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| Aysh Chaudhry, a trainee at Clifford Chance, appears in 20-minute long video on YouTube |
A top international law firm employee has launched an online diatribe against “apologetic” moderate Muslims in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.
Aysh Chaudhry, a trainee at Clifford Chance, appears in a 20-minute video on Youtube [sic], delivered mainly in English but interspersed with Arabic, in which he claimed that Islam is “superior” to Western ideologies and uses the word "kuffar" repeatedly, a derogatory term for non-Muslims.
The video is introduced by the same Arabic chant that is used on many jihadist websites including Al-Qaeda and Isis, and translates as: "Islam has become for us a religion and the entire universe is home for us".
Mr Chaudry says he is addressing the "events in Paris that have taken place over the last few days", which he condemns, and criticises Muslims whose minds have become "colonised" by the West.
The 22-year-old, who earns a salary of £40,500, urges his "brothers and sisters" to move away from the “apologetic tone" adopted by some Muslims following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, adding that they should "have confidence in Islam because we are enslaved otherwise.”
He calls freedom of speech a "bankrupt ideology", adding: "We are becoming infatuated with the civilisation of the kuffar and their beliefs and their values and indeed we have latched on to these.
"Now you know who you are if you are of those who state 'I will die to protect your freedom and I believe in freedom of speech'.
"But understand that it is not the Islamic response to this issue. It represents a defeatist mentality, brothers and sisters." » | Camilla Turner | Monday, January 19, 2015
