The former head in the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission has yet again said the ‘unsayable’. In an item for the Sunday Times (in front of a Channel 4 documentary to look out on Wednesday) Trevor Phillips unveils an in-depth new poll performed by ICM (which may be viewed here).
The findings add some facts that:
23 percent of British Muslims polled offer the idea of there being areas from the UK where sharia law is introduced as an alternative to British law.
39 percent believe wives must always obey their husbands.
31 percent still find it acceptable for British Muslims and keep more than one wife.
52 percent think homosexuality really should be illegal within the UK.
The usual individuals are trying to find approaches to quibble while using authority or depth on this poll. Their effort only proves just as before that however bad information, a number of people remain so sectarian that they can continue to blame everything except the problem with the problem (‘How dare that bigoted polling company discover our dirty laundry?’)
But in some ways the Phillips piece is most significant for what he himself admits. Among other considerations Phillips confesses that Britain has for many years been telling itself a lie with regards to its Muslim populations – most famously in pretending that they can blend in much like everyone else. Phillips writes:
‘Britain desperately desires to think of its Muslims as versions on the Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, or even the cheeky-chappie athlete Mo Farah. But with thanks to the most detailed and comprehensive survey of British Muslim opinion yet conducted, we now know that isn’t how it's.’
He even recognises that this authority for these particular views may in truth come from Muslim scriptures and traditions. After attorney of British Muslim attitudes towards women he tells:
‘We didn’t reach discuss whether or not the injunction at sura 4:34 with the Koran to chastise your spouse falls under this rubric. I have without a doubt that many husbands will declare that it does. The bland Koranic platitude, for my part, hides an obvious invitation to legitimise domestic violence.’
For that – and much more – Trevor Phillips deserves considerable praise. Once again she has proved competent to break taboos which a great number of liberals inside the UK wish to continue enforcing when confronted with all available evidence.
But a challenge remains which Trevor Phillips himself remains a part of. While admitting that the he as well as others woefully misunderstood the type of Muslim attitudes from the UK, and even though admitting a large number of British liberals carry on and be too frightened to deal with up to the important points, he states near the outset of his piece:
‘When I was chairman in the Equality and Human Rights Commission, I played a principal role inside creation of UK laws against religious discrimination — and yes it was a report that I commissioned exactly 2 decades ago that first introduced the idea of Islamophobia to Britain.’
Later on according to him:
‘Twenty in the past, when, as chair on the Runnymede Trust, I published the report titled Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All, we thought that this real risk on the arrival of latest communities was discrimination against Muslims.’
And then:
‘Non-Muslims who live and operate in areas using a large Muslim presence have already been uneasily aware in the emerging differences for an extended time, however some are too concerned about being tagged as Islamophobes to boost the debate.’
Well isn’t that the issue right there? I am as happy as anyone to determine the liberal dams cracking with regards to the big issues of our lives. But it truly is harder to celebrate those causing those cracks when they're the very individuals who put up those dams inside the first place.
It was the mainstreaming with the fraudulent thought of ‘Islamophobia’ along with the whole grievance-industry build by Trevor Phillips, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and ilk that made Britain so unfit to be answering this challenge any earlier. Even now Trevor Phillips remains principally useful waking as much as things just a couple of years in its final stages. So although his proscriptions for a way to deal with this challenge may be helpful, even this late from the day, they miss the biggest remaining ‘unsayable’.
So having mapped the belief that Muslims are uniquely unwilling to integrate into Britain, Phillips writes:
‘There have become nearly 3m Muslims coping with Britain. Half of them were born abroad, and numbers are steadily reinforced by immigration from Africa, the Middle East, eastern Europe along with the Far East, along with the traditional flow on the Indian subcontinent. The best projections report that, from the middle in the century, the amount of Muslims in Britain and elsewhere in Europe will a minimum of double, due to the youthfulness from the communities.’
Now when you accept the reality that Phillips now does accept – knowning that mainstream opinion across Europe is coming to accept – would just one answer not be noticeable as eminently sensible as of this juncture? Such as turning that flow in to the merest trickle? If a group is currently causing a large amount of challenges and appears like posing them for most generations to come, why on this planet would you not slow that ‘steady reinforcement’? Other than from fear that you could be branded an ‘Islamophobe’?
I know from experience what an honourable and decent man Trevor Phillips is. So listed here is a prediction. In 10 years time he'll agree with people like me which the numbers matter, and that it really is purest insanity to carry on encouraging through migration the increase of a population which raises a lot of problems of integration once it's here. Of course for another a decade those of us that do say that will likely be pelted using the same insults Phillips and many of his colleagues started all those years back. And when he does say it there is going to be as much rejoicing nevertheless there is today of these latest statements. The only snag is that a decade from now, when Trevor finds it comfortable to mention this, it will likely be even later inside the day to convert these trends around.
The findings add some facts that:
23 percent of British Muslims polled offer the idea of there being areas from the UK where sharia law is introduced as an alternative to British law.
39 percent believe wives must always obey their husbands.
31 percent still find it acceptable for British Muslims and keep more than one wife.
52 percent think homosexuality really should be illegal within the UK.
The usual individuals are trying to find approaches to quibble while using authority or depth on this poll. Their effort only proves just as before that however bad information, a number of people remain so sectarian that they can continue to blame everything except the problem with the problem (‘How dare that bigoted polling company discover our dirty laundry?’)
But in some ways the Phillips piece is most significant for what he himself admits. Among other considerations Phillips confesses that Britain has for many years been telling itself a lie with regards to its Muslim populations – most famously in pretending that they can blend in much like everyone else. Phillips writes:
‘Britain desperately desires to think of its Muslims as versions on the Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, or even the cheeky-chappie athlete Mo Farah. But with thanks to the most detailed and comprehensive survey of British Muslim opinion yet conducted, we now know that isn’t how it's.’
He even recognises that this authority for these particular views may in truth come from Muslim scriptures and traditions. After attorney of British Muslim attitudes towards women he tells:
‘We didn’t reach discuss whether or not the injunction at sura 4:34 with the Koran to chastise your spouse falls under this rubric. I have without a doubt that many husbands will declare that it does. The bland Koranic platitude, for my part, hides an obvious invitation to legitimise domestic violence.’
For that – and much more – Trevor Phillips deserves considerable praise. Once again she has proved competent to break taboos which a great number of liberals inside the UK wish to continue enforcing when confronted with all available evidence.
But a challenge remains which Trevor Phillips himself remains a part of. While admitting that the he as well as others woefully misunderstood the type of Muslim attitudes from the UK, and even though admitting a large number of British liberals carry on and be too frightened to deal with up to the important points, he states near the outset of his piece:
‘When I was chairman in the Equality and Human Rights Commission, I played a principal role inside creation of UK laws against religious discrimination — and yes it was a report that I commissioned exactly 2 decades ago that first introduced the idea of Islamophobia to Britain.’
Later on according to him:
‘Twenty in the past, when, as chair on the Runnymede Trust, I published the report titled Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All, we thought that this real risk on the arrival of latest communities was discrimination against Muslims.’
And then:
‘Non-Muslims who live and operate in areas using a large Muslim presence have already been uneasily aware in the emerging differences for an extended time, however some are too concerned about being tagged as Islamophobes to boost the debate.’
Well isn’t that the issue right there? I am as happy as anyone to determine the liberal dams cracking with regards to the big issues of our lives. But it truly is harder to celebrate those causing those cracks when they're the very individuals who put up those dams inside the first place.
It was the mainstreaming with the fraudulent thought of ‘Islamophobia’ along with the whole grievance-industry build by Trevor Phillips, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and ilk that made Britain so unfit to be answering this challenge any earlier. Even now Trevor Phillips remains principally useful waking as much as things just a couple of years in its final stages. So although his proscriptions for a way to deal with this challenge may be helpful, even this late from the day, they miss the biggest remaining ‘unsayable’.
So having mapped the belief that Muslims are uniquely unwilling to integrate into Britain, Phillips writes:
‘There have become nearly 3m Muslims coping with Britain. Half of them were born abroad, and numbers are steadily reinforced by immigration from Africa, the Middle East, eastern Europe along with the Far East, along with the traditional flow on the Indian subcontinent. The best projections report that, from the middle in the century, the amount of Muslims in Britain and elsewhere in Europe will a minimum of double, due to the youthfulness from the communities.’
Now when you accept the reality that Phillips now does accept – knowning that mainstream opinion across Europe is coming to accept – would just one answer not be noticeable as eminently sensible as of this juncture? Such as turning that flow in to the merest trickle? If a group is currently causing a large amount of challenges and appears like posing them for most generations to come, why on this planet would you not slow that ‘steady reinforcement’? Other than from fear that you could be branded an ‘Islamophobe’?
I know from experience what an honourable and decent man Trevor Phillips is. So listed here is a prediction. In 10 years time he'll agree with people like me which the numbers matter, and that it really is purest insanity to carry on encouraging through migration the increase of a population which raises a lot of problems of integration once it's here. Of course for another a decade those of us that do say that will likely be pelted using the same insults Phillips and many of his colleagues started all those years back. And when he does say it there is going to be as much rejoicing nevertheless there is today of these latest statements. The only snag is that a decade from now, when Trevor finds it comfortable to mention this, it will likely be even later inside the day to convert these trends around.
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