Church of England ‘Condoning Oppression of Women’ with Niqab Photo

THE TELEGRAPH: Archbishop of Canterbury accused of sending ‘deeply troubling message’ after presenting award to Islamic scholar who honoured Bin Laden

Screenshot taken from this Telegraph article. | Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, pictured alongside his wife, was presented with an award by the Archbishop of Canterbury Credit: Neil Turner
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been accused of condoning the repression of Muslim women after she gave an award to an Islamic cleric who honoured Osama Bin Laden.

Dame Sarah Mullally was pictured with Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, an Islamic scholar, and his wife, who was wearing a niqab so that only her eyes were visible, when he received his award on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that Bin Laden orchestrated.

In a letter to the Archbishop, Rebecca Paul, the shadow culture secretary, and Nick Timothy, the shadow justice secretary, asked her to explain how Lambeth Palace decided to go ahead with such a controversial award, which caused “serious reputational damage” to the Church of England.

They also asked what changes were going to be put in place to prevent a repeat and whether she recognised the “deeply troubling message the ceremony and photograph conveyed about the dignity and freedom of women”.

“The Church of England teaches the equal dignity and worth of men and women. Yet you presented the award alongside Mr Ashrafi’s wife, whose face was concealed by a niqab so that only her eyes were visible and Lambeth Palace subsequently published that image,” they wrote.

“This could appear to condone one of the most repressive manifestations of Islam, one that denies women basic freedoms over how they dress, whether they may show their faces and how they interact with others. » | Charles Hymas Home Affairs Editor. Tony Diver Political Editor | Saturday, September 19, 2026

The Roman Catholic Church refuses to ordain women; the Anglican Church makes a woman the Archbishop of Canterbury! One of these Churches has got it wrong. Which one? No prizes for guessing! 😊 — © Mark Alexander

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Archbishop Forced to Retract Cleric’s Award over Osama Bin Laden Comments

Sep 18, 2026 | “It's not the first time that a Lambeth Award has had to be retracted.”

The Archbishop of Canterbury has been forced to retract an award to a Pakistani cleric after it emerged he once made comments suggesting bestowing an honorary title on Osama bin Laden, reports The Times’s Kata Burgess.


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The Amateur Archbishop's Betrayal of the Victims of Terror'. Dame Mullally, Bin Laden & Imam Ashrifi

Sep 17, 2026 | Hubert Walter was the Catholic Arhcbishop of Canterbury from 1193 to 1205 and accompanied Richard the Lionheart on the third Crusade during which he negotiated with salad in the diplomatic work behind the scenes and the fighting.

He understood the reality of Islam and the need to defend Christians from its military expansionism and accompanying brutalities.

The Anglican Church has created an award in his name for religious reconciliation and Bridge building and has just given it to one of Bin Laden's primary Pakistani supporters, who has been promoting terrorism, suicide bombing and Islamic blasphemy laws directed against Christians.

Sarah Mullally chose to Bristow this award on the 25th anniversary of bin Laden's 9/11 murders.


Archbishop gave award on 9/11 anniversary to cleric who praised Bin Laden: Dame Sarah Mullally presented reconciliation honour to Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, whose council called the al-Qaeda leader ‘sword of God’ »

Is Europe Facing a "Muslim Takeover"? The Data Says Otherwise | The Economist

Sep 12, 2026 | Panic about Islam in Europe is spreading. In several European countries around half the population believe that Islam is incompatible with Western values. But in reality, Muslims make up only a small percentage of Europe’s people, and their attitudes largely resemble their compatriots. Why, then, are so many Europeans against Islam?

That Islamism nonsense should be put to bed. There is Islam, and that’s it! I have said this time and time again, but I shall repeat myself. An Islamist is merely a devout, fundamentalist Muslim, determined to live according to the strictest tenets of his faith. But he is not an “Islamist”; he is a devout fundamentalist! I know something about this because I was one of the very first people ever to warn of the dangers of the growth of Islam in the West! I was warning of the dangers many years before 9/11! I even wrote a book about it, The Dawning of a New Dark Age. It was popular at the time. I don’t plug it anymore, because the publishers wrongfully do not pay me for any book sales. But the message in that book is absolutely spot on and prescient. — © Mark Alexander

Comment 2: The more I listen to this nonsense, the more convinced I am that these people really don't understand the nature of Islam at all! I hasten to add thhat I am in no way Islamophobic; however, having taught these people—all adults—over very many years, I came to understand their nature and core beliefs. I can assure you that the people talking in this video are totally and utterly CLUELESS! They speak authoritatively about a religion they know next to nothing about!

Yes, there are moderate Muslims. Of course there are. There are even nominal Muslims — people born into the faith, but are in no way convinced by it. However, if one of those Muslims, male or female, starts becoming religious—and many of them do once they have sown their wild oats—what is to stop that person becoming fanatical, devout, and fundamentalist? Islam breeds fanaticism by its very nature, in a way that Christianity does not. Do these people know that a Muslim, for instance, is supposed to love the Prophet Muhammad with all his heart, and with all his soul? In fact, the true Muslim is supposed to love the Prophet more than himself, more than his parents, more than his children, and more than all of mankind! If that doesn't breed fanaticism, I don't know what does! And that's just the start! So, I therefore feel justified in stating categorically that the people talking about Islam and Muslims in this video are talking from a position of ignorance. — © Mark Alexander

Islamic Beliefs That Don't Make Sense

Mar 2, 2026 | Have you ever actually sat down and thought about some of the core beliefs in Islam? Not what you were told to think, but really examined them with logic and common sense? That's exactly what we're doing in this video. We go through some of the most puzzling and contradictory beliefs found in Islamic theology, sourced directly from the Quran, Sahih Bukhari, and classical Islamic scholarship. No exaggeration, no misrepresentation, just honest questions that deserve honest answers. Whether you're an atheist, agnostic, ex-Muslim, or just a curious mind, this video will give you a lot to think about.

Dr Gavin Ashenden: Will Charles 3rd Be the Last English King?

Sep 1, 2026 | Professor Charles Betz is warning of the encroaching Civil War and distinguishing three groups, each of which functions as a controlling category for King Charles's allegiance. The difficulty is that they are mutually antagonistic. In such circumstances, how can the monarchy survive?

The posting of this video should not in any way be construed as a total endorsement of Dr Ashenden’s ideas. I do agree with much of what he says, but not with all. I post this excellent video to give you all food for thought.

I was heartened that Dr Ashenden agrees with want I have stated on this website so many times that there is no such thing as “Islamism”. The whole concept is a nonsense. There is Islam. That is all. What misled Westerners think of when they refer to “Islamists” is devout, fundamentalist Muslims who wish to live in full accordance with the tenets of their faith. It should always be remembered that Islam recognizes no separation of mosque and state, no separation of the spiritual from the temporal. Islam is ONE organic whole. — © Mark Alexander

Pakistan: Islam bestimmt den Alltag | Doku HD | ARTE | Reupload

Aug 9, 2025 | In Pakistans Gesellschaft brodelt es. Immer mehr Menschen fordern mehr Freiheit und Gleichheit. Der Rockmusiker Aaiz rebelliert mit provokanten Texten gegen das Patriarchat, die Anwältin Neha kämpft gegen die Zwangsheirat. Der Imam Abdul Jameel dagegen fordert die Einhaltung der religiösen Regeln.

Pakistan ist ein Land, in dem Männer meistens das Sagen haben. Patriarchale Strukturen und religiöse Normen prägen Gesellschaft und Familie. Männliche Gewalt ist allgegenwärtig. Zwar gibt es zahlreiche Gesetze, die Frauen schützen sollen – doch in der Realität stehen Frauen einem System gegenüber, das sie oft unterdrückt. Aber nicht nur Frauen sind betroffen: Jeder, der in dieser konservativ-muslimischen Gesellschaft von der Tradition abweicht, hat es schwer. Besonders junge Menschen in den Städten spüren den Konflikt zwischen modernen Einflüssen und den Regeln, die Familien und Moscheen vorgeben. Doch es regt sich Widerstand – nicht nur unter Frauen, sondern auch unter Männern.

Der Imam Abdul Jameel versteht den Islam als Maßstab für sein Leben und als Grundlage für eine geordnete Gesellschaft. Er fordert strenge islamische Regeln – für seine Gemeinde, seine Frau und seine Söhne. Der Rockmusiker Aaiz setzt mit provokanten Texten und seinem Lebensstil ein Zeichen gegen die engen gesellschaftlichen Zwänge. Mit seiner Band rebelliert er gegen den Konservatismus und die Macht der Religion. Die Anwältin Neha kämpft für Mädchen und Frauen, die schutzlos sind oder Opfer männlicher Gewalt wurden. Sie weiß aus eigener Erfahrung, wie es ist, Missbrauch zu erleiden – und keine Möglichkeit zu haben, ihn anzuzeigen.Drei Menschen, die unterschiedliche Haltungen und Perspektiven vertreten im „Land der Männer“.

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Why the West Hates Arabs and Islam

Nov 12, 2025 | For over a thousand years, the West has told the same story — the Arab and the Muslim as the eternal enemy. From the Crusades to colonialism to the War on Terror, that myth has justified centuries of violence — all the way to Gaza today.

This is the story of how that lie was written… and why we’re still living inside it.


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Islam: The Enemy of Democracy and Freedom

MARK ALEXANDER: Until 9/11, the western world was largely ignorant of the religion of Islam, of its goals, of its aspirations. Indeed, even since 9/11, most people, and that includes our politicians, would not score very highly in a test of their knowledge on the subject. It should be obvious to all thinking people that our politicians are actually unaware, dare I say blind, to the dangers that Islam will increasingly cause us. It is truly a case of the blind leading the blind! That means to say, uninformed and unthinking politicians leading an ill-informed electorate. But this is what we have right now. The same can hardly be said of Muslims in the Islamic world, though; for their knowledge of Christianity far surpasses - even though much of their knowledge is quite distorted - any knowledge of Islam by the man in the street in the West.

As the old saying goes, knowledge is power. But what we often don't hear uttered is its converse: Ignorance is weakness.

The West is far weaker than it need be because of this ignorance of Islam, since Islam is our greatest enemy. The greatest enemy since Nazism and communism. I'll give you some good reasons why this is so. And none of them - absolutely none of them - are based on hatred.

Islam is the enemy of the West for a plethora of good, solid reasons, and if we wish to survive as a civilization, we are going to have to bite the bullet and deal, head on, with the issues these reasons raise. Let us begin...

First and foremost, we are dealing with a religion which does not recognize any separation of politics and religion, any separation of the political from the spiritual. For Muslims, life is one coherent whole: the political and spiritual both meld into one. This has always been so, and always will be. No re-classification of the religion into two separate parts is possible because of Islam's very nature.

In Islam, all power rests with Allah, the god of Muslims. The Qur'an, their holy book, is always taken literally. Those words are considered to be the actual words of Allah. Therefore, none of these words can be changed, for to change any of them would be tantamount to tampering with Allah's words. This would be a grave sin in their eyes.

For the same reason that the words contained in the Qur'an cannot be changed, they cannot, therefore, be re-interpreted either. So do not hold your breath for any kind of reformation in this religion, because it’s not going to happen.

In Islam, all power rests with Allah, and it filters down via his vice-gerents on earth to the people. Hence the great desire among Muslims to restore the caliphate. Contrast this with the Western model of government.

In the West, the ideal political system is democracy. In democracy, all power rests with the people, and they exercise that power at the polls. In a democracy, all power filters in the opposite direction from Islam. In democracy it filters up; in Islam, down! Herein lies the greatest barrier to the miscibility of the two worlds: the western world and the Islamic world.

Without digressing too much here, I should like to add that this is the main reason why George W Bush and Blair's venture into Iraq to bring democracy there was a grave error of judgment. We are now seeing the experiment failing before our very eyes. How can one bring democracy to a region of the world where the people who inhabit that region believe that all power rests with Allah, and where they believe that Allah has prescribed their way of life for them for then, for now, and for all time?

I would suggest that where such a dichotomy exists, the most sensible and prudent thing to do would be for us to lead our lives as we see fit, and for those people to be allowed to live their lives as they see fit. That way, there would be hope of some peace in this world.

But this is not what we have done. We have done the very opposite of this: We have entered the Middle East in the hope - the vain hope in my opinion - of bringing our way of doing things, our way of life, to them; furthermore, we have allowed millions and millions of Muslims into the West - and at the very time when Christianity, the religion which underpins the West, is greatly weakened anyway - which will only give us headaches for the years ahead. Why? Because Muslims who immigrate bring their hopes and dreams and aspirations with them, hopes and dreams of establishing Islam everywhere on earth. To Islamize the world is the main aspiration of the Muslim; and we have seen in France in the recent past the manifestation of aggression in its cause. For what happened in France was in no small part because of the Muslim's desire to establish Allah's caliphate here on earth. These were the first rumblings, the first roar of the lion! Expect more of this in the future, as Islam grows stronger and stronger.

Muslims, by and large, do not respect non-Muslims. How can they? Their religion does not allow them to do so. Their religion preaches that Muslims are superior to non-Muslims; indeed, they use the derogatory term infidel for us. This word to some Westerners might simply mean that they call us infidels because we are people who do not subscribe to their faith. This, after all, would be quite logical, since to us it simply means not fidèle, or not true to the faith. But this does not completely describe what Muslims mean by this term. To Muslims, to be called an infidel is an insult indeed. It has connotations of inferiority, backwardness, and even uncleanness.

You see, Muslims believe that Islam is the perfection of religion for man for all time. They call it ad deen al kamal, the perfect religion. In their eyes, people who have not yet submitted to the will of Allah are in a state of pre-Islamic chaos, a state known to them as jahiliyyah. To Muslims, all Muslims, the whole world is classified in two parts: that part of the world which has submitted and is therefore in the Islamic state known as Dar ul Islam, or 'the House of Islam'; and that part of the world which has yet to submit and is therefore in a pre-Islamic, chaotic, jahiliyyic state known as Dar ul Harb, or the 'House of War'.

The 'House of War' is the part of the world which has yet to be taken over, and must at some point be taken over in the future. We, I am sorry to inform you, are in the 'House of War'. So we can expect anything at anytime.

Some people would ask why we were able to go for quite a long time without problems with Muslims. The answer to that is a simple one indeed. First of all, there were relatively few Muslims living in the West, so the ones that did live here were not powerful. Secondly, Muslims living in the Islamic world were, for the most part and for many years, poor by anyone's standards. This all changed with the Oil Embargo of the 70s - a time when the price of oil on the world markets soared. As a result of this, the Islamic world became rich and empowered.

Money is power; and it talks loudly. In recent years we have seen evidence aplenty of Islam being on the move. I tell you now: If we do not find a way of clipping its wings here in the West, we shall lose our democracy, and we shall be in deep, deep trouble.

So the trouble we will have with Muslims will not come only from without, but in the future we can expect trouble from the Muslims within. The millions of Muslims living here in the West will not integrate, because it is not in their worldview to do so. It is also forbidden them by their very own Prophet Himself, the Prophet Muhammad. He forbade Muslims even to befriend infidels. He also exhorted them to kill us. And he certainly told them that they should live separate lives, and dress and behave differently, so that they could easily tell themselves apart.

No Western politician is going to be able to change these facts, for facts they are indeed. Moreover, as Islam will grow here, their numbers will become greater and greater, and they will be able to use our democratic system to outvote us and introduce their form of government based as it is on their beloved Shari'ah, or Quranic laws. How do you propose we shall be able to stop them? We shall be outnumbered, and as the outcome of democratic elections depends on the number of votes cast, we shall be able to do nothing about it. This time will come quicker than we might think, because so few babies are being born to infidel families.

The only thing left for people to do, will be to fight. Inevitably, at some point, civil war will ensue. If the political process fails people, then this will be all that will be left for them: civil war, guerre civile, Bürgerkrieg, call it what you will. But one thing I can assure you, no politicians' sweet talk, posturing, or manœvring, will get us out of this one without conflict at some point in the future.

One of the biggest problems for the West is its devotion to the concept of freedom of religion. This is a lofty concept indeed, an ideal; but this devotion blinds people to one important reality: To the reality that Islam is not just a religion, but a political system, too. Indeed, it is more of a political system than anything else, and it is, in addition, a political system diametrically opposed to our own. It abhors freedom of choice, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of anything that we so cherish. The only thing one is free to do in Islam is become a Muslim, and submit to the will of Allah.

These two systems are totally immiscible, and unfortunately, we have imported this immiscibility right into the heart of the West; and to our own great disadvantage, and to the disadvantage of our long-term peace and security. What, I ask you, will the Americans do when the ever-growing Muslim population in America starts wanting to tinker with the Americans' beloved Constitution? When Muslims will see their way clear to supplant the Constitution with Shari'ah law?

Questions like these are the ones we should be grappling with NOW. To wait until the time comes would be foolish indeed.

Wake up to the harsh realities of life in the twenty-first century! We've got some collective thinking to do if we wish to save ourselves from darkness. Perhaps we shall, indeed, be forced to think about having to re-classify Islam as a political system first and foremost, a political system immiscible with our own, and one whose advance needs to be forestalled. This may be one of our only sensible alternatives. Since to give complete, unhampered freedom to Islam to grow here in the West is tantamount to digging our own graves.

© Mark Alexander
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This essay was first published on Friday, April 20, 2007

Dr Gavin Ashenden: A New Islamic Blasphemy Law in the UK? Why Jacob Rees-Mogg Was Wrong about the Fear of Islam

Aug 18, 2026 | Jacob Rees-Mogg argues we have nothing to fear about as the numbers and influence of Islam grow in our country. I argue he is irresponsibly mistaken. This is why…

Constantin Schreiber: Islam: "Die Feindseligkeit hat mich erschrocken!"

Aug 5, 2026 | Zum ersten Mal wurde ich öffentlich danach gefragt, wie ich persönlich zum Islam stehe. Bisher erfolgte die Zuschreibung aufgrund von Unterstellungen und Behauptungen. Ich berichte darüber, wie vor allem mediale Reaktionen auf Islam-Berichterstattung mich erschrocken haben. In dem Gespräch ging es zudem darum, ob und wie ich während meiner Zeit bei der tagesschau über Islam-Themen berichten konnte.

Homosexualität wegbeten, geht das? Besuch in zwei Moscheen

Aug 2, 2026 | Der Anschlag auf den Berliner CSD hinterlässt eine Frage: Ist Homophobie ein Problem des Islam? Oder nur eines der Extremisten? Wir haben zwei Moscheen besucht. Bei Seyran Ateş hängen Pride-Flaggen im Gebetsraum. In der Khadija-Moschee dürfen Queere nicht Mitglied werden.

Ateş führt die einzige queerfreundliche Moschee in Deutschland. Der IS nannte sie in Chatgruppen als Anschlagsziel. Ihre These: Der Islam sei zwar friedlich, aber der Islamismus speise sich aus dem Islam. Imam Scharjil Khalid widerspricht. Im Islam gebe es keinen einzigen Anhaltspunkt für Extremismus. Eine Reportage.


In der Tat ist Islam queerfeindlich. Homophobie ist fest in der Religion verankert.

Homosexualität kann sicherlich nicht weggebeten werden. Zu glauben, dass Homosexualität weggebetet werden kann, kommt dem Glauben an die Zahnfee gleich! Man kann das Schwulsein genauso wenig wegbeten, wie man eine Änderung der Augenfarbe herbeibeten kann.

Gleichgeschlechtliche Anziehung ist etwas, mit dem man geboren wird. Kein noch so intensives Gebet kann das Wesen eines Menschen ändern. — © Mark Alexander

What the Berlin Pride Attack Reveals about Radicalization | DW News

July 31, 2026 | After the deadly attack against Berlin's CSD, former Salafist and Muslim queer activist Tugay Saraç explains how Islamist extremist groups recruit young people and how a Pride event becomes a target.

Muslime in Berlin-Neukölln über den CSD-Anschlag: „Schwul sein ist Sünde. Menschen töten auch“

Dieser Screenshot stammt aus diesem Artikel. | Auf der Neuköllner Sonnenallee sind Ladenschilder auf Arabisch keine Seltenheit. | © Jana Hermann/Berliner Zeitung
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Nach dem islamistischen Anschlag auf den Berliner CSD führt die Debatte auch das migrantisch geprägte Berlin-Neukölln, oder? Doch dort wissen viele gar nichts vom Anschlag.

er am Hermannplatz in Berlin-Neukölln über den islamistischen Anschlag auf den Christopher Street Day (CSD) sprechen will, braucht Geduld. Viele wollen nicht reden, andere nur ohne Foto. Die meisten nennen lediglich ihren Vornamen, einige möchten anonym bleiben. Wer mit der Berliner Zeitung spricht, erzählt von einem friedlichen Islam oder behauptet, der Attentäter sei gar kein Muslim gewesen. Andere haben vom Anschlag nichts gehört – manche wissen nicht einmal, was der CSD ist. „Schwulenparade, sag’s doch gleich“, lacht ein Passant. » | Jana Hermann | Freitag, 31. Juli 2026 [€]

Der Islam und die liberale Demokratie sind absolut unvereinbar. Der Westen kann nichts tun, um diese Tatsache zu ändern; es wird immer so bleiben. Im Islam gilt Homosexualität als schwere Sünde. Man könnte einwenden, dass dies auch im Christentum der Fall ist. Doch es gibt einen gewaltigen Unterschied zwischen beiden: Einige extrem fundamentalistische Muslime sind bereit zu töten, um sicherzustellen, dass Allahs Wille auf Erden befolgt wird. Fundamentalistische Christen hingegen – so lästig sie auch oft sein mögen – neigen nicht zu solch extremem Verhalten.

Die traurige Tatsache ist, dass wir all diese Muslime in den Westen hereingelassen haben – in der vergeblichen Hoffnung, sie würden sich westlich orientieren und ihr rückständiges Denken ablegen. Zwar werden sich einige Muslime – insbesondere jene, die ihren Glauben nur dem Namen nach praktizieren – tatsächlich liberalisieren und ihre Ansichten ändern; doch bei der großen Mehrheit ist dies nicht der Fall. Die Mehrheit der Muslime im Westen wird genauso unaufgeklärt bleiben, wie sie es an dem Tag war, als sie hierher kam! Die Hoffnung des Westens, ihre Einstellung zu Lebensweisen wie der Homosexualität zu akzeptieren, ist also tatsächlich vergeblich. Bis zum Sankt-Nimmerleinstag können wir auf eine Änderung der Mentalität hoffen! Sie wird nie kommen! — © Mark Alexander

Nach CSD-Anschlag: Wegner fordert Islamunterricht an Schulen

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Der Regierende Bürgermeister sieht den Unterricht als sinnvolle Präventionsmaßnahme. Die CDU Berlin legt zudem ein Maßnahmenpaket auf den Tisch.

Dieses Foto stammt aus diesem Artikel der Berliner Zeitung. | Bei dem Anschlag auf den CSD Berlin wurde eine Frau getötet und 29 Menschen teils schwer verletzt. | © Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister hält Islamunterricht an Berlins Schulen als Präventionsmaßnahme gegen Radikalisierung für sinnvoll. Nach dem islamistisch motivierten Terroranschlag auf den CSD Wochenende, bei dem eine Frau getötet und 31 weitere Menschen teils schwer verletzt wurden, positioniert sich sich Kai Wegner (CDU).

Seine These lautet: Wer Religion an der staatlichen Schule lernt, gerät seltener an gefährliche Prediger. „Religionsunterricht an staatlichen Schulen könnte einen großen Teil dazu beitragen, Jugendliche vor solchen Beeinflussungen zu schützen. Dazu gehört, dass auch der Islamunterricht an Schulen stattfindet, der dadurch staatlicher Kontrolle unterliegen würde“, sagte Wegner. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2026

Was für ein Unsinn! Was für eine Absurdität! Was könnte man von einem solchen Lehrplan auch ernsthaft erwarten? Nicht die Schüler müssen etwas über den Islam lernen, um dem islamischen Terrorismus ein Ende zu setzen; vielmehr sind es die Terroristen und andere Muslime selbst, die lernen sollten, wie man in einer multikulturellen, weltoffenen und toleranten Gesellschaft lebt!

Es stimmt zwar, dass die Menschen im Westen viel zu wenig über den Islam wissen, und daran sollte etwas geändert werden. Man kann jedoch nicht erwarten, dass ein größeres Wissen über den Islam im Westen das Problem der Feindseligkeit gegenüber queeren Menschen innerhalb der muslimischen Gemeinschaft lösen wird. — © Mark Alexander

Die englische Version:

What nonsense! What an absurdity! What could one seriously expect from such a curriculum? It is not the students who need to learn about Islam in order to put an end to Islamic terrorism; rather, it is the terrorists and other Muslims themselves who should learn how to live in a multicultural, open-minded, and tolerant society!

While it is true that people in the West know far too little about Islam—and something should be done about that—one cannot expect that greater knowledge of Islam in the West will solve the problem of hostility toward queer people within the Muslim community. — © Mark Alexander

Germany’s Leaders Say the Berlin Pride Attack Targeted ‘All of Us’. What Utter Hypocrisy

THE GUARDIAN: The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in public

Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | People at the Brandenburg Gate, which is illuminated with the message ‘Berlin, city of freedom’, 26 July 2026. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
It feels like a well-rehearsed script. First come the flowers, then the pious statements. One after another, mainstream German politicians have lined up to claim that the attack on Berlin Pride last weekend was an attack on “all of us”, “our values” and “our society”.

Except it was not. This atrocity in which a van was rammed into the crowd was, first and foremost, an attack on queer people. A vulnerable community that has been fighting for its rights for many decades; that, in recent years and all over the world, has increasingly been targeted by conservative forces.

But, of course, the script is comfortable, because it requires nothing, least of all memory. In Germany, under the centre-right coalition led by the conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the queer community has lost more and more resources, spaces and protection, due to decisions made by the very same people who are now expressing solidarity in public.

When Merz made the statement on Sunday that Pride-goers should not be intimidated, and that this attack was intended to divide our society, many queer people and allies wondered: is this the same Friedrich Merz who rejected the suggestion to fly a rainbow flag from the Bundestag during last year’s Pride, with the remark, “The Bundestag is not a circus tent”? » | Fatma Aydemir | Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Even though the Muslim world is replete with gays, just like every other society throughout the world is, Islam itself is extremely homophobic. The precepts and tenets of the faith insist on the adoption of a homophobic stance in order to be considered to be a good, Allah-fearing, prophet-Muhammad-loving and -following, Shariah-abiding, devout Muslim!

When it comes to homosexuality, what you find in many strict Islamic societies is hypocrisy: outwardly the Muslim will be extremely homophobic, but within high walls and closed doors—in secret— a very different picture often emerges. I know this to be so from personal experience. I have witnessed it first-hand. In fact, when I worked in the Middle East as a fresh-faced young man with thick, luxuriant hair—hair is a huge turn-on for very many Muslims, especially young ones—it was often a huge problem for me. At that time, I was still in the closet. To have been out in Saudi Arabia would have been untenable and dangerous. God only knows what would have happened!

I tell you this for one purpose: To show you that I know and understand the mentality of these people. Well! What happened in Germany at the weekend, was not an attack on all Germans; rather, it was a targeted attack on the queer community. Despite homosexuality being widespread in the Muslim community, homophobia is rifer amongst so-called Islamists, or fundamentalist, extremely devout Muslims. So any German politicians failing to recognise this fact is failing the queer community in Germany. The same, of course, applies to politicians in other western countries as well. — © Mark Alexander

Eren Güvercin: „Queerfeindlichkeit ist eine Realität in muslimischen Communities“

July 28, 2026 | Mehrere muslimische Verbände verurteilten die tödliche Attacke auf dem CSD in Berlin. Der Zentralrat der Muslime sagte: Sollte es sich tatsächlich um eine islamistische Tat handeln, dann sei Religion für Hass und Gewalt missbraucht worden. Die liberal-muslimische Alhambra-Gesellschaft rief zu einer klaren Haltung gegen Islamismus auf. Dessen stellvertretender Vorsitzender Eren Güvercin ruft die deutsch-muslimische Community dazu auf, diesbezüglich kritischere Perspektiven zu entwickeln.

Iranian Activist Says Berlin Pride Attack Shows Europe Is ‘Losing the War of Narratives’ | DW News

July 28, 2026 | Iranian human rights activist Masih Alinejad has faced numerous threats to her life because of her outspoken criticism of the Iranian regime and political Islam. She told DW that the attack at a Berlin Pride event highlights the dangers of failing to confront Islamist ideology.

This lady is exercised. I like that. But she still buys into the false narrative of Islamism as distinct from Islam. An Islamist is merely a devout, practising Muslim. A person who practises Islam uncompromisingly. This lady talks of Islamism being a political ideology. All of Islam is political! As Ayatollah Khomeini used to say… “Islam is politics or it is nothing.” — © Mark Alexander

Constantin Schreiber: Terror-Anschlag auf CSD: Versteht ihr jetzt?

Jul 26, 2026 | Wachen "queers for palestine" nun endlich auf? Erkennen Teile der links-islamischen Allianz, auf welche ideologische Seite sie sich geschlagen haben? Der Anschlag auf den CSD macht nun für wirklich jeden klar, dass Islamisten keine verfolgte Minderheit sind, sondern Feinde der Freiheit.

Der Westen hat sich im Umgang mit dem Islam und dem Islamismus in eine schwierige Lage gebracht. Eigentlich gibt es so etwas wie Islamismus gar nicht; es gibt nur den Islam. In Wirklichkeit ist ein Islamist ein Muslim, der die korrekten und strengen Regeln des Islam genau befolgt. Nur Nicht-Muslime neigen dazu, von Islamismus zu sprechen; Muslime verwenden diesen Begriff im Allgemeinen nicht. Um es sich einfacher zu machen, haben sich westliche Menschen diese falsche Unterscheidung zwischen den beiden Begriffen ausgedacht. Natürlich gibt es liberale Muslime. Doch sehr oft legen diese liberal gesinnten Muslime ihre früheren liberalen Ansichten ab, sobald sie religiös werden. Dies geschieht häufig mit zunehmendem Alter – also dann, wenn sie sich „ausgetobt“ haben, reifer geworden sind und Buße tun wollen. — © Mark Alexander

Die englische Version:

The West has got itself into a bind with Islam und Islamism. Acrually, there is no such thing as Islamism. There is only Islam. In reality, an Islamist is a Muslim who follows the correct and strict rules of Islam closely. The only people who are inclines to talk about Islamism are non-Muslims. Muslims generally don't use the term. In order to make life easier for themselves, Westerners have come up with this false differentiation between the two. Naturally,, there are liberal Muslims. But very often, those liberal-minded Muslims forget their earlier liberal ideas once they become religios. This often happens with age. That means to say, once the liberal Muslims have sown their wild oats and mature and wish to repent. — © Mark Alexander

The King v Christ: Charles 3rd Demotes Jesus and De-Christianises the Monarchy.

June 28, 2026

If the monarch is not prepared to defend our way of life, what is the monarchy’s purpose?

I have nothing against Islam as a religion. On the contrary, there are many things about Islam which I admire. Its sense of community and brotherhood in particular are praiseworthy. However, as I stated in my book even twenty-five years ago, Islam is not out to live with other religions or ways of life side-by-side; rather, it is out to dominate and be triumphant. To virtually all Muslims that I have ever met, and there have been very many—I used to teach adult Muslims in the MIddle East for years, so I am very familiar with their mentality and way of thinking. As I said recently, there is no such thing as Islam-lite; it's the real deal or nothing!

In fact, for those who are not very familiar with Islam’s theology and teachings, in Islam, the world is broken up into two parts: the House of Islam, Dar ul-Islam (دار الإسلام). And the House of War, Dar ul-Harb (دار الحرب). The game plan of all good Muslims is to turn the House of War, the part of the world where the infidels (kufaar — كفار) live, into the House of Islam. Then there will be peace in the world, and only then!

We all should know by now what Muslims do with us queers: they put them to death in countries where the Sharia is uncompromisingly practised. Is this what King Charles envisages for us here in Britain?

By the way, don’t run away with the idea that there are no queers in the Middle East. That would be a grave error in your conclusion. The fact is that there are many gay Muslim Arabs. But they do have a rather distorted understanding of homosexuality and an odd interpretation of homosexual behaviour.

In the Arab world, only the passive partner in a relationship is generally considered queer. Moreover, what goes on in private is the Muslim’s concern, and not anybody else’s. So, if one is queer in the Middle East, the trick is to be queer in private and to refrain from talking about your experiences and refrain from admitting that one experiences same-sex attraction. Save, of course, admitting it with like-minded close friends.

Fortunately, the British state accepts the homosexual lifestyle, even allowing gay marriage. This will not be the case if Islam becomes very strong here. King Charles is helping Islam gain in strength. He ought to refrain from doing so, lest we all come to rue the day that Charles was ever crowned king! — © Mark Alexander

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