A Step Forward for Islamic Influence in Britain?
Now comes the news that certain members of Britain's four-million-strong Muslim community have come together to wage a self-described "community campaign." And what are its goals? There are, after all, many worthy goals to choose from. British Muslims might have joined forces to address the involvement of Muslim youths in grooming gangs – or, more broadly, in violent crime generally. They might have formed a movement to combat religious extremism and to teach newly arrived Muslims about Western democratic values. They might have made it their goal to liberate women and girls from their subordinate status in many Muslim homes – and, specifically, to fight such offenses as honor killing and forced marriage.
But no, these British Muslims have formed something called The Muslim Vote, the objective of which is easily and briefly stated. In fact, you can express it in a single word: power.