Michael Copeland’s latest essay concerns the horrendous ignorance of Western leaders on the issue of Islam.
The Negligence of Western Leaders
by Michael Copeland
Western leaders have uttered a catalogue of statements about Islam, many of them with a traceable connection to the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Islam is peace. — George W. Bush
- Let’s be clear: Islam is not our adversary. Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism. — Hillary Clinton
- Authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence. — Pope Francis
- The Koran is a book of peace. — Mr. Justice Haddon-Cave
- At the root of the crisis lies a radicalized and politicized view of Islam. An ideology that distorts and warps Islam’s true message. — Tony Blair
- This is not our war against Islam. This is a war fought by extremists who pervert the true faith of Islam. — Tony Blair
- There is NOTHING in Islam that justifies this truly dreadful act. — David Cameron
- …it is a poisonous ideology of Islamist extremism that is condemned by all faiths and by all faith leaders. — David Cameron
- It is an ideology that is a perversion of Islam. — Theresa May
- There are LOTS of churches in Saudi Arabia! — Leader of Worcester City Council
Every one of these statements is wrong, wrong, wrong. Alas, many of them, repeatedly publicised, have become widely known and uncritically accepted.
George W. Bush was duped by the Muslim Brotherhood front group, CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. They had craftily invited him to a mosque to feed him the false narrative that “Islam is peace”. This untrue assertion, obligingly read to the camera from a script by Bush in his best person-to-person-sincerity mode, was widely parroted by other leaders for years afterwards — complete with reverential hushed tones.
It was, however, a deception all along. “Using deception to mask intended goals” is one of the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategies, as set out in their secret Explanatory Memorandum, captured in a police raid a few years later. Islam authorises deception in the cause of Islam: it has the Arabic name taqiyya. The “Islam is peace” lie was a masterpiece of strategic propaganda. It has run and run.