reckons that since it’s ramadan we should try to find out what it’s like to be a muslim. He thinks we’d learn a lot about muslims and understand them much better if we all get involved with a bit of fasting. But Boris, schools are already force feeding children halal dinners, and some kids have even been made to kneel down and pray to allah. And so do we really need the likes of you, Mr Mayor, urging us to embrace even more muslim madness, eh? I don’t think so. As it happens, I once fasted for a day when I forgot to take my lunch to work, but it didn’t do me the least bit of good because I still dislike Islam. Anyway, here’s an idea: why don’t we encourage muslims to eat a full English breakfast – with plenty of bacon – so they can learn about the English and, you know, understand us better?

Terrorism takes many forms

Flashbuck — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:41:59 +0000

Nissar Hussein was born in Britain and has in fact lived here for most his life. As a typical muslim male, living and working in Bradford, Nissar was doing alright. But then, in 1996, he and his wife converted to Christianity. Well that shouldn’t be a problem, should it? After all, this is the UK. I mean, here in the UK gays can get married in church, you can get a sex change on the NHS, and if you want to practice paganism or perform satanic rituals onboard one of the Royal Navy’s ships… well, that’s ok, too… anything goes here.

Not quite. You see, with Islam things are different. For a start, if you renounce your Islamic faith then strictly speaking you have to be killed. Indeed, all four schools of Islamic jurisprudence agree that it’s just about the worst thing a muslim can do, which is why apostates in many countries are executed. But of course here in Britain we’ve not yet been fully Islamised. It’s still illegal here to kill someone just because they choose not to believe in something. Oh yeah? Try telling that to Nissar.

When Bradford’s muslims discovered they had given up on the Islamic thing, life for Nissar, his wife, and their five children suddenly got very difficult. Bricks were hurled at the windows of his home, and his car was rammed and set on fire. Indeed, over the course of about three years they’ve been regularly abused and intimidated. On one occasion, they even threatened to burn his house down, so Nissar reported the matter to the police. But the police dismissed Nissar and advised him to “move to another place”. A couple of days later the house next door was torched.

One law for them

Flashbuck — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:22:25 +0000

The most important thing about uniforms is that you don’t really have any choice: you just have to wear what’s issued if you want to be a member of a particular organisation or workforce. What’s more, by definition, a ‘uniform’ is uniform – it’s a standard set of identical clothing functioning as a visible sign of identity or branding. Different football teams, for instance, are each identified by the uniform strips they wear on the pitch, and military personal parade up and down drill squares all decked out in their uniform khaki clobber. But anyway, forget all that, because as far as Islam is concerned the principle notion of what constitutes a uniform can be swept aside.

As I’ve already noted, when dealing with muslims, female police officers – muslim and non-muslim – now have to cover up with hijab headscarfs. But it’s not just police officers, female muslims employed by the fire service are no longer required to wear the standard fire service uniform. Instead, they get to wear special headscarfs and full length skirts and all that stuff. In other words, Islam has stealthily managed to increase the recognition of sharia law. For example, Jagtar Singh, spokesman for the Asian Fire Service Association, says… “We are pleased to note that the fire service is now taking seriously the issues of culture and religious belief…” So there you are… it’s no longer and never was about so-called refined multicultural sensitivity. All that palaver about respecting other cultures was basically just a load of guff aimed at disguising the fact that public bodies such as the police and fire service have submitted to the demands sharia law.

Nothing now can ever come to any good

Flashbuck — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:50:09 +0000

Lots of people dismissed Anjem Choudary when he was interviewed on Newsnight. Asked if he might prefer to move to a country which practices sharia, Choudary replied: “Who says you own Britain anyway?” Since that interview was broadcast the news is that the muslim population in Britain is multiplying ten times faster than the rest of society. And get this, the general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain predicts that the number of mosques in Britain will also multiply. In other words, Choudary might be over stating his case, but the fact is that in the not too distant future, Britain will involve many more muslims and many more mosques

By George!

Flashbuck — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:06:11 +0000

Saint George’s Day in Bradford has been cancelled.

According to the police, a parade celebrating England and the English will annoy Muslims, and so even though 1,500 schoolchildren were due to take part in the festivities it can’t go ahead.

But not to worry… the annual ‘March for Muhammad‘ was a great success.