For almost a year, the world stood by and allowed Israel to mass slaughter in Gaza.
Through this silence, Israel learned it could commit any atrocity in the occupied territories without consequence. Now, it’s extending the same brutal tactics to Lebanon - a sovereign nation, recognised internationally. But this isn’t just a story about geography. It’s about the conditioning of the global narrative. We’ve been psychologically trained, over time, to accept these horrors as if they were normal. “They’re Arab, so they’re the threat. It’s OK.” Over and over again, the narrative is carefully constructed to dehumanise, to normalise violence, and to make people believe that what’s happening is justified. This is not normal. Through repeated exposure, the mass killings, bombings and violations are framed as ‘good vs evil’ - and people, conditioned to believe this narrative, begin to accept it. When the media and those in power subtly shift the language, what was once condemned becomes tolerated, even justified. By standing by passively, the world is giving Israel permission to replicate the Gaza model anywhere…now in Lebanon. This isn’t just a Middle Eastern crisis anymore. If we don’t wake up to how this conditioning is shaping our beliefs, Israel’s methods will continue to spread, unchecked and to other parts of the world. The normalisation of violence starts in one place but has the power to reshape how we view humanity itself.Islam didn't enter the UK on the backs of South Asians, Africans, or Arabs—it was brought here by white men. The first recorded Muslim in the UK was John Nelson, an Englishman who converted to Islam in 1586 after traveling to the Ottoman Empire.
The large-scale migration of South Asians to the UK began after World War II, under Prime Minister Clement Attlee in the 1950s. His government actively invited workers from Commonwealth countries, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, to help rebuild a war-torn Britain. This invitation came after nearly two centuries of British colonization in South Asia, from 1757 to 1947, during which the UK extracted immense wealth from the region—textiles, spices, and other resources—contributing significantly to the British economy.
We were invited to help rebuild this nation, and we did. We laid the foundations for the first-world country Britain is today. Over generations, we’ve risen from the working class to the middle class and beyond, becoming an integral part of British society—contributing to politics, education, business, and more. We are a vital part of what defines British values.
Islam has existed and thrived in the UK for over four centuries. The real issue isn’t with Islam—it’s with the economic challenges many face today: the cost of living, lack of opportunities, housing crises, and political failures. We share these concerns, but unlike some, we don’t turn to beating the hell out of random white people or scapegoating the people who are in the same situation.