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@markofagenius That's because it's not you that's the target for rape and battery, a life stripped of education and freedom, and as a barely human servant to some rancid, inbred male relative.

I would prefer to live next door to an Afghan goat herder than Nigel Farage.

@Keir_Starmer They want to destroy our country, you absolute traitor.

Warmest wishes to Muslims who are marking the end of Ramadan across the UK and around the world. May your Eid‑al‑Fitr be joyful and full of peace. Eid Mubarak.

Nick Timothy and Nigel Farage are right, and Sadiq Khan and Keir Starmer are wrong. Small groups of people, of whatever religion, praying in public places is fine. And as a Christian country we should allow a special privilege for churches to lead services in our national spaces, like the Palm Sunday celebration that happens in Trafalgar Square. What we don't want is mass ritual observances intended to claim the civic realm for another religion, or assert the domination of another culture over our own Christian traditions. What happens in our national spaces is not neutral. People use Trafalgar Square, for celebrations and demonstrations, to make a point about the kind of country they want us to be. The Palm Sunday pageant reminds us of who we are - not as individuals (many or most of us don't identify as Christians at all) but as a national community, with the roots of our institutions in the ground of the Bible and our most solemn communal moments, from coronations to funerals, mediated through the liturgies of the Church. A mass Adhan held there, or in any town square, is making a different point: that Britain is not a Christian country, and that - inshallah - one day it shall be Muslim. This is unacceptable to the British public and indeed incompatible with our constitution. As ever with these debates, the issue is partly one of kind and partly one of degree. There is an issue with Islam itself as a religion which in most interpretations does not admit of pluralism or freedom of conscience, and therefore is inherently aggrandising, including over territory. But with a bit of confidence and a bit of toleration we could handle that - if it were not for the issue of degree. It is the scale of Islam in Britain, and the ambition of its leaders for greater scale, that makes the problem. The numbers of people who assembled for the adhan in Trafalgar Square, clearly and openly claiming the territory for a faith with no connection (indeed, with strong doctrinal disagreement) with the model of Western liberal democracy that Britain has developed and exported to the world - that is the problem. The numbers, whether everyone there understood it this way or not (and I suspect many did), convey an explicit threat to the foundations of our country. Being relaxed about other people's religion is a good thing, a very British thing. I don't mind modern druids dancing around Stonehenge in my constituency (arguably, though the historicity is tenuous, they have a claim to the place). I don't mind small groups of Hindus or Buddhists or Muslims demonstrating the reality of Britain's religious toleration by worshiping in Trafalgar Square. But let's not kid ourselves about this adhan, or pretend that we're just seeing another harmless expression of Britain's religious diversity. We are seeing an abuse of liberalism, led by people who are not themselves liberal; or - let us imagine they are acting in good faith - who are themselves deceived about what they are doing. It should not happen again. And it would be good to hear the Church of England say so.

@j_l_marsden "I could’ve had this perfect little girl murdered" but why would you, why would any woman, why would it even enter your head that this would be something you might want to do ?

We now live in a country where an hour earlier, I could’ve had this perfect little girl murdered with no legal consequences. I can’t help think of the lives that will be lost. The babies and the women who will have to live with the knowledge of what they’ve done. Starmer’s utopia

@JMPSimor No one with any conscience or decency wants to be integrated with a bunch of theocrats as they of gang rape and murder the Infidels on the way to a backward, barbaric Islamic state.

Sadiq Khan is taking action to spread mutual understanding, community, integration, tolerance and hope. Britain’s story is global; our citizens are the embodiment of that story. Those who say this is not British deny our history - the history they so often claim to be proud of.

@andy4wm The "common values" of gang raping and murdering Jews and Infidels on the way to an Islamic state ? Don't think so mate.

Iftars across the West Midlands brought people together across faiths and communities. Open, shared, and rooted in common values - that is the kind of country we should champion.

@ox_anna29 Literally only one religion is on an expressly stated mission to gang-rape and murder infidels and Jews, and to replace democratic civilisation with their backward, barbaric theocracy.

Literally every religion has used Trafalgar Square. Muslims praying before Iftar is not some act of domination it’s standard practice.

@JacobCollierMP @MayorofLondon Imagine if it was Jews, Sikhs and Hindus who were bombing concerts, gang raping girls en masse, threatening teachers, preaching woman-hatred, Jew-hatred and trashing everything they touched. Imagine that ..

Imagine this being said about the Chanukah, Vaisakhi or Diwali events hosted by @MayorofLondon on Trafalgar Square. It is simply hatred against Muslims. How far the Conservative Party has fallen.

@ChiOnwurah Any civilised person knows that it's the pandering to gang-rapist, woman-hating, Jew hating, backward, anti-democratic, murderous theocrats that is actually what's "unacceptable and falls far below the required standards of objectivity, honesty and leadership in Parliament".

For an MP to claim Muslims publicly practicing their faith is ‘domination’ or ‘division’ is unacceptable and falls far below the required standards of objectivity, honesty and leadership in Parliament. I’ve signed the letter reporting Nick Timothy to the Standards Commissioner.

@NafeezAhmed Sure mate, is that before or after the gang-rapes and death threats and book burning mobs ?

Mr Farage, the Qur'an commands Muslims to defend monasteries, churches and synagogues alongside mosques. The Prophet Muhammad gave Christians a covenant protecting their churches and clergy - and invited them to pray in his own mosque. The protection of Judeo-Christian worship is written into Islamic scripture. It is part of the tradition you are calling a threat. And the posture of prayer you find so threatening? Foreheads to the ground? That is how Jesus prayed. Matthew 26:39: "He fell on his face, and prayed." Genesis, Joshua, the Psalms - the same posture, across the entire Biblical tradition. I wrote this for Nick Timothy. Every word applies to you. x.com/NafeezAhmed/st…

@Bbmorg It's not Nick Timothy calling for Jews and infidels to be gang-raped and murdered though, is it ?

As an atheist I am happy with any faith peacefully praying in public but Tory Nick Timothy and his near Nazi language should fuck off.

This Labour MP wants me investigated and silenced. He makes my case for me. Labour’s rebranded “Islamophobia” definition is designed to censor us. So Mr Khan, here’s my reply: Get lost.

@pooball Allowing backward, anti-democratic theocrats full reign is incredibly destructive for all of us. Yours, A massive atheist ... who actually values a civilised secular society

What fucking harm does it do you having a group of people pray in a public place? Yours A massive atheist

@DPJHodges Public spaces should neither be used for worship, nor for backward, murderous ideologies (as we see in "just one religious group") to rally the troops.

If you want to argue public spaces should not be used for worship - because that’s exclusionary - fine. But condemning just one religious group, in this case Muslims, is bigotry. I’m not sure what the debate is.

@ThePosieParker When the foetus is dead or has no chance of survival ? A miscarriage ? Mother's life at risk ? Backward nonsense to criminalise this.

Call me old fashioned but I do think women who have late abortions should be criminalised.

@HumzaYousaf Muslims, and their vile woman-hating, Jew-hating, democracy-hating, destructive, murderous ideology, should be nowhere near any public office in the UK.

We all know why Nick Timothy MP singles out Muslims celebrating Ramadan in Trafalgar Sq. Not because praying is domination, but because he wants to blow a rabid anti-Muslim dog whistle for political gain. He should be nowhere near politics, let alone the shadow front bench.

The question, as ever, is where are all the "moderate" Muslims protesting against all this thuggery committed in their name ?

@RCShadIV @sappholives83 A "natural pattern" that requires endless amounts of effort from theocrats to curtail women's humanity.

@sappholives83 Do you know that there are real women like this? And they like it? They choose it. They are often Christian and are trying to mindfully follow a very natural pattern that has helped humans thrive for 10s of thousands of years before tv started telling you this was bad.

“Did taking estrogen make anyone else want to become a submissive, brainless stereotype who wants to be dominated and controlled?“ It’s amazing how much you can learn about the way these men view women by looking at their transition goals.

@Telegraph @ben_rumsby Your story is incorrect on 2 major facts. 1. Harriet is male yet you refer to him as her. 2. Harriet isn't banned. I AM BANNED. Harriet can play in the open and I can't play or spectate. I'm taking Ultimate Pool to court. That should be your story

@MatthewStadlen Islam is a backward, destructive ideology. It is islam and its adherents that have no place in any civilised society.

Anti-Muslim prejudice has no place in British society. Nick Timothy, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage should be deeply ashamed of themselves.