It is clear that in some cases, there is one set of rules for our Muslim citizens and yet another for everyone else. It is also clear how this situation was created; a multicultural separateness which has been promoted and maintained primarily by the political left.
What perhaps is not so clear however is the motive of the left in pursuing this segregation. Here is my opinion – this division is defended because most Muslims are not white and as such enjoy a patronising and racist victim status which allows them to be held to lower standards of behaviour. The message is simply this: “we do not expect you to be as civilised as we are”.
Leftists and liberals are often quick to condemn white Christian evangelicals or fundamentalists (especially American ones), even when their misogyny or homophobia presents less of a direct threat to the safety of women or homosexuals. This blind eye to misogyny and homophobia is not limited to Muslims either. Black evangelical Christians, who openly practice exorcism on perceived homosexuals in the UK , also largely escape condemnation from those on the liberal left. I can therefore only conclude that this is also an issue of race, and not just religion.
We recently celebrated the anniversary of the inspirational speech delivered by the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King in Washington in 1963. Dr King famously declared “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character”. That would be nice, wouldn’t it? But thanks to the relentless pursuance of separate standards for separate groups, Dr King’s dream remains just that.
The society that King sought to defeat was one where black Americans were educated separately from whites, lived separately, and were segregated in institutions such as hospitals and prisons. In Europe, thanks largely to the left-supported concept of multiculturalism, races and religious groups again live separately in ghettoised communities, Islamic madrassas teach children to separate themselves from non-Muslims , and Muslims are increasingly governed –
particularly in family matters – by a network of sharia tribunals which operate outside of the laws of the mainstream, overwhelmingly white, secular majority. In the UK, a disturbing segregation of Muslim prisoners is also developing .
As Tarek Fatah has pointed out, the danger of left-wing racism is that it has successfully disguised itself in progressive terminology by using words such as “diversity” and “outreach”. Furthermore, those who object to separate treatment for distinct groups are themselves labelled racists by many on the left. In effect, equality is the new racism and those who call for an equal application of the law are the new bigots.
The dangerous and violent totalitarian ideology of Islamism is growing all over the world, and Europe is no exception. The very people who should be opposing the beliefs at the core of this ideology – such as female subjugation, oppression of homosexuals, and the murder of those who dissent – are the people who are often the most vociferous in their defence. There are several elements to this dichotomy but race is chief among them.
A twisted vision of imperialism is also popular; this transforms Islamic imperialism in to a counter-imperialism which is encouraged as a method of defeating a perceived American hegemony.
Whatever conclusion as to motive you accept, the simple fact is that racial and religious segregation are a reality in 21st century western democracies. The defence and expansion of this segregation is encouraged and maintained by the political left and so-called equality campaigners.
Words like equality have been redefined so that they now represent inequality, lower standards of living, and unequal access to rights and protections.
Martin Luther King must be turning in his grave, much like Emmeline Pankhurst is turning in hers.