From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Jan 10, 2026 at 8:09:24 AM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
      
   > On 1/9/2026 11:32 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>  On Jan 9, 2026 at 7:38:39 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  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.   
   >>   
   >>  Except the case in question wasn't "Fuck Islam", it was "Fuck Hamas". A   
   >> group   
   >>  which the UK government itself designates a terrorist organization. So here   
   >> we   
   >>  have the UK locking up one of its own citizens for insulting a bunch of   
   >>  terrorists. It's literally illegal to hurt the feelings of terrorists in   
   the   
   >>  UK.   
   >   
   > You write:   
   >   
   >     "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."   
   >   
   > That does sound clearly illegal.  Do you have a reputable cite?   
      
   Read up on the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.   
      
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