BREAKING: early photos of the Eclipse are trickling in from around the world.
I have to say, I'm not sure what the fuss is all about. Maybe if they released a Ralliart version or something?
The October 7 pogrom was six months ago this weekend. And a recent survey of Muslims living in the United Kingdom produced some extremely unnerving results:
Only 1 in 4 British Muslims believe that Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel on October 7, according to the largest survey conducted of British Muslims since the Israel-Hamas war began.
The survey, commissioned by the Henry Jackson Society, a counter-extremism think-tank, found that just under half of British Muslims, 46 per cent, said they sympathise with Hamas.
The findings arrive on the six-month anniversary of October 7, when Hamas invaded Israel and murdered some 1,200 Israelis and took a further 253 hostages, about 130 of whom are still believed to be held by the terror group in Gaza.
Asked whether Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel on October 7, only 24 per cent of British Muslims said they had, compared to 62 per cent of the wider public.
This is the finding that haunts me the most:
The report found that younger and well-educated Muslims were the most likely to think Hamas carried out no atrocities on October 7, with 47 per cent of 18–24-year-olds and 40 per cent of the university-educated.
Common sense would lead one to believe it’s first-generation immigrants who’d be most hostile to Western values, with their children and grandchildren assimilating into the dominant culture.
And as with many “common sense” beliefs, the opposite is true. Or maybe, in a way, it is an example of assimilation in action, considering that almost 40% of all Britons are Oct. 7 deniers, and I bet a big portion of that thirty-eight percent is very active on university campuses.
For all the talk about Islamic extremism, since October 7 the worst displays I’ve seen of blatant antisemitism and explicit support for mass murder of Jews have been from white people. Specifically, the white people who are usually going the loudest about the growing spectre of fascism.
The survey found that some other old stereotypes die hard:
The survey, carried out by polling company J L Partners, also found that 46 per cent of British Muslims say Jews have too much power over UK government policy (compared to 16 per cent of the general public) while 41 per cent said Jews have too much power in the media and 39 per cent said Jews have too much power in the UK’s financial system.
One question remained unasked (or at least isn’t being reported) though: how many of the respondents believed the October 7 pogrom was justified.
24% of Muslims and 38% of all Britons don’t believe the October 7 attacks happened at all. What percentage of each believes the attacks were a good thing?
More than 24% of Muslims and possibly more than 38% of everyone in Britain, I bet. At the heart of the conspiracist worldview is a well-honed ability to hold completely contradictory beliefs at the same time.
My other question is how many people in Canada hold such beliefs. Again, I’m not sure I want to know.
It might not be as many people as in the UK, but it sure as Hell ain’t zero:
It sure is interesting to notice which public displays of extremism in Canada result in nationwide media freakouts and criminal charges, and which ones don’t.