To want a way to label the reasonable fear of the variety of Islam that wishes to impose Sharia law?

I think unless you live in an area, such as some in London whereby 70%+ of the population is a Muslim and it’s almost unliveable as a white, non Muslim then it’s hard to understand this. Its all well and good the leftie luvvies sitting in a townhouse in Islington or similar saying we should all just love each other, whilst they don’t have to face any of the day to day issues of being a working class person forced out of their own area / schools / community. It’s sad, it really is.

That's interesting. Thank you for posting.

I didn't say you were an expert. I assumed you would have rudimentary knowledge, but evidently not.

I wish that people would stop equating Islam with Christianity. Whenever Muslim extremism is mentioned a poster immediately mentions hard-line Christian beliefs and implies that these are identical to Islamic beliefs.
Christian women are legally treated identically to men, hardly ever have to dress in a particular way and aren't expected to be subservient to men. They are not seen as male property. Women in medieval Europe had more rights than women in some Muslim countries today.
I find the idea of Sharia law in Britain- or anywhere for that matter - very worrying.

You didn't seem sure about Judaism and joining the religion. I was surprised given that your husband was Jewish.

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The ONS say they don't hold data about religion.

@LoremIpsumCici The 2021 Uk census data shows a clear and massive rise in those identifying as muslim and an equally clear and large fall in those identifying as christian in the Uk over the last 10 years.

Exactly. Just not in the UK, people want to escape it

There are plenty of countries that have Sharia law, if I were so inclined, I'd move there.

Have they not got anything better to do

Very hard to understand this mentality

I come from the Middle East. I don’t want an Islamic theocracy here.

Same. My family are from the ME. People are very naive here, and it's always the ones who have very little insight into the reality and think it's all nice and fine. The left and Islam have a long history - the left helps the fundamentalists gain power and are then subdued or killed.

A guardian survey showed a shocking proportion of British Muslims want sharia law - its not a niche or extreme position. There is a teacher from Batley still in hiding with his family in fear of his life for showing a picture. People travelled from all over the country to mass outside the school in an attempt to intimidate and force their will.

it’s scary.

I come from the Middle East. I don’t want an Islamic theocracy here.

I thought your husband was Jewish, is that not correct? I'm sure you wrote that on one of your many posts on the conflict in the ME.

Even the early version of my religion, Judaism, was polytheistic and patriarchal- Yahwism.

I’d have to write a book. It would be much easier if you simply read up on different polytheistic religions. Patriarchy long pre-existed monotheism and is almost universal in all times, religions and places.

Even if you just looked at Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, Sumerian, Persian, Egyptian, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, Māori, Aztec, Inca, Zapotec, Ethiopian, Zulu, Igbo, Zoroastrianism, Minoan, Phoenician, Phillistine, Etruscan, Mongol, Nepalese, Scythian ancient religions you’d find eh, polytheism with male gods firmly in charge and the centre of divine power and might.

What isn’t true in my post?

Christianity does not issue fatwahs, not anymore.

An equivalent to a fatwah is a papal bull. Last one issued was just six months ago.

Actually most migrants to the U.K. are Christians.
ONS response to a FOIA on it for 2022

top 3:

219,017 Christians
152,933 No religion
74,218 Muslim

Ratio is 3 Christians immigrating to the U.K. for every 1 Muslim.

Not true. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and Christianity is declining in the UK, as we well know.

There are definitely muslim men trying to speak out against the very misogynistic elements in Islam. Then they are often met with «you are criticising Islam unfairly» and/or threats of violence against themselves and their families.
Both the muslim men and women who dare to talk about the huge, glaring problems in Islam in public are very Brave - which in itself shows a problem Islam has within its most fundamentalist countries and communities.

Christianity does not issue fatwahs, not anymore.