A representative of the Anne Frank Trust, a British-Jewish charity, has agreed to participate on a panel alongside Abdurraheem Green [a Catholic convert to Islam], a prominent anti-Semitic Islamist preacher. To make matters worse, the event is part of Green’s campaign to present the organization he runs as respectable. Samuel Westrop writes:
Green has spoken of a “Yehudi . . .
stench” and urged Muslims to “push [the Jews] to the side.” In addition,
he encourages men to hit their wives to “bring them to goodness,” and
has called for the killing of homosexuals and adulterers.
The event on May 21 is part of a broader
“anti-racism” campaign launched by . . . [Green’s] Islamic Education and
Research Academy (iERA), . . . [which] describes itself as “a global
[proselytizing] organization” that works “to empower Muslims as
individuals and local communities to invite and inform people about
Islam.” In truth, the iERA is one of Britain’s most extreme Islamist
groups. . . . In 2013, five members of an iERA youth group . . . left
for Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group. . . .
Well-intentioned activists often treat
the notion of “dialogue” as an unassailable good. More often than not,
however, Islamist groups merely regard these activists as useful dupes
on whom to advance extremist agendas. Unfortunately, as history shows,
providing extremists with a platform only serves to legitimize
“anti-racism” and interfaith initiatives that openly promote illiberal
and anti-democratic agendas.
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