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   moviePig to All   
   Re: England Too Radically Islamic for th   
   09 Jan 26 22:38:39   
   
   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 1/9/2026 7:20 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Jan 9, 2026 at 2:21:03 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/9/2026 3:52 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>   On Jan 9, 2026 at 12:29:50 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   On 1/9/2026 2:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>     The United Arab Emirates announced that they will cut government   
   >>>>> funding for   
   >>>>>     citizens who wish to study in the United Kingdom out of fear that   
   Emirati   
   >>>>>     students may be radicalized by Muslim Brotherhood members on British   
   >>>>>     campuses.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     An Arab state now considers Britain such a dangerous hotbed of   
   Islamist   
   >>>>>     radicalization that it affects their national security.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Specifically, the UAE seems to be targeting the Muslim Brotherhood, who   
   >>>>   seeks the ascendancy of a pure Islamist state ...including in the UAE.   
   >>>   
   >>>   Which the UK government is literally doing nothing about. Hell, they're   
   >>>   intentionally and actively making the problem worse with their mass   
   >>> 3rd-world   
   >>>   immigration policies.   
   >>   
   >> Unless the Brotherhood advocates illegality, I don't see how the UK can   
   >> censure without appearing to censor.  (I suspect the UAE doesn't care.)   
   >   
   > The same way they're prosecuting all the white native Brits for tweets and   
   > comments, claiming they "foment racial hatred" or "cause offense".   
   >   
   > There are imams directly calling for the overthrow of the UK government and   
   > the killing of Jews and Christians and they're left alone. Not even a visit   
   > from the police, let alone a prosecution or deportation.   
   >   
   > But if you're a native Brit and you say, "Fuck Hamas!" on Facebook, you're   
   > thrown in prison. Hell, some native Brits have been arrested merely for   
   saying   
   > they like bacon. But the Muslims? If you report them for far more serious   
   > things like threatening your life, let alone offending you, the police drop   
   it   
   > the moment they realize the suspect is brown, migrant, or Muslim. They'll   
   > literally tell you, "Sorry, those people are protected."   
      
   So as not to compare apples to oranges, it'd be helpful to see (which I   
   haven't) a wriggle-free instance equivalent to "Fuck Judaism" being   
   punished while "Fuck Islam" isn't.  Both seem unequivocally hate speech.   
      
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