This is a cross-post by Effendi
Now is the time to protest against the decision by the APPG to allow entry of the Islamist extremist aligned group ENGAGE because of the actions of irresponsible politicians Peter Bottomley, Simon Hughes, Steven Timms and Sadiq Khan who have been deluded by ignorance, political cowardice and electoral cynicism and their wilful inability to distinguish mainstream Islam from extremist Islam. You can oppose the presence of the ENGAGE in the APPG.
There is much to be alarmed about with the political background of the pro-Islamist pressure group, ENGAGE
- There is a real danger that ENGAGE will seek to prevent non or anti-Islamist Muslims from participating in the APPG.
- It could also use the APPG as a platform to attack not those who hate Muslims but those who are critical of Islamist political parties.
- Such developments would undermine the potentially important findings and recommendations of the APPG.
- In fact, the role of ENGAGE could make the APPG’s project backfire in a spectacular fashion: it could be painted in hostile press coverage as yet another example of politicians failing to spot extremism or even knowingly promoting divisive people and messages.
If you want to see an independent, credible and effective APPG on Islamophobia and not one that is deligitimised by the presence of an Islamist advocacy group and its well-documented support for sectarianism, anti-semitism and extremist political networks, then you can do your bit by calling and writing to your MP now and urging him/her to join the APPG and support the work of ENGAGE in documenting real anti-Muslim bigotry and hate crimes that affect ordinary Muslims without furthering the cause of Islamism and the personal and political ambitions of a coterie of well-organised, well-funded Muslim extremists. Don’t delay this and urge your friends to also get in touch with their own MPs.
You can find and write to your Member of Parliament, your Member of the European Parliament and your local councillors through the links provided below:
