Islamophobic crime is on the rise – because Tories support it? [WARNING: VIOLENT/DISTRESSING VIDEO]
Divisive: The row over Boris Johnson’s comments about women who wear the burqa looking like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers” has uncovered a deep vein of hatred for Muslims in the Conservative Party.
The manufactured anti-Semitism row in the Labour Party continues to shield Conservatives from justifiable criticism of their own Islamophobia.
Consider this incident, reported on Twitter but not (to the best of my knowledge) in the Tory-supporting press.
https://twitter.com/TheFieldMuslim/status/1039288979642822656
Sickening. Mrs Mike asked where the parents of the perpetrators were and why they weren’t around to stop this attack.
Answer: I don’t know. Perhaps they are Conservatives who support Islamophobic violence.
The backlash has been predictable. Aleesha, who tweets on politics and Muslim issues, makes the obvious connection between incitement to hate Islamic citizens of the UK and the violence it encourages:
My heart is so broken watching this. I have no words. Islamophobia has real consequences on real people. Horrifying. https://t.co/Xm5R6udNiM
— Aleesha 🇵🇸 (@a_leesha1) September 11, 2018
And Aaron links this violence directly with the national media:
This is a scandal. It’s not just ignored by the national media, they actively fuel it.
It’s why we need a proper regulator. https://t.co/RXbI4GwUu2
— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) September 11, 2018
Why is it allowed? Ask Baroness Warsi, who was no good as a Cabinet member and is now being systematically ignored by her fellow Tories and the Tory-supporting press – for raising the issue of Islamophobia.
In the tweets below, she correctly identifies the problem – that her fellow Tories are happy to get on the anti-Muslim bandwagon because, thanks to the divisive attitude they have encouraged in the press, it makes them more popular with the public.
Speaking out against “Muslim bashing” leads to a sharp drop in popularity, as indicated by a poll on a pro-Tory website:
What does this say about my Party @Conservatives ?
Muslim bashing will tragically continue to be an attractive political option as long as there is political mileage in Muslim bashing. 😔 https://t.co/aHFfyk2jwn— Sayeeda Warsi (@SayeedaWarsi) September 6, 2018
The ConservativeHome article states: “Finally, there are two particularly large losses in the table, which appear to be linked. Brandon Lewis, who was as high as +46.6 in June, loses a further 31.2 points this month, falling from -2.7 to -33.9. That is a brutal verdict from Party members on their chairman, and seems to be directly linked to his handling of the Boris Johnson burka row and the ensuing investigation. Similarly, Ruth Davidson’s normally quite unassailable rating has suffered, dropping from +54.4 to +33.8, I suspect due to her intervention in the same dispute, when she compared wearing a burkha to wearing a cross.”
The conclusion is clear:
If there is a problem with racism and sectarianism, it has its home in the Conservative Party. And we are all being distracted from it with spurious claims about Labour.
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The loud-mouthed slob Johnson and all his equally obnoxious right wing cronies have a lot to answer for.
The anti Boris comments that Boris instilled a fear of Islam, which is what islamaphobia is, has to be the most ridiculous claim ever. To pretend that 7/7 9/11 arianna grande lee rigby didn’t create a fear of Islam is absurd. Boris is only reflecting what most sensible people are thinking the burka is imposed on women by men, it isn’t their choice and there is no place for it in the 21st century.
Tell that to all the women who choose to wear it.
And nobody is saying Boris “instilled” a fear of Islam in the UK, are they? He’s stoking it, certainly.
Would you be able to send this video directly to Conservative headquarters and to the Johnson family, Boris first then his sister who claimed that her brother had not gone far enough in his islamophobia? Ask them to justify their stance. And if they realise that there are consequences to taking the stance they do.
If I honestly thought it would do any good at all, I might!
The rise of fascism is not happening by accident, history tells us where all of this is leading. Hitler grew out the ranks of right wing conservatives, ask any German about that. ” in 1933 Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg, through the support and connivance of traditional conservative nationalists who believed that they could control him and his party. Through the use of emergency presidential decrees by Hindenburg, and a change in the Weimar Constitution which allowed the Cabinet to rule by direct decree, bypassing both Hindenburg and the Reichstag, the Nazis had soon established a one-party state.”