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PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/02/14/the-full-muslim/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:01:09 -0400The full Muslim<![CDATA[I was just speaking with a friend in England about Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician and critic of Islamic extremism who was denied entry to Britain on Thursday. Why? Wilders had been invited to screen his short film Fitna, which traces the roots of Islamic violence to the Koran, to members of the House of Lords. But Nazir Ahmed objected. Nazir Ahmed? He’s a Muslim, a Labour member of the House, and (in Andy McCarthy’s apt phrase) “grievance-industry agitator of the first order.” According to Melanie Phillips and others, Ahmed threatened to mobilize 10,000 of his co-religionists to demonstrate against Wilders if he were allowed into the country to show his film and express his opinion about radical Islam. Ahmed denies making the threat, but has gone into print to brag about his successful effort to intimidate the British government into making a fool of itself. The instrument of this latest act of dhimmitude was none other than Jacqui Smith, the British Home Secretary who won an unenviable place for herself in the annals of spineless Orwellian doublespeak when she decreed last year that Islamic terrorism–i.e., terrorist acts carried out by Muslims–should henceforth be renamed “anti-Islamic activity.” Yes, really. In her most recent act of cravenness, Ms. Smith declared that Wilders’s presence in Britain “would threaten community harmony and therefore public security in the U.K.” So when Wilders flew into Heathrow on Thursday, he was instantly rounded up and sent packing back to Holland.]]>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:29:34 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2009/02/14/the-full-muslim-n115566