Here’s your answer, Mr. Rosindell: the British government is paralyzed by fear of its increasingly restive and aggressive Muslim minority, and desperately afraid of appearing to be “racist” or “Islamophobic.” In such an environment, groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood essentially have a free hand.
“British government asked to account for rise in Muslim Brotherhood activity,” by Thomas Harding, The National, April 29, 2020:
A senior British politician has demanded international action to prevent extremists taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to “exploit” vulnerable people.
Andrew Rosindell has raised his concerns at the highest level of British government, asking ministers to answer questions over the rise in Muslim Brotherhood activities as a result of the pandemic
There are fears that the extremist movement has taken advantage of the Covid 19 pandemic to spread its influence.
Mr Rosindell, a Conservative, wants answers from his government colleagues over the increased activity in Britain and internationally by extremist sympathisers.
Mr Rosindell, 54, asked Home Secretary Priti Patel for her assessment of the Muslim Brotherhood’s activity in Britain as a result of the economic downturn.
He also asked Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, for an evaluation of the “global economic downturn on trends in the level of recruitment by the Muslim Brotherhood overseas”.
Mr Rosindell told The National that there needed to be a global effort to investigate and battle extremist networks using the pandemic to target “vulnerable people”.
“All governments must act now to monitor and counter activities by extremist organisations such as the Muslim Brotherhood and organisations they control or influence, which may be exploiting the Covid-19 crisis to target vulnerable people and communities,” he said.
There are increased worries that the Brotherhood is growing in influence in Britain despite its close ties to miltant groups such as Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Last year the US considered designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation.
Mr Rosindell has long been calling for a ban on radical organisations who use the country as a base to raise funds and radicalise Muslims through community-based organisations and institutions.
“I think we have been far too soft for far too long,” he told the Conservative Party Conference in 2014….