Muslims in the Lords
The House of Lords is a venerable British institution, but what does one get if one accepts Muslims in? This:
A member of the Lords intended to invite her colleagues to a private meeting in a conference room in the House of Lords to meet the Dutch politician Geert Wilders, an elected member of the Dutch parliament, to watch his controversial movie Fitna and discuss the movie and Mr. Wilders’ opinions with him.
Barely had the invitation been sent to all the members of the House when Lord Ahmed raised hell. He threatened to mobilize 10,000 Muslims to prevent Mr. Wilders from entering the House and threatened to take the colleague who was organizing the event to court. The result is that the event, which should have taken place next Thursday was cancelled.
Lord Ahmed immediately went to the Pakistani press to boast about his achievement, which he calls “a victory for the Muslim community.”
A victory for the Muslim community, but a defeat for British democracy where topics to which Muslims object cannot even be debated. That, apparently, is what one gets when one accepts Muslims into the House of Lords.
Lord Ahmed is considered to be a “moderate” Muslim. The Pakistani born Nazir Ahmed became the United Kingdom’s first Muslim life peer in 1998. He is a member of the Labour Party and was appointed to the Lords by Tony Blair. Lord Ahmed took his oath on the Koran. He led one of the first delegations on behalf of the British Government on the Muslim pilgrimage of the Hajj, to Saudi Arabia. In February 2005, Lord Ahmed hosted a book launch in the House of Lords for anti-Zionist author Israel Shamir. In 2007, he responded to the award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie by stating that he was appalled, saying that Rushdie had “blood on his hands.”
Lord Ahmed was among the founders of The World Forum, an organization set up “to promote world peace in the aftermath of 9/11 with an effort to build bridges of understanding between The Muslim World and the West by reviving a tradition of Dialogue between people, cultures and civilizations based on tolerance.”
What does “dialogue” mean to those who make discussion about controversial issues impossible? Thank you, Mr. Blair, for bringing “diversity” to the House of Lords.
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3765
NO TO MUSLIM PEERS- THEY CAN’T SWEAR ON THE BIBLE THEN BUGGER THEM!!
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Roger’s Rules » The full Muslim // February 14, 2009 at 4:29 pm |
[...] “grievance-industry agitator of the first order.” According to Melanie Phillips and others, Ahmed threatened to mobilize 10,000 of his co-religionists to demonstrate against Wilders if he [...]
centurean2 // February 14, 2009 at 5:22 pm |
Very apt way of describing Ahmed of Rotherham Chip shops,
Enjoyed your article very much and have posted it, allowing more to read it.
Ahmed denied making the threat, but he would he’s using Al-Taqqya.
At least Geert never killed an innocent person while driving and texting, Ahmed ought to keep his trap shut!
Some arrests today of muslims, hush hush at the moment Blackburn area in the North.
They were arrested on the motorway on their way to some Gaza aid jaunt with Galloway the muslim, pretend Christian MP.
The Full Muslim… « Centurean2’s Weblog // February 14, 2009 at 5:12 pm |
[...] apt phrase) “grievance-industry agitator of the first order.” According to Melanie Phillips and others, Ahmed threatened to mobilize 10,000 of his co-religionists to demonstrate against Wilders if he [...]
Roger’s Rules » How freedom is lost: a primer // February 15, 2009 at 5:50 pm |
[...] way, is the Muslim Labor Lord who agitated for banning WIlders and, after he succeeded, immediately went to the Pakistani press to boast by the achievement. Wilders’s concluding remarks about this issue must give anyone who care [...]