A FEW years ago I wrote a paper on the nascent threat of Islamic radicalisation for my masters degree.
It seems that the Government has been caught napping and it must now
wake up to this serious threat to our status quo. To date our foreign
policy has been an absolute disaster in this matter. Indeed it is hardly
surprising that William Hague decided to offer his resignation. The
Foreign Secretary had not realised the threat of radical Islamic groups
and twice had inadvertently supported Al Qaeda groups.
He thought it would be a vote winner to depose Muammar Gaddafi, who
was a Westernised leader. Gaddafi was murdered by radicalised Al Qaeda
groups with our military backing, thus leaving a dangerous vacuum.
The Foreign Office nearly offered military support to radicalised
rebels in Syria but fortunately the Government listened to our concerns
this time.
Meanwhile, a lot of money donated to rebuild Iraq by us has gone
missing and I wonder how much of it has ended up in the coffers of Al
Qaeda or Islamic State groups.
The stated aims of the radicalists is to completely impose a stricter
Islamic state or Caliphate on the entire globe and to eliminate
Christianity.
This aim is known as jihad or a holy war. The legal system they wish to prevail is called sharia law.
This Government needs to wake up and at least start to address the
spread of sharia law which discriminates against women’s equal rights
and contravenes equality legislation. Oxford imams such as Dr Taj Hargey
have denounced this radical agenda. It is sad that the peaceful
religion of Islam is being tarred by the expansionist aims of
radicalised Jihadist warriors.
Susan Thomas
Magdalen Road
Oxford
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