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Islam is the problem. (Boris Johnson - likely new leader of Brexit Britain)
The spectator ^ | 16 July 2005 | BORIS JOHNSON

Posted on 06/27/2016 4:27:05 AM PDT by Eurotwit

We — non-Muslims — cannot solve the problem; we cannot brainwash them out of their fundamentalist beliefs. The Islamicists last week horribly and irrefutably asserted the supreme importance of that faith, overriding all worldly considerations, and it will take a huge effort of courage and skill to win round the many thousands of British Muslims who are in a similar state of alienation, and to make them see that their faith must be compatible with British values and with loyalty to Britain. That means disposing of the first taboo, and accepting that the problem is Islam. Islam is the problem.

To any non-Muslim reader of the Koran, Islamophobia — fear of Islam — seems a natural reaction, and, indeed, exactly what that text is intended to provoke. Judged purely on its scripture — to say nothing of what is preached in the mosques — it is the most viciously sectarian of all religions in its heartlessness towards unbelievers. As the killer of Theo Van Gogh told his victim’s mother this week in a Dutch courtroom, he could not care for her, could not sympathise, because she was not a Muslim.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: borisjohnson; brexit; brixit; europeanunion; germany; globaljihad; jihadineurope; nato; ukmuslims; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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1 posted on 06/27/2016 4:27:05 AM PDT by Eurotwit
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To: Eurotwit

How is this any different than what Trump has said? And yet Boris says he almost threw up when someone in NYC mistook him for Trump. And that was the least of his nasty comments about the presidential contender.


2 posted on 06/27/2016 4:31:03 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: miss marmelstein

I like Trump and I like Johnson.

They are both big mouths, not afraid to offend.

If they are mistaken, they are also not afraid to appologize.


3 posted on 06/27/2016 4:33:09 AM PDT by Eurotwit (u)
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To: Eurotwit

Boris Johnson wrote this eleven years ago.

Has he “grown” since then? I’ll believe he hasn’t “grown” when he gets in a shouting match about Islam with his successor Mayor “Sad I.Q.” Khan, and not before.


4 posted on 06/27/2016 4:33:30 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: miss marmelstein

100% of the opposition to Trump is based on believing lies, distortions and character assassination perpetrated by leftists and their media.


5 posted on 06/27/2016 4:34:35 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Stop the Left and save the world.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Well, Johnson is hardly incapable of getting to the truth. I’m not fond of him because generally as mayor he was sympathetic to muzzies and he’s a major environmentalist of the left-wing hysterical variety.


6 posted on 06/27/2016 4:37:20 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Eurotwit

He states an important point that can’t be emphasized enough: Islam is the mst intolerant religion toward non-believers. It’s not a question pf “radical Islam” really, and it’s not “Islam v. the West”. It’s Islam itself and it’s relationship with anyone who doesn’t “submit” to the will of Allah. That includes other types of Muslims by the way.


7 posted on 06/27/2016 4:53:47 AM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: Louis Foxwell
100% of the opposition to Trump is based on believing lies, distortions and character assassination perpetrated by leftists and their media.

And Hillary's feeble attempts to terrify us by claiming all Trump's ideas are "Dangerous and scary"....

Funny when it comes out of her pie hole....

8 posted on 06/27/2016 5:05:29 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Eurotwit

Johnson for VP.


9 posted on 06/27/2016 5:11:10 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (PS - Vote Trump. Vote Coal.)
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To: Eurotwit

I’ve been explicitly saying that for a LONG time. Muslims must be deported and the mosques razed to the ground. If not, they’re going to end up killing us.


10 posted on 06/27/2016 5:18:41 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Eurotwit

Bump


11 posted on 06/27/2016 5:24:26 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: miss marmelstein
There are a lot.of people that.look like that

Boris Johnson and father Stanley Johnson. Both Boris and The Donald have egos and want yo be recognized for themselves.
12 posted on 06/27/2016 5:53:07 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Not even close.


13 posted on 06/27/2016 5:58:40 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Yes. Close. Very close.


14 posted on 06/27/2016 6:01:45 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Stop the Left and save the world.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Eurotwit.

15 posted on 06/27/2016 6:02:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: BigEdLB

LOL! That’s great.


16 posted on 06/27/2016 6:04:15 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Eurotwit

And here I thought he was a Muslim sympathizer. I guess I had him pegged wrong.


17 posted on 06/27/2016 6:27:26 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Eurotwit

Radicalization = Satanization


18 posted on 06/27/2016 6:28:16 AM PDT by abclily
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To: Eurotwit

It’s a political framework for subversive behavior and military conquest: it cannot be fixed.


19 posted on 06/27/2016 7:08:01 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Louis Foxwell

The only thing I’d add is straining at gnats (but willing to swallow the camel of Cankles).


20 posted on 06/27/2016 7:43:53 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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