Check out this gem:
Assed Baig has written for the Huffington Post, The New Statesman and the Islamic Human Rights Commission (more on that organisation, here). He was furious at an article in the Independent that featured Afzal Amin, a former officer in the British Army (now a Conservative PPC). Mr Amin has put his life on the line for our freedoms. In the article, Mr Amin states sensible propositions including:
“The Prophet Mohamed said: ‘Love for one’s nation is part of faith’; ‘Who serves a people is the best of them’, and that ‘the Muslim is the one from whose hands and tongue others are safe’. The motto of Sandhurst is ‘Serve to Lead’. These are all British values and Islamic values,” he says.
and:
“The vast majority of British Muslims are inoculated against that sort of extremism,” says Mr Amin. “But clearly there is a serious issue regarding the education and attitudes of this very small fringe who act in this vile and abhorrent way.”
Calling Mr Amin an ‘Uncle Tom’ or ‘House Muslim’ (presumably of the ‘House Negro‘ type) is deeply inflammatory and, I would argue, words used to incite hatred for a war hero and a model Muslim.
Not even a week has passed after the terrorist attack on Drummer Lee Rigby and this is how a Muslim commentator for ‘progressive’ sites including The Huffington Post and The New Statesman salutes a Muslim Officer in the army.
UPDATE:
Taking heed of the comments below. I urge readers of Harry’s Place to report this to the appropriate authoroties. As rightly said in the comments, this is anti-Muslim bigotry on a Muslim officer by a Muslim.
Please report this to:
- Metropolitan Police – Internet Hate Crime Unit
- Tell MAMA – An organisation which records instances of anti-Muslim prejudice
