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Thursday 15 March 2012

EDL protest against Luton’s Discover Islam Centre


Unfortunately, you would have had to have spent the last twenty years in a coma not to have discovered Islam in England today. Its apologists are granted an almost ubiquitous presence on our airwaves, and nobody in polite company is permitted to say a bad thing about this ideology for it is always deemed to be ‘worthy’ of respect thanks to its designation as a religion. Such an attitude of submission and deference to a system of belief that embodies, advocates and codifies some of the ugliest cruelty and bigotry known to man is little other than craven. It is an ideology that has no place in the eighteenth, let alone the twenty first century. Its gratuitously cruel punishments and systematised hatred of women are an unnatural and unwelcome graft onto our body politic. As such, the national body is displaying signs of rejection, and thus the EDL turned up to protest against Tuesday’s opening of Luton’s ‘Discover Islam Centre’.

Why does Luton need such a centre? Who has provided it with backing and finance? What are its objectives? With respect to the first question the answer is straightforward: Luton does not require such a centre. Nowhere in England needs a ‘Discover Islam Centre’ any more than anywhere needs a ‘Discover the Inquisition Centre’. In their ideology and conduct the two are very much akin, with their irrational religious fanaticism being a phenomenon that until recent decades we thought had long since passed forever from our island home. Alas, contemporary reality demonstrates otherwise, for the advocates and enablers of obscurantism seem intent upon reintroducing barbaric practices in the name of tolerance.

Depressingly, the presence of certain local dignitaries at Tuesday’s opening suggests that even at this time of deep cuts in public spending Luton Council may yet be devoting scarce taxpayers’ money to promoting this centre for Islamic proselytisation. Luton Today reports that the “mayor, council leader, council chief executive and Luton in Harmony co-ordinator Sarah Allenwere all in attendance. Why? Is it the job of a mayor and senior council figures to promote Islam? Why is this considered acceptable?

As for the purpose of Luton’s ‘Discovering Islam Centre’ that is transparent enough: to promote Islam. What benefit does this afford to anyone in Luton other than to those Muslims keen to push their dogma upon the rest of the population? None. It is therefore apposite to ask the question afresh: why were Luton’s mayor, council leader and other senior council personnel at the opening of this propaganda centre yesterday? Why were they not instead attending to real council business for the benefit of all of the people they purport to represent? Luton residents should write to the mayor and the council to complain about this official backing of a centre created with the explicit intent of propagating a backward ideology, demanding an explanation for their actions and position. The ‘Discovering Islam Centre’ should be closed, as its existence does nothing other than deliberately exacerbate tensions in the town. 
 
The EDL’s leader Stephen Lennon (alternatively known as Tommy Robinson) has declared that the intent of the protest is the closure of this centre. It transpires that the manager of the centre is a man named Yusuf Bonner, a Muslim convert who in a former life was a Catholic monk. According to Luton Today, Bonner is a blogger said “to have links to an organisation connected with Islamic extremists” who has called for the mass conversion of our people to Islam. Why therefore, are senior members of Luton Council complicit in promoting this agenda?

As for who has funded the centre, it is claimed that all of the money has originated from within “Luton’s Muslim community, including from Bury Park businessman Mohammed Nadeem.” Really? No Saudi cash kicking around then, or “community cohesion” grants?

The following video shows the EDL protest together with interviews with Stephen Lennon and one of the centre’s trustees, Sufian Sadiq.

9 comments:

  1. To top it all, Luton Council have announced they are to sue Tommy for “unlawfully” using Luton Borough Council logos was distributed.

    http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/local/legal-action-started-over-edl-leaflets-1-3624495

    Despite the fact as a ratepayer they actually work for him!

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    1. That's utterly barking. Any news on what has come of this attempt?

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    2. This little boys club known as the edl has finally fizzled out aggghhhhh

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  2. Nowhere in England needs a ‘Discover Islam Centre’ any more than anywhere needs a ‘Discover the Inquisition Centre’.

    I would disagree; I think all areas in England need a 'Discover Islam Centres' as long as they are not run by Muslims or left wing appeasers/useful idiots.

    'Discover the Inquisition Centres' are less pressing but one or two would suffice as long as they are not run by Dominican monks.

    Islam and the Inquisition need to be exposed for what they are; two sides of the same coin i.e. clerical fascism.

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    1. That's a fair point Anonymous. So far as monks go, Trappists would seem to be the least harmful, and of course, a number of their Belgian brethren are dab hands at making good beer.

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  3. JUST TO SAY THE INDIGENOUS DEFENCE LEAGUE HAD A LOOK AT THIS SITE! WE ARE PROTESTING THE BRIGHTON & HOVE MOSQUE AS THEY HAVE AN IMAGE OF ABU HAMZA. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN GO TO OUR SITE-PAGE-DEMOS FOR INFO
    DAKS FOR THE TEAM

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    1. Another week, another new mosque. It's strange to think that the prospect of a new Tesco appears to cause more generalised outrage amongst the public than that of anonther mosque, isn't it?

      An image of Abu Hamza? I thought that Islamists of his ilk would not appreciate such idolatry.

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  4. The reason is pretty simple. As a non-muslim living amongst muslims, i must admit, i know nothing about them. Maybe this centre will help me understand something about islam from the Muslims themselves, rather then the media and the EDL.

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    1. So, using your logic you will therefore be heading off down to your local ‘Church’ of Scientology to obtain a balanced overview of its ‘belief’ system and mode of functioning will you? That Muslim centre has been established for one reason and one reason alone: Dawah. If you genuinely want to learn about Islam, read about it. There are plenty of history books and objective studies of the religion published before the current age of PC apologia for Islam. If on the other hand, you feel some sort of ‘spiritual’ vacuum that you think needs to be filled, why not take up Buddhism or Wicca? Both of these are far preferable to Islam.

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