Al Shindagah

6 | Al Shindagah | Issue 138 Great Britain, the extremists’ Utopia ritons have long been known for their respect for human rights and civil liberties as well as their tolerant attitudes towards peoples of other creeds and cultures. Britain is a ‘live and let live’ nation where people rarely interfere in the business of others and hardly anyone blinks an eye at eccentricities in dress or behaviour. I am privileged to have a wonderful house in the English countryside surrounded by green fields. I often visit this peaceful place to recharge my batteries and I have always felt at home among the local village residents. It is my deep and abiding affection for the United Kingdom and the British way of life that now drives me to highlight its changing character and the threats to its identity that the government shies away from tackling. Antiquated laws, civil liberties written in stone and a culture of political correctness bordering on the ridiculous are afflicting severe damage on the country and its people. Everything good that Britain has stood for over the centuries is being washed away by alien populations set on doing the nation harm. In short, British tolerance – or perhaps the apathy of officialdom – has created legions of democracy- detesting enemies within, biding their time until there is an opportune moment to strike. Besides the entrenchment of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood into British society and the freedom allowed to the emissaries of Daesh and other terror groups to distribute recruitment leaflets, tens of thousands of Shiite woman garbed in black were last year given license to march down London’s main thoroughfare Oxford Street displaying posters, flags and chanting during the Ashoura commemoration. Traffic was brought to a standstill. Police were tasked to walk alongside. Well, those women did not do any harm you might be tempted to think. The problem rests with what they represent – an ideology that encourages self-flagellation and the cutting of babies’ heads with swords as a penance for the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him), and son of the 4th Caliph Ali bin Abi Taleb. Yes, you read correctly. The cutting of babies’ heads. Some days ago, I watched a video on social media that is the stuff of nightmares. It was so disturbing I wish I had skipped it. A Shiite man sliced through the scalp of B Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor • Published in the media on 4 October 2017 POLITICS