How a British jihadi saw the light [Racism, Fascism in Arabia)

TimesOnlIne ^ | April, 2007

[Posting]

How a British jihadi saw the light

Ed Hussain, once a proponent of radical Islam in London, tells how his time as a teacher in Saudi Arabia led him to turn against extremism

Racism was an integral part of Saudi society. My students often used the word “nigger” to describe black people. Even dark-skinned Arabs were considered inferior to their lighter-skinned cousins. I was living in the world’s most avowedly Muslim country, yet I found it anything but. I was appalled by the imposition of Wahhabism in the public realm, something I had implicitly sought as an Islamist.

[Uncle Miltie]

Dear Leftists:

Which do you oppose more, racism or Western Civilization?

Silly me. Of course.

[txzman]

"I had never expected to see such naked poverty in Saudi Arabia. At that moment it dawned on me that Britain, my home, had given refuge to thousands of black Africans from Somalia and Sudan: I had seen them in their droves in Whitechapel. They prayed, had their own mosques, were free and were given government housing. Many Muslims enjoyed a better lifestyle in non-Muslim Britain than they did in Muslim Saudi Arabia. At that moment I longed to be home again." Welcome to the falseness, hypocrisy and hatred that is Islam

[Candor7]

Jewel of the Nile, Jewel of the Nile,

Jew well in the Aisle

Back of the bus you Infidels!

Semper Infidelis!

The Dems are simply ignorant , silly, dangerous pukes.

Who want to give the Fascists Nukes!

[Mount Athos]

Interesting read.

“Teacher, I want to go London next month. I want bomb, big bomb in London, again. I want make jihad!”

“What?” I exclaimed. Another student raised both hands and shouted: “Me too! Me too!”

Other students applauded those who had just articulated what many of them were thinking.

[donna]

I’m pretty sure they don’t hate us because of our race.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I’m pretty sure they don’t hate us because of our race.

They hate us because of their race.

[Cacique]

btt

[Posting]

well said.

[chasio649]

interesting...thanks for posting...BTT

[denydenydeny]

Bookmarked for the next time someone tells me how tolerant Islam is.

[AdmSmith]

From the article

My time in Saudi Arabia bolstered my conviction that an austere form of Islam (Wahhabism) married to a politicised Islam (Islamism) is wreaking havoc in the world. This anger-ridden ideology, an ideology I once advocated, is not only a threat to Islam and Muslims, but to the entire civilised world.

I vowed, in my own limited way, to fight those who had hijacked my faith, defamed my prophet and killed thousands of my own people: the human race. I was encouraged when Tony Blair announced on August 5, 2005, plans to proscribe an array of Islamist organisations that operated in Britain, foremost among them Hizb ut-Tahrir.

At the time I was impressed by Blair's resolve. The Hizb should have been outlawed a decade ago and so spared many of us so much misery. Sadly the legislation was shelved last year amid fears that a ban would only add to the group’s attraction, so it remains both legal and active today. But it is not too late.

[SunkenCiv]

“The Hizb should have been outlawed a decade ago and so spared many of us so much misery. Sadly the legislation was shelved last year amid fears that a ban would only add to the group’s attraction, so it remains both legal and active today. But it is not too late.”

Nice of Gordo to cozy up to the Moslem terrorists. I’d also quibble (obviously) with this ex-jihadi, and point out that Islam is just medieval fascism, and the Koran is a medieval Mein Kampf; and that Mohammed was a pedophile, bigot, and mass-murderer.

Thanks for the ping!

[Fred Nerks]

In Oz we call what he's trying to say 'a bet each way'

I vowed, in my own limited way, to fight those who had hijacked my faith, defamed my prophet and killed thousands of my own people...

He's not happy with islam but he wants to be a muslim anyway? I got as far as 'defamed my prophet' and no further.

[gogogodzilla]

If you kill the jihadi’s when they are young, it’s much easier than when they grow up and can fight back.

[chasio649]

BTT

[knighthawk]

Even dark-skinned Arabs were considered inferior to their lighter-skinned cousins. I was living in the world’s most avowedly Muslim country, yet I found it anything but. I was appalled by the imposition of Wahhabism in the public realm, something I had implicitly sought as an Islamist

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[garyhope]

The frequent, hackneyed, overused and predictable cry of “Racism” is the last refuge of the scoundrel.