Raheem Kassam of Breitbart London is often a writer who is well worth reading. However he’s turned out a piece on the plight of Britain’s ex Muslims and the alliance between the Left and the Islamists that truly deserves the accolade of brilliant. It’s a stand out piece, a piece that makes the reader draw a sharp intake of breath. It’s also one which makes one want to express anger at the policies and politicians that have led us to the point, where religious freedom does not exist for ex Muslims in Britain today and where the uninformed clowns of the Left try to goad the rabid tiger of Islam into destroying the nation.
In this article Mr Kassam outlines his own experience of being called an ‘Uncle Tom’ by less open minded people from Britain’s Islamic community and by their fellow travellers on the liberal Left. He said that he’s got a thick skin and gets used to being called ‘coconut’ but he also noticed that a lot of the criticism he gets is down to his supposed apostasy from Islam. This is what the Left / Islam alliance has brought Britain, violent thugs screaming ‘unbeliever’ at those who dissent and this is truly disgusting for a country that once considered itself to be free.
Mr Kassam said:
Imagine growing up being told everything about who you are as a person is wrong. That it doesn’t conform to what is expected of you simply because of how you were born.
When it comes to LGBT issues, the political left is so thoroughly in tune with such predicaments.
But they’re also the primary abusers of another set of people who are surrounded by hatred and bigotry just for being them: reformist, or ex-Muslims.
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, dealt with the issue for blacks in the United States. That book was published in 1852, and according to African-American culture magazine The Root:
Today nobody wants to be called an Uncle Tom, but 150 years ago, it was a compliment… Uncle Tom is a martyr, not a sell-out. His devotion to his fellow slaves is so unshakable that he sacrifices a chance for freedom and, ultimately, his life to help them.
It’s now 2017 – a “current year” factoid always thrown in our face by progressives – and the forcefulness by which the political left and fundamentalist Muslims utilise the phrases “house Muslim” or “uncle Tom” to shame those who don’t confirm is not just abundant, it is growing.
I have a pretty thick skin. I hear these things every day. I feel ashamed, not of who I am, but of my fellow human beings who find it appropriate to race-shame someone, or religion-shame them.”
This is only a very short excerpt from a much longer piece that deserves to be read and savoured to be properly appreciated. You can find the full article via the link below.
