When a politician in the West says something critical about Islam, he gets a week’s worth of attention, at best, too often quite hostile attention, and then the brief contretemps between supporters of the message and defenders of the faith (the faith being Islam) is soon forgotten. But this time, the broadside against Islam was delivered by John Cleese, he of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers fame.
The background to Cleese’s remark is this: during Ramadan, 3,000 Muslims swarmed into Trafalgar Square to say their prayers, bums in the air, heads bumping on the pavement so as to raise even higher the worshippers’ forehead zebibahs. They took over a public space, so that no others could enter. There was no need to hold the mass prayer service there; the Muslims could have chosen a place less central to London life, or instead have attended their own mosques to say those prayers and have their Iftar dinners. But this mass gathering was a political statement: we are here, we are many, we cannot be moved, we choose wherever we wish to say our prayers, no matter what the inconvenience may be to non-Muslims, or the outright alarm that such a spectacle may cause. This was not a quiet prayer service, a silent communing with God, but a noisy declaration of Muslim power and might.
There were protests about the Muslim muscle-flexing takeover of Trafalgar Square. And there was a defense of the massive attendance at the evening prayer-cum-iftar dinner from London’s Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan. One of the on-line protests came from John Cleese, who was having none of Khan’s defense of his fellow Muslims. More on his statement can be found here: “John Cleese hits out at ‘silly little man’ Sadiq Khan over Trafalgar Square iftar defence,” by Lydia Davies, GB News, March 24, 2026:
Do British people love diversity? Where is the evidence for Sadiq Khan’s claim? They may accept a certain amount of diversity, but they are no longer willing to suffer in silence the kind of domineering “diversity” that Muslims provide. Millions of Muslims have moved to the U.K. to take advantage of every benefit the generous British welfare state provides. Some of them supplement these benefits with crimes of property, including shoplifting, robberies, and house burglaries. The incidence of Muslims committing crimes of every kind, including crimes of violence, is many times that of non-Muslims.
In dozens of cities in the U.K., Muslims — overwhelmingly Pakistanis — have participated in grooming gangs. Their members, using drugs and drink and sweet talk, seduce young English girls from vulnerable backgrounds, turn them into sex slaves, subject them to mass rape, and then continue to pass them around for the sexual enjoyment of other Muslims, sometimes for years. There are no Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, or Sikh grooming gangs, a fact that deserves to be pondered. Tens of thousands of English girls have had their lives ruined by these grooming gangs.
Mr Cleese responded with a strongly worded post on X, writing: “Sorry to have to say this… The British do not like the kind of diversity that intends to take over Britain and kill any infidel who does not convert to Islam.
Let me repeat that bit from John Cleese: “Sorry to have to say this… The British do not like the kind of diversity that intends to take over Britain and kill any infidel who does not convert to Islam.”
It sounds as if John Cleese has been reading the Qur’an and hadith, which is something Keir Starmer has not done, for Cleese understands perfectly that Muslims believe they have a right to take over not just the U.K., but the whole world, and that Infidels — the “most vile of created beings” — must not be allowed to stand in their way.
He does err, however, in his claim that Muslims will “kill any infidel who does not convert to Islam.” Any Infidel who stands in the way of the spread of Islam deserves death. But an Infidel who is either a Christian or a Jew, and thus considered to be among the People of the Book, and who is willing to live as a dhimmi, need not be killed if he accepts a host of social, economic, and political disabilities. The most onerous of these obligations is the payment of the jizyah, a capitation tax imposed on non-Muslims, in return for which they are permitted to remain alive and even to practice their faith.
You never know with celebrities: which ones reveal themselves to be politically idiotic, and which ones pass with flying colors the intelligence and moral tests that arise, in considering the nature and menace of Islam. John Cleese turns out to be one of the latter, giving Mayor Sadiq Khan, and Muslims, a well-deserved verbal thrashing. Who would have thought that the Minister of Silly Walks would someday be an exemplar of good sense? A statesman, forsooth. Moving from the ridiculous to the sublime. As they say in Strine, Good On You, Mr. Cleese.
Troybeam says
Speaking up, kudo’s Mr. Cleese
Wellington says
In a Muslim dominated Britain Monty Python would have never happened because there is no fun in Islam. Well, there are a lot of “noes” in Islam, others being no freedom of speech, no freedom of the press, no freedom of religion, no true women’s rights (N.B., so-called women’s rights in Islam is a total joke) and no capacity to apologize for past wrongdoings which Islam has engaged in from its inception in a massive way, including the enslavement of more black Africans by far than any other religion, organization, nation state, etc. has ever engaged in (and why any black willingly being a Muslim is even more confused than non-black Muslims).
Good for Cleese but I fear it is too late for Britain. So want to be wrong.
Greg says
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
Waldorf says
@Greg: I love elderberries: delicious taste and smell (by all means use the syrup when cooking), but I have no idea how a hamster tastes. i have been told, however, that squirrel meat is delicious and learned i.r.l. that frogs legs are delicious as well (it was a surprise, or mystery menu, but I didn’t regret it: tastes like intense chicken breast). Good hunting!
Patton says
The idiots in London elect and re-elect a “Khan artist”. They are simply getting what they choose. Starmer is a leftist tool. But he’s again a product of the British electorate. Like the dim-o-craps in America the British left will do absolutely anything to stay in power, even if it means destroying their country. If you import millions from shit hole countries, you will turn your country into a shit hole. Labor does not care what the UK will look like in 20, 50 or 100 years. All they care about us being elected and when they leave office, they turn those relationships into lucrative consulting in lobbying gigs. Exactly the same way American politicians do. Mud slimes do not care about assimilation into western societies. They keep telling us what their plan is and half the people in the west don’t believe it. Why? Is it that such stupidity just seems so fantastical, that it makes no sense? Because after all they’re coming to Western democracy in a free market system that has made so many other antecedents, rich and successful. Their religion and their culture is indisputably and inherently incompatible with western values. It just is a no amount of education, exposure, and reasoning is going to change that. And yet the useful idiots in the west, both in Europe and the United States think the answer is to simply flood more of them across our borders and hope for the best. Or maybe, hope for the worst? A culture and a civilization built on biblical, western, enlightened, Judeo-Christian values and traditions will ultimately be destroyed by these motherfuckers. There may someday be a violent Civil War, but by then these goat fuckers will outnumber us and too many beta males on the side of the “good guys” who are being raised at all cost to avoid toxic masculinity, will simply put up their hands and surrender. Since the election of Hussein Obama, I have gone from someone who had infinite faith and hope that the United States come, leaving a rational western world would ultimately triumph, to someone who simply hopes and prays that my grandchildren will never see this miasma come to pass. I cannot sufficiently express enough gratitude for people like David Horowitz, the religionofpeace.com and the people who comment here, so many of whom seem so incredibly knowledgeable about the underpinnings of this satanic cult. It has become impossible in the state and age to remain optimistic. Even in the face of the most obvious factors telling us exactly where things stand, virtually half of the American people are still in a state of denial. And I fear it’s a deadly state. May God bless us, save the United States because it appears that so many of its people refuse to do so.
Statler says
Let’s face it Patton, they’re in the majority over there in Londinium, thanx to an impressive amount of governments and P.M.’s (both conservatives and labour) who have let this happen, despite all warnings.
Ruth E weekly says
Thank you. Much needed. i hope in our near future we will have better people to vote for. I believe the good people have been scared off and many now are getting rich and only think about all the money and will do anything for it. I will look for your comments as I read many and know there still are a lot of great people.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
John Cleese should combine forces w/ Lawrence Fox, Tommy Robinson, Rupert Lowe, Paul Golding, Anne-Marie Waters, Nick Tenceli and others like them to put together an anti-muslim yeah, explicitly spell it OUT! coalition to put up candidates in every election there is in Britain. From MP to local to school boards, if they have that. Start fighting these elections on that one issue alone!
Otherwise, there won’t be a Britain for them to worry about things like tax or energy policy
James Lincoln says
Infidel,
Great list.
I would also add Lord Pearson of Rannoch.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
James
Haven’t heard of him, but I suspect he’d be good?
Ruth E weekly says
Good idea. If they do not get together England will be lost. It was always a great country and I feel it might already be gone to those devils..
40 rounds says
Well Mr Cleese, stop voting labour, that would be a start
Captain Quirk says
Hear, hear!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
He votes Labour?
Archie Leach says
Mr. Fitzgerald: you write: ‘He does err, however, in his claim that Muslims will “kill any infidel who does not convert to Islam.” Any Infidel who stands in the way of the spread of Islam deserves death. But an Infidel who is either a Christian or a Jew, and thus considered to be among the People of the Book, and who is willing to live as a dhimmi, need not be killed if he accepts a host of social, economic, and political disabilities.’ I admit that I have heard this quite often, but how about sura 2: 191: ‘Kill them wherever you find them.’? I understand that this verse is qualified as Medinan. That would mean that it abrogates all verses that are in conflict with it. Right? According to chatgpt, this verse views an Arabic polytheist group, so its ‘range’, it is argued, is limited only to this group, but the group is long gone, polytheists are listed as non-believers and the verse is still there, so I’d say that 2:191 ‘rules’, wouldn’t you say? So I stand with Cleese in this matter.
Charles Gluck says
Where the hell do you get off saying and “infidel”, should be killed. Who elected you king? The English have catered to these fu*king barbarians and now they want out. Well that ship sailed. You invited them now they are going to kill every one of you. How stupid can you be. We warned you, but none of the leaders had any “balls”. So now it will be war again for you limey morons.
gravenimage says
“Archie Leach” is being sarcastic, and stating the Islamic view, not condoning it.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Archie
These verses have been discussed at length by Robert Spencer. I’d recommend you to Hatun Tash’s channel, where he covered that
TomKat says
Never forget that Mohammed ordered all Muslims to kill or convert all infidels. Resulting, Islamists have waged their unrelenting holy war for over 1400 years. The Religion of Peace website lists nearly 50,000 Islamic terrorist attacks since 9/11. Our great American novel “TomKat: Double Impact” will give you the history of this endless war within an intriguing story of some compelling characters. You will then understand this pernicious force that threatens your well being.
Kenneth P Zehr says
That was great to hear, that there is some people willing to speek there mined . about people with a warped way of life. Muslims are not normal , they are sick.
Karl says
Our countries have become a Monty Python skit on steroids. Thanx to the woke-jokers and illegal activists in our gov.’t, institutions, media, academia and corporations, hand-in-hand with every enemy we have on the planet to destroy Western Civilization in all it’s forms. And all through this distraction, polarization and divisions of populations, meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Pondarosa is burning to the ground and the psycho bandits are making off with whatever is left and heading to their underground strongholds as the planet burns and all life is in the balance.
If you DON’T like bad news from credible data, stay away from GeoEngineerigWatch.org.
Have a rainbow day.
David says
Re the Muslim takeover of Trafalgar Square, one of many going on in the UK, Europe and the United States: Let us remember that this is not just a show of numbers and strength; it immediately endangers life because Fire, Police, Ambulance and other emergency vehicles can not get through.
David says
The common term “Grooming Gangs” whitewashes the nature of these groups. It is a euphenism and many people in the U.S. do not know what “grooming” means in this context. It is more accurate and informative to refer to them accurately as “Muslim gang-rape gangs, who {follow with brief description}”. Let’s call a spade a spade.
Winston 101 says
David,
Agreed. I refer to them as “Seduction for Gang Rape and Torture Gangs”.
It’s longer than I would like but it’s descriptive. It also takes less time than having to explain what “Grooming” means. Sometimes I shorten it to “Seduction and Torture Gangs”.
When I say “Seduction for Gang-Rape and Torture Gangs” it leads right into their hideous group activities, the massive extent of their networks, and the ongoing cover up by the government etc.
bert33 says
Elections have consequences, and so does publishing without interviewing, or in cleeses case, publishing his views without interviewing any muslim people, because if we are ever going to get to the bottom of this, and make and keep the peace, you need to actually talk to and listen to people who come from the middle east, as well as some born-and-raised caucasian UK Londoners, and get their input and experiences also, that all voices might be fairly and neutrally heard. Peace.
gravenimage says
Dominating and conquering the Infidels is orthodox Islam. Saying that John Cleese does not know what he is saying is utterly false. And Infidels cannot “keep the peace” with Muslims invading to conquer them.
Note that this poster has *never* said anything against Jihad terror here. Who is surprised?
gravenimage says
Here’s what “bert33” hopes we will not read:
‘The religion has been sent to dominate, to wipe out, to take out every other religion’
https://jihadwatch.org/2026/03/the-religion-has-been-sent-to-dominate-to-wipe-out-to-take-out-every-other-religion
gravenimage says
John Cleese on the Muslim Desire to Dominate
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Kudos to John Cleese for speaking the truth!