The intrepid Hill says it would be “‘fundamentally wrong’ to attach terrorism ‘to any of the world religions.”
All right. But who, exactly, is doing the attaching here? Islamic jihadis routinely point to the Qur’an and Muhammad to justify their actions and appeal to peaceful Muslims. And the Qur’an itself exhorts Muslims to “strike terror in the enemies of Allah” (8:60), and also says that Allah will also strike terror in them (3:151), as well as command the angels to do so (8:12).
“He said that the term ‘Daesh-inspired terrorism’ should be used instead.”
Unfortunately for Hill, Islamic terrorism is a lot older than “Daesh,” The history of Islam includes an unbroken record of jihad violence, including terrorism. Wherever Muslims have gone in the world, some of them have waged jihad warfare against non-Muslims. Terrorist acts against Christians, Jews, Hindus and others were frequent. The whole shocking record of this, hardly known at all in the West and obscured by mountains of propaganda, is in my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, the first and only one-volume narrative history of jihad in the English language. Arm yourself against the propaganda, which just keeps on coming — order the book here.
“New top prosecutor is slammed for refusing to use the phrase ‘Islamic terrorism’ after meeting with apologists who described Jihadi John as a ‘beautiful young man,'” by Martin Robinson, Mailonline, November 9, 2018:
The new CPS chief has been accused of using ‘deeply unhelpful’ language about extremists by refusing to say ‘Islamic terrorism’.
The Henry Jackson Society (HJS) is unhappy about Max Hill QC’s appointment as the Director of Public Prosecutions because he believes it is ‘fundamentally wrong’ to attach terrorism ‘to any of the world religions’.
He said that the term ‘Daesh-inspired terrorism’ should be used instead.
Today he was accused of ‘apeing’ the language used by CAGE, who said Mohammed Emwazi, ISIS’ executioner-in-chief until he was killed in a drone strike, was ‘beautiful’ and ‘extremely gentle’.
Mr Hill, who replaced Alison Saunders last week, met with Cage last autumn just a month after director Muhammad Rabbani was convicted of a terror offence after refusing to hand over passwords to his mobile phone and laptop at Heathrow Airport.
Today the HJS claimed Mr Hill has been ‘influenced, inaccurately, by the Islamist group’s agenda’.
Emma Webb, a research fellow, told The Daily Telegraph: ‘In the wake of negative publicity damaging the CPS, Max Hill has vowed that through his appointment he will “restore trust”. But it is difficult to see how this will be possible given his habit of meeting disproportionately with extremist and intolerant groups.
‘He has shown himself to have bad taste and judgment in the company he keeps. This is certainly not a man who can be trusted to ensure justice is done when it comes to Islamist extremism.’
In February Mr Hill declared that it is ‘fundamentally wrong’ to use the phrase ‘Islamist terrorism’ to describe any attacks carried out in Britain and elsewhere.
Max Hill QC said that the word terrorism should not be attached ‘to any of the world religions’.
His comments put him at odds with Prime Minister Theresa May, then Home Secretary Amber Rudd, the police and MI5 who all spoke about the threat posed by ‘Islamist terrorists’.
The former terrorism watchdog takes charge of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after months in which it has been heavily criticised for a catalogue of disclosure failings that led to cases collapsing.
His predecessor Ms Saunders announced she was quitting the post in April, rejecting criticisms of her five-year stint and describing claims that standards had slipped as ‘hugely insulting’ to prosecutors.
He secured the conviction of the failed 21/7 bombers – terrorists who plotted to blow up a London tube train in July 2005.
He was appointed the Government’s independent reviewer of terror legislation in February 2017 – a turbulent and deadly year for Britain’s streets….