Jihad on Campus - Melanie Phillips (2 of 2)

Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, commentator and author, whose columns appear in the UK in the Daily Mail and who writes a blog at www.melaniephillips.com. She is the author of the new book Londonistan.

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FP: So what inspired you to write Londonistan?

Phillips: I was just appalled by the fact that, not only had Britain become the key European hub of Islamist extremism and terrorism during the 1990s under the noses of the British authorities, but even after both 9/11 and last year's suicide bombings in London the British political and security establishment is still appeasing Islamist extremism, and remains in a state of denial about the threat to the west. After the London bombings, when home-grown British Muslim boys set out to murder as many of their fellow British citizens as possible, a senior London police officer went on TV and said that the words Islam and terrorism did not go together. If a threat is so badly misunderstood in this way, it will not be defeated.

FP: Can you talk a little bit about the collapse of traditional British identity and of the destructiveness of multiculturalism?

Phillips: This is absolutely a key issue. Multiculturalism has turned Britain's values inside out -- and the root cause of the problem is the deconstruction of Britain's identity. For decades, the British elite has been consumed by loathing of its national identity and values which it decided were racist, authoritarian and generally disagreeable. Much of that was due to our old friend, post-colonial guilt. The elite was therefore vulnerable to the predations of the left, which had signed up to Gramsci's insight that a society could be suborned by replacing its normative values by the mores of those who transgressed them or were on society's margins.

This gave rise to multiculturalism and minority rights, which held that all cultures were equal to each other and which thus provided minorities with an enormous weapon with which to force the majority to give in to their demands. One of the consequences of this was moral inversion, which holds that since minorities are weak they must always be victims of the majority because it is strong. So even when minorities behave badly, it's always the majority's fault. Translate that onto the world stage, and you arrive at the view that even when third world people commit terrorist outrages against the west it must be the west which is to blame. That's why multicultural Britain said, after 9/11, that America 'had it coming to them' -- and why, after the London bombings last July, it said the reason British Muslim boys had blown up the London transit system was because of Britain's support for the US in Iraq.

FP: What is your perspective of the alliance of the Left and radical Islamism?

Phillips: It's remarkable, to put it mildly, that the left -- with its obsessions with issues like gay rights, equality for women and sexual licence -- should have forged an alliance with radical Islamists who preach death to gays, the subjugation of women and the stoning of adulterers. It is an eye-opener to see, on the streets of London, so-called 'progressives' marching shoulder to shoulder with radical Islamists under the metaphorical banner of human rights and the literal banners of Hamas. Both the left and the radical Islamists have put aside their differences because they recognise the value of using each other in pursuit of their common objective, the destruction of western society.

In other, less topsy-turvy times, the rest of the country would have raised an eyebrow at such an alliance and at the noxious views it is spewing out, which in turn so closely reflect the views of neo-fascist groups and white supremacists: hatred of Israel, Judeophobic tropes about a global Jewish conspiracy that endangers the world, loathing of capitalism and America. But alas, such is the extent of Britain's moral and cultural slide, and so poisonous has been the effect of the opposition to the war in Iraq, that far from being denounced such views are finding expression in mainstream society and public debate.

FP: The British government has a current strategy of getting into bed with radical Islamism. Why?

[...] In addition, it has an absolute blind spot about religious fanaticism. It refuses to acknowledge the religious nature of Islamic fascism -- maybe because to do so would mean facing up to horrendous challenges, or maybe because the British elite simply cannot take seriously something that sounds to its super-sophisticated ears so absurd as the restoration of the medieval Caliphate and the Islamisation of the world.

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[freememory1]

I live in the US and I am a Muslim, and I feel a lot of things she said was true in the US where the younger generations are turning to Radicals, and leaving the traditional Islam of which their parents were taught. In part is right that Saudi with their Oil backed money have done so much to sell and promote their Radical ideas and try to presented as authentic teaching while they are just Viruses of the Islamic true teachings. In part I have to blame the parents for not taking the time to see

[svn174]

Anyway...yes Israel HAS the absolute right to exist with our support

[svn174]

I may have mis understood your post greenfield sorry if I did...I support and stand behind Israel as a valued ally of the us. I do mean all I said in refunds to the criminal jihadists imperative. I am an American soldier and served with the brats in Iraq...much love to them too and the struggle they are in

[svn174]

Wow greenfield I like the convenient slant to your logic...I understand to justify your jihad without the order of a califat,if I spelled it right, you have to justify the violence defensively even if you have distort the truth to accomplish this. The whiny victim justifications for violence are getting old...I believe that the deception is revealed in the collective actions of the jihadists

[greenfeld5]

Melanie Phillips its said that united state and britain european union and the world .

support new genocide of israeli people . give support in many mean . as the much care about human right .

but ignoring the attack and terrorism of the arab /and palestinan people ,

israel attack 65 years . in this war we claim west bank . our right on west bank is without ant dispute as we attacked in 1967 ,

the world went to change this fact to destroy us .

greenfeld meir

[greenfeld5]

Melanie Phillips as israeli i went to thank you your work . and understanding the

problem we facing .

rather to fight terrorism . Britain and united state choice to ignore and support terrorist which bring more terrorism .

israel under daily terrorism from the world our response is weak .

2011 years of terrorism of israel .

your work is light for the world . is to understand the truth and fight evil .

please continue your work . we dont went another holocaust

[andrjsh]

The logic of educating young Moslems in Islam so that they will not become radicals should lead to educating young Christians in Christianity so that they will not become Klansmen (sorry, Klanspeople) or such-like.

[yendytok]

@ofcoursehesthefarmer - You make me laugh, you say - ''There's no greater crime than war'' . . Which Islamic country is waging war around the world ? . . .

I bet all those Islamic banks are making loads of money from all the wars the USA are waging around the world .

PLEASE WATCH Antony Sutton - Wall Street & Bolshevik Revolution Part 1.flv .

[benplotke]

@yendytok Why are there so many antisemites and 9/11 truthers trolls on youtube. Although my extensive acquaintances is anecdotal evidence I rarely meet anti semites or 9/11truthers in person. (I'm not trying to imply that you are a 9/11 truther)

[ofcoursehesthefarmer]

@yendytok_''There's no greater crime than war'' And yet you're unable to condemn that violent aggressive religion islam.

[yendytok]

3.10, Freudian slip a mel . . Right wing, sin, no greater crime ?

The zionists are ultra Right wing, they control the worlds money, media, and the minds of people like philips . theres no greater crime then WAR. the zionists have ragged war all around the world for far to long now . . Just google Zionist wars and read for yourself . or check out infowars.com . philips = Delusional disorder .