I wrote to my MP today, advising him that I had signed a petition and asking him to take account of my views, if/when the issue reached Parliament.
Dear Mr Ruane,
I have been invited to sign the above petition, which I have done.
I would like you to know that, and be prepared - as I am a Denbigh constituent - and I would like you to put my view if/when the matter arises at Parliament.
Though - I have absolutely no idea why, as a British citizen, I should have to sign a petition seeking to enable FREE SPEECH.
It is Great Britain who GAVE THE WORLD the concept of free speech.
It is the right of every one of us to speak freely and to hear others doing the same.
There is - of course - no right of free speech that incites violence or hatred or treason.
That is how British people become informed, and not indoctrinated.
Why would we refuse entry to Robert Spencer?
It is not necessary for those who speak to be native of these islands.
The British have the right to hear anyone speak (or to switch off).
They do not have to be British?
He does not speak or write hatred, nor prejudice.
He relays facts and ideas and opinions.
Robert Spencer has a worldwide reputation as an author and speaker who has information and views about the issues surrounding the mixing of widely different cultures that conflict.
Just as was the case when Britain created its Empire - forcing itself and its religion and ways upon people with entirely different beliefs and ways of life - which - looking back - is now, to SOME EXTENT criticised.
Problems are arising in out British society about the patterns of behaviour of a proportion of the Muslim community who have come to live here.
Many Muslims voluntarily and willingly shed all or part their original culture - and work hard to mix with us.
They are hugely valuable.
For our part, we support their right to practice a non-Christian religion - and their right not to be discriminated upon in any regard.
However - their welcome into our society - inevitably - is conditional upon Muslims not bringing with them - and pursuing - practices that are illegal.
Or abhorrent to our people.
A proportion of Muslims does exactly that.
It is something we must as a nation deal with.
Some Muslims - for example - take to out streets stating that 'they hate us' and are here to take over. I do not understand that, and I want to.
They say they hate our police and our army and our women’s way of dress. We all need to understand this and learn how to deal with it.
To deal with it we (all, because our leaders are generally uninformed) must hear from experts.
Experts who are Muslim - and experts that are not - but who have something to add to the debate - through FREE speech.
Robert Spencer is an expert that tens if not hundreds of thousands of British citizens WANT TO HEAR.
I do not believe that tens of thousands want to hate Muslims.
I do believe that tens of thousands want to understand and know how they think and feel - what they believe and - suggestions as to how to deal with Muslims in our midst who hold these views and behave in an unlawful way.
Here is my personal list of behaviour that is now widespread - growing over the past 20 to 30 years - though it is all illegal and alarming.
1. Some groups of Muslim men believe that the wording of their Qur’an - which they believe is the actual word of god - given to mankind through Muhammad - allows them to use any and all children and women of non-believers as their (sex) slaves.
That has led to an (almost wholly) Muslim Jihadi against young school girls from poor and working-class backgrounds being groomed, though underage access to alcohol and drugs, raped, gang-raped and pimped.
How do we challenge these ideas at their root? They say it is what Muhammad himself did and he is the model Muslims must follow.
If we do not identify and alter those beliefs we can never integrate those your Muslim men whose hormones are raging - BUT WHO CAN NOT TOUCH their own girls, because they must remain a virgin.
2. All practising Muslims - who refuse to set aside parts of the Qur’an and other teachings in order to integrate - absolutely believe that Shariah Law is God’s law. Including that women are only worth half of the value of men, or less. There are 80 or more KNOW Sharia (Centres) Courts in the UK already - where unqualified - usually old - men - pronounce judgements covering religious and family disputes and issues. Thousands of Muslim women are divorced in these courts every year in the UK, under Sharia rules that leave them destitute, despite them legally owning half of the property in the marriage.
In Sharia law, a man is entitled to beat his wife. There are instructions upon how, when and to what extent - in English - to educate husbands - that receive hundreds of thousands of hits each year.
3. All practising Muslims - who refuse to set aside parts of the Qur’an and other teachings in order to integrate - absolutely believe (based on Muhammad's example) that they can marry a child of any age - and consulate the marriage at age 9 (as Muhammed did) or at puberty. There are now thousands of child brides ‘married’ each year in the UK under this practice.
4. Many tens - even hundreds - of thousands of Muslims believe it is necessary to Mutilate their female daughters, sisters, either here in ‘CUTTING surgeries’.
5. All practising Muslims - who refuse to set aside parts of the Qur’an and other teachings in order to integrate - believe that animals must be killed with a knife - whilst fully conscious - whilst a prayer is said.
They object to the animal being stunned and many Muslim - Halal slaughterhouses operate in Britain in this way.
This is a practice that is against the principals of virtually the entire British population - as well as being illegal.
6. Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of UK born Muslim children, are not schooled in mainstream British schools where they would learn British values, but are ‘pressure cooker’ educated in Muslim ‘unofficial schools’. Effectively teaching at home, where they learn about these same illegal practices and are indoctrinated with an ideology that is not conducive to life in Britain. Effectively schools for lawbreakers.
7. There are several further - though less normal and radical - Islam teachings and practices, relating to stoning to death of wives unfaithful to their husbands, throwing homosexuals off high buildings (in the absence of mountains to roll them down in the manner prescribed by Muhammad), the killing of all non believers and those who leave Islam. Honour killings of Muslim girls who have non-Muslim boyfriends and more. These are extreme ideas -similar in nature to the actions of the illegal Klu Klux Clan, or IRA terrorists, and paedophile rings - that can be detected and prosecuted by normal police activity. Though it would still be better to prevent than detect and punish.
Everything detailed here IS AN ILLEGAL ACT under British law, yet the population of Britain sees it and hears of it going on all around them now, all of the time.
It is neither possible nor desirable to detect, charge, try and then lock up every Muslim associated with all of these acts.
It is not a good idea to do so little that the population takes it upon itself to revolt.
Something intelligent needs to be done based upon sound knowledge and experience of other countries.
Muslims must have the option to be educated to western thought and to voluntarily reject these more extreme aspects of the teachings of Muhammad.
The British population needs to understand the issues, the problems and how to activate peaceful solutions that over the coming decade or so.
Robert Spencer has a worldwide reputation and the experience and knowledge to be able to help us understand and thus deal peacefully with these serious growing problems and issues.
Please add your weight to him being invited to speak in the UK, and NOT TO BE BARRED.
I regret I have been unable to find any information regarding your own stance on these issues.
If it is that your personal beliefs, or your political stance, are at odds with my request, could I trouble you to decline my request - and let me know of that?
Thank you.
Yours sincerely
Simon Harris
Harbro House, Crown Lane, Denbigh, LL16 3SY