As many regular readers of this blog will know my view of Islam is that it is the ideology of Islam itself that is the major problem that we face, and the problem does not lie with ordinary, integrated, hard working, law abiding Muslims of whom there are a great deal. These ordinary Muslims are not to blame for the damage that this ideology does to both Britain and other nations and many of them may themselves be victims or potential victims of Islam’s more fraggly adherents.

It’s plain to me at least that there are many who are Muslims who are decent individuals, although I believe that they are decent not because of Islam but in spite of it due to the nature of Islamic theology. Although the phrase ‘not all Muslims’ has become a bit of a hackneyed one in recent years, it does contain within it a significant degree of truth.

There has recently been a most welcome example of individual Muslims doing the right thing and calling out one of their own for extremism and I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight this and praise these individuals for their actions. According to a report in a UK based publication called Christian Today (h/t ROP), it was Muslims themselves who took the initiative to condemn other Muslims who said that Muslims who convert to Christianity were apostates who deserved to be sodomised. The pressure exerted on the Islamic miscreant who said this by other Muslims has caused the person who ranted about horrific punishments for ex Muslims to issue a public apology.

Christian Today said:

A Muslim man has apologised after a clip of him swearing at a video of a Muslim convert to Christianity being baptised was widely circulated.

Zaheer Hussein was a passenger in a car and filmed himself watching the video and swearing in English and Punjabi. He threatens to sodomise anyone who converts to Christianity.

The clip, shared originally in a private WhatsApp group, drew complaints to the Lancashire Telegraph and the Asian Image website from Christians and Muslims, with one respondent, Asif Mahmud, saying: When I saw the video, I was outraged that someone thought it was acceptable to make such despicable comments.

‘I firmly believe, one has the right to follow whichever faith they wish to.’

Well said Mr Mahmud. This is what all Britons need to be hearing, no matter what religion we follow. I’m impressed that Mr Mahmud has put his head above the parapet on this issue as it may have been easier for him to keep his head down and say nothing. I hope that he gets left alone by the more lunatic members of the Islamic community for saying this. Fair play to those Muslims including Mr Mahmud who spotted this example of anti Christian hatred and spoke up against it. The comments made against Zaheer Hussain’s rant elicited anger from across the religious divides and have caused Zaheer Hussain to make a public apology.

Christian Today added:

After the publicity his clip attracted, Hussein contacted the Lancashire Telegraph saying: ‘I am really sorry for the offence caused. I do not know what came over me when I said those things.’

He continued: ‘I realise now that my views can be very offensive not only to Christians but also to members of my own community. We hold the Prophet Isa in high regard too.

‘I have always tried to be good to all people and I know some of you will not see it that way but I do ask for forgiveness. I take all the comments back, every single one of them.’

I’m inclined to accept that Zaheer Hussain is being sincere about his apology and hope that he has learned something from his experience of being subjected to public and communal opprobrium regarding his comments. Whilst I still believe that Islam is a troubling ideology and can see evidence from many parts of the world that backs my assertion up, I also believe that there are a lot of Muslims who are just as disturbed by the negative aspects of Islam as I am. It is these Muslims who speak up whether it against jihad, rape gangs or Islamic aggression who the rest of us should support and protect as they are decent individuals who are on the side of good. The big question in my mind is how do we protect and support decent and loyal Muslims without giving succour to those elements in Islam that wish to exploit for their own political and religious ends our goodwill in this area? It is right to give support to the decent but how do we do this without inadvertently assisting those more troubling Muslims who want to push the more negative aspects of Islam into our faces? I feel that this is a question that is going to occupy the minds of those in the counterjihad for a long while to come.