The reality, of course, is that hating non-Muslims is an Islamic command. In the words of Koran 60:4, “We [Muslims] renounce you [non-Muslims]. Enmity and hate shall forever reign between us—till you believe in Allah alone.” Such sentiments are to be applied to all non-Muslims—“even if they be their parents, children, siblings, or extended family,” says the Koran (58:22; see also 3:28, 4:89, 4:144, 5:54, 6:40, 9:23). Based on such verses, any number of fatwas, authoritative Islamic decrees from venerable sheikhs, call on Muslims to do things like hate their non-Muslim wives (while “physically” enjoying or benefitting from them) and to hate and be disloyal to the Western nations they reside in.
WATCH: Pro-Palestinian Mob Attacks Car on the Streets of London
Brexit leader Nigel Farage declared that “London in 2021 is not a safe place to be” following footage emerging of pro-Palestinian activists attacking a car during a demonstration against Israel on Saturday.
London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said that the National Demonstration for Palestine passed without “any significant incidents”. However, in a statement, the Met did corroborate footage shared online of a band of Palestinian flag-waving thugs attacking a car that was passing by.
MyLondon reported on the incident, and the video was also shared on social media by Vivian Aisen, a diplomat and the director of public diplomacy at the Embassy of Israel in London.
Ms Aisen wrote on Twitter in the post accompanying the footage: “Crazy people walking free in the streets of London! #Hamas #ISIS #MuslimBrotherhood #Palestinian Islamic Jihad #Hezbollah #Iran: they are all the same. Jihad led ideologies, fighting the Western civilisation and the Judeo-Christian ethics. We need to fight back!”
Scotland Yard added that officers were also assaulted with makeshift missiles during the protest.
In total, police arrested seven men during the anti-Israel demonstration, with three arrested for violent disorder, two for going equipped to steal, one homophobic public order offence, and one racially aggravated public order offence.
Following hours of speeches in Hyde Park from Muslim and leftist activists, as well as from far-left Labour Party MPs including former leader Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Naz Shah, and Zarah Sultana, groups of activists began roaming the streets of the British capital.
“Damage was caused to a passing car and some missiles were thrown at officers. Efforts to engage with the group proved unsuccessful,” the Met said.
“In order to prevent a further breach of the peace and to ensure the safety of the wider community, the group was contained by officers and released in a controlled manner with those responsible for offences arrested and the remainder ordered to disperse,” the force added.
Sharing footage of the attack on the car, Brexit leader Nigel Farage said: “London in 2021 is not a safe place to be. Sadiq Khan and the Met police need to get a grip quickly.”
Pro-Palestine demonstrators hold placards as they gather to march in central London on May 22, 2021. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Chief Superintendent Andy Walker, who led the police operation during Saturday’s protest, said: “Today we saw a significant number of people gather in central London to take part in a demonstration. Our policing plan was successfully implemented and I am pleased that the main event was facilitated safely and without incident.
“We reacted quickly to the decision by a small group to break away from the main protest and where offences were identified, arrests were made.
“As we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic we are still striking a careful balance between the rights of demonstrators and the need to keep Londoners safe and prevent a resurgence of the virus. I am grateful to the majority of those who attended this event, and to our officers, for helping to achieve those objectives today.”
Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters demonstrate in support of the Palestinian cause outside the Israeli Embassy in central London on May 22, 2021. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Amid the revival of violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict in recent weeks, there has also been an increase in antisemitic incidents in Britain.
Last Sunday, for example, a convoy of cars rolled through the streets of London waving Palestinian flags. One protester was heard shouting: “F*** the Jews”, “F*** their mothers”, “F*** their daughters”, and “Rape their daughters”.
Appearing on Sky News on Sunday, Isreal Embassy spokesman Ohad Zemet told Trevor Philips that he is deeply concerned about the rise of antisemitism in the UK.
“What we have seen is the same ideology that we’ve seen in Gaza, the same jihadi ideology… Now with social media we see it here, we’ve seen it in front of the Israeli embassy, Israeli flags torn up, rocks fired at the police, and this convoy, this ISIS-like convoy chanting death to Jews and rape to their daughters, this is appalling,” Zemet said.
Last Saturday, a similar ‘Free Palestine’ demonstration was held outside the Israel embassy in London. Police were attacked by radicals chanting “Allahu Akbar” while pelting officers with makeshift missiles and wooden sticks.
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Twenty-three-year-old Waseem Awawdeh was held on a $10,000 bail following the Thursday incident in which he allegedly beat 29-year-old Joseph Borgen with crutches while also punching, kicking, and pepper-spraying the victim, according to the New York Post.
Report: Suspect Accused of Beating NYC Jewish Man Says ‘I Would Do It Again’
A Brooklyn man accused of beating a Jewish man during an attack in Midtown reportedly said from his jail cell he would “do it again,” prosecutors claimed Saturday.
Twenty-three-year-old Waseem Awawdeh was held on a $10,000 bail following the Thursday incident in which he allegedly beat 29-year-old Joseph Borgen with crutches while also punching, kicking, and pepper-spraying the victim, according to the New York Post.
“If I could do it again, I would do it again,” he reportedly told a jailer, according to a prosecutor present at Awawdeh’s arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court, adding, “I have no problem doing it again.”
After he was taken into custody in Midtown Manhattan, Awawdeh was charged with assault as a hate crime, gang assault, menacing, aggravated harassment as a hate crime, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to ABC 7.
The report continued:
The incident occurred amid dueling demonstrations over the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group ruling the Gaza Strip. Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters both took to the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Thursday evening, as a mutual cease-fire went into effect. At times, the two groups collided and fights broke out.
The initial attack was unprovoked, according to prosecutors who explained to Judge Kathryn Paek that Borgen was walking near Broadway and West 49th Street when the suspect “jumped him and attacked him.”
The Manhattan assistant district attorney alleged Awawdeh called Borgen a “dirty Jew” and also stated, “F–k Israel, Hamas is going to kill all of you.”
Friends of the suspect reportedly claimed Awawdeh came under attack first, according to the Post.
“They picked somebody that was weak, that was on crutches,” one person told the outlet.
On Saturday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) shared photos of the suspects involved in the case:
“I felt a liquid being poured on my face, and at first I thought I was getting urinated on,” Borgen, an accountant who resides on the Upper East Side, recalled.
“But it turned out I was getting Maced and pepper-sprayed. My face was on fire. That pain was worse than the concussion and all this other stuff that followed,” he said, adding the attack made him reconsider wearing his yarmulke in public.
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