In response, Michael Gove called the Times “useful idiots,” which was quite accurate.
“Michael Gove attacks ‘useful idiots’ at New York Times over Trojan Horse podcast,” The Times, December 12 2022:
Michael Gove called journalists at The New York Times “useful idiots” after its podcast accused him of Islamophobia.
The levelling-up secretary hit back at the makers of The Trojan Horse Affair, which blamed prejudice against Muslims for a firm response to a supposed plot by extremists to infiltrate schools.
The series, released in January, was at times the most popular podcast in Britain, the US, Canada and Australia.
Gove was education secretary when the scandal broke in Birmingham. He took a robust approach to rooting out perceived religious extremism in the city’s state schools.
The affair began in 2014 when the city council received an anonymous letter outlining an alleged plot called Operation Trojan Horse. The Times pointed out glaring errors in the letter…
Westman says
All this time we supposed the “Grey Lady” was just forgetful. Now it appears to be dementia that is causing cliché responses instead of investigations.
gravenimage says
New York Times accuses former UK education secretary of ‘Islamophobia’ for fighting jihad activity in schools
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So now even opposing *Jihad terror* is “Islamophobic”?
Jayell1 says
‘New York Times accuses former UK education secretary of ‘Islamophobia’ for fighting jihad activity in schools’…..
Interesting. Did they accuse Winston Churchill of ‘Naziphobia’ for fighting Third Reich activity in Poland and then the rest of Europe, because it down to the same thing in the end. For the Nazis, it was ‘Europe, then the World’; with the islamic proto-Nazis, it’s ‘UK schools, then the UK’ – not that they aren’t half way there already, apparently.
Alkflaeda says
It’s difficult for Muslims – they could claim that there are two separate religions, one of which practices violent jihad and the other doesn’t (which is very nearly what the current taqiyya about “moderate” Islam amounts to), but then the allegedly peaceful majority can’t reap the reward won by their more brutal counterpart. So the best thing is to keep jihad activities a complete secret until their objective has been gained – but this requires a high level of collaboration by the authorities. So for “Islamophobic”, read “non-collaborator”.
How can a religion whose very name means “submission” be moderate? Either you are submitted or you are not – you cannot be moderately submitted.
James Lincoln says
Alkflaeda,
An excellent and thought-provoking post.
My compliments.
NoTaqiyya says
The once upon a time “newspaper of record” has become a propaganda tool for the Green-Red Alliance.
Islamophobia is a neologism invented by the Muslim Brotherhood to silence any and all legitimate debate on the nature of the so-called religion of peace.
The stupidy of the West in dealing with this ideology is astonishing. The fear of being called “Islamophobic” is paralyzing Westerner’s ability to respond correctly to an encroaching ideology that seeks to impose a global caliphate.
That is the ultimate goal of all Muslims. Therefore the notion that there is such a thing as moderate Islam is an obvious fallacy.
The same reason along with the fear of being labeled racist is getting in the way of the necessary response to the despicable grooming gangs.
The New York Times response to Jihad by Muhammadans is the same as the one exhibited by that now extinct bird, the Dodo. That bird was exterminated because it failed to recognize clear and present danger.
Jihadis are fully aware of the paralyzing fear induced by that oxymoron, Islamophobia, and therefore exploit it to the fullest.
The NYT resembles a big Dodo.
NoTaqiyya says
The once upon a time “newspaper of record” has become a propaganda tool for the Green-Red Alliance.
Islamophobia is a neologism invented by the Muslim Brotherhood to silence any and all legitimate debate on the nature of the so-called religion of peace.
The stupidy of the West in dealing with this ideology is astonishing. The fear of being called “Islamophobic” is paralyzing Westerner’s ability to respond correctly to an encroaching ideology that seeks to impose a global caliphate.
That is the ultimate goal of all Muslims. Therefore the notion that there is such a thing as moderate Islam is an obvious fallacy.
The same reason along with the fear of being labeled racist is getting in the way of the necessary response to the despicable grooming gangs.
The New York Times response to Jihad by Muhammadans is the same as the one exhibited by that now extinct bird, the Dodo. That bird was exterminated because it failed to recognize clear and present danger.
Jihadis are fully aware of the paralyzing fear induced by that oxymoron, Islamophobia, and therefore exploit it to the fullest.
The NYT resembles a big Dodo.
Fitna says
Spot on. We have a whole bunch of big, stupid Dodos that refuse to realize Islam is here to make us go extinct, as they did to Christians/non-Muslims in the mideast and every other nation this virulent death cult has spread throughout the world.
We need to make Muslims submit to our way of life, not theirs or ruthlessly have them removed. The trouble unfortunately is the masses of non-Muslim fools carrying the water for this ideology. They’re the only thing standing in the way of our fight back against Islam.
We need to shape the narrative and call Muslims a bunch of Infidelophobes or some other moniker that sticks and spreads…to give some ideological weapons to oppose Islamic fascism.
The biggest problem is a lack of education on Islam. There is a learning curve involved and those who fail to put in the time to understand the threat we face will be easily manipulated by our enemies. This is really the key reason Muslims are “winning” right now.
Islam should be taught in the schools, discussed daily on the mainstream media so the masses get saturated with knowledge and ofc once we hit a critical mass of people that know and hate Islam, then Muslims will be the ones going the way of the Dodo as they deserve.
James Lincoln says
“Stop islamophobia – by stopping Jihad.”
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