David Cameron called 'racist' after accusing Sadiq Khan over links to IS supporter

Where you from, near Katie Hopkin's racist house????????

Please, I'm from a busy London area- you can't beat my area.

London is a shithole

Like you but I don't complain.

I need to fix up your ignorance- ignorance is the key to corruption.

This is gutter politics, playing on the fact Khan is a muslim to whip up religous tensions.

Far from supporting islamic extremism, Khan termed it as a cancer. He's the ideal type of person this country needs, a secular muslim willing to tackle Islamic extremism.
He made himself an enemy of many Muslims by coming out strongly in favour of gay marriage and even had to get police protection for his daughters.
He's not an extremist nor an extremist sympathizer.

Khan has also been particularly strong as you say in opposing anti-semitism and racial and relgious discrimination of all kind.

A secular muslim willing to tackle radical islam is exactly what we need, he's a role model for other secular muslims and these attacks and smears on him are beyond dirty.

But let's take this accusation by Cameron in isolation. Cameron accused gani of being an IS sympathizer yet when asked repeatedly after could not come up with a single example of him being so. This same guy was actually asked by the conservatives to campaign for them in the 2015 election after refusing to support khan due to his stance on gay marriage.

I agree that Zac Goldsmith has played this as a dog-whistle, not from the perspective of genuine concerns that might hail from humanist factions but as part of a generalised, nebulous "Whoo woo, his name is Khan, he's a scary Muslim he must love terrorism"



You make a very convincing case. He has voted in favour of gay marriage and attacked extremism. He has been assiduous in connecting with the Jewish community, and also distancing himself from Corbyn.

And of course I would never criticise Khan for associating with terrorists in his capacity as a lawyer, of course everyone needs representation and no blame attaches to any lawyer simply for interacting with these people in a legal capacity. The one case that really did concern me was this Pakistani Muslim community leader here in England who called for that Pakistani Minister to be killed, that there was some connection between him and Khan?



You make a strong argument, I shall think more on this.



Really? The guy Cameron is claiming is an IS sympathiser is someone the Tories asked to campaign for them? If so, that is beyond outrageous and it would show the Tories are total hypocrites on this matter

Yes search it, Gani leafletted and canvassed for the Tories.

The important point is this though, Khan has fought extremism and not been intimated by the Muslim community. We have a problem with Muslim extremism in this country. One of the best ways to tackle that is encouraging secular Muslims to stand up and fight extremism, to be role models for other young Muslims.

There are a lot of bad eggs in the Muslim community and the fact is almost any Muslim growing up will come into contact with some unfavourable characters. But we have to allow for that if we want to encourage more secular Muslims to go the way of Khan rather than IS. We shouldn't crucify people for who they were in connection with when they were younger.

Khan is a decent guy who's stood up to the extremist elements in his religion. He may have 'shared platforms' or had contact with some questionable characters, but they were largely in a legal capacity or people who were at the same mosque he went to.

The Tory dog whistling campaign imo puts secular Muslims off and is more likely to send them the other way when they see a throughly decent guy who's stood up to extremism targeted as being extremist because he's Muslim.

But just because you keep reading the word “racist” alongside his name – in a way seemingly calculated to tap into any wholly wrong-headed prejudices you might have about Tories being predisposed to racism – doesn’t make it true. Although if I were trying to plant the entirely inaccurate idea in your head that Cameron was indeed a racist, this would be a pretty good way to go about it.

Ugly, isn’t it? Such sly, insidious poisoning of the well is hard to shrug off, precisely because nothing is ever said directly; you’re left boxing with shadows, or with people too cowardly to come out of them. Such tactics should have no part in decent politics. And that’s why Cameron should be thoroughly ashamed of himself for employing them against Sadiq Khan.

What do you mean I "don't get to"? Of course I "get to", you don't have some kind of authority over what I say. I have never heard of Islamophobia towards people who have left Islam. I have heard plenty of antisemitism towards people who are only Jewish by lineage. Islamophobia is dislike of people for following Islam, not for their genes. Once a Muslim leaves Islam, they are no longer considered Muslims except in the tiny exception of Bosnia (unlike with Jews, who are still considered "ethnic Jews" regardless of their beliefs). Muslims are made up of masses of different races and being Muslim has nothing to do with your genetics. However, the vast majority of Jews are ethnic Jews from the Sephardi and Ashkenazi divisions, and the overwhelming majority of all Jews from all the Jewish ethnic divisions have genes that can be traced back to a common Israelite population. As such Jews are almost like a race, and regardless of what you think of that statement, the important thing is that antisemitism often targets them in this way. We all know the stereotypes of the Jews with big hook noses, beady eyes, and thick curly black hair. Those stereotypes are no different to racist depictions of blacks with big lips etc. You don't get "Islamophobic" pictures like that because there are no physical traits that define Muslims because they're not anything even close to being a racial group. There is probably a greater variation in the genes of all the major populations that follow Islam than there is in those that don't. Islamophobia targets Muslims for following Islam, full stop. Muslims can leave Islam and are no longer considered Muslims, and therefore won't be victims of Islamophobia. Jews can leave Judaism but will always be considered Jews simply for their genetics, and will still be subjected to the same antisemitic stereotypes. Any visual depictions of Muslims that you might consider "Islamophobic" are probably racist depictions of arabs or Pakistanis, but not Islamophobic.

Islamophobia and antisemitism can't be considered the same and therefore should not be given the "same standards". Antisemitism targets people for their genetics, and so is similar to racism, Islamophobia targets people for their beliefs. They are entirely different.

Well, Cameron isn't a racist but it's good that he's getting a taste of his own medicine. He can throw around accusations and attempt to smear Khan but he can't actually establish these ties with extremist sympathisers which Khan supposedly has. Cameron is more guilty of this than Khan is.



http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/22/tories-attempt-smear-sadiq-khan-repellent

It's just pure dog whistling. 'Khans a Muslim so let's keep using the words radical, extremist and sympathiser and hope they stick'
When in reality khans done far more to oppose radical Islam than goldsmith and Cameron whose devisive rhetoric if anything is likely to increase it and deter secular Muslims.

Because it shows it had nothing to do with race?

Not racist per se (although probably partially because he's a brown person) but certainly Islamaphobic.'he's a Muslim so therefore he's an extremist'.

You tried this sly trick before and promptly got destroyed for it so I'm surprised you've tried it again. It's pathetic

However, the shoe fits. Saying this about, say, Sajid Javid would be that, as his entire history and character would contradict the allegations. Khan is either an integrated far leftist who thinks of terrorists as scamps with basically sound motives but incorrect methods, or he is the legal equivalent of a mob doctor.

I don't believe Khan is an IS sympathiser simply because very few even extreme Muslims are, but I certainly believe he has IS sympathisers in his extended social and professional circle. How could he not? Do you believe that Boris Johnson doesn't have a single racist in his extended social or professional circle? (Zac Goldsmith, however, may well not.)

Hmmm. See I defended you against accusations on here that you were not Jewish since supporting the cause of rabid anti-Semites doesn't mean you're not Jewish. Just mad or naive

However after reading this thread I'm starting to think I might have been wrong. I'm very skeptical that a Jew wouldn't know what that other poster has been trying to tell you. I hope I'm wrong but it's increasingly looking like you're making up your Jewishness so that you're allowed to defend antisemites to your heart's content without anybody being allowed to call you out on it.

I might have known after that time you claimed to have personally witnessed roadsigns in Israel for Jew-only roads which don't exist. Again, I hope I'm wrong but even if I'm not it's quite poor form and I'd suggest you educate yourself a bit more on Judaism.

Except I am Jewish.

What do you mean saying that you are Jewish?