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Hellish2050@Gmail.Com HELLISH 2050 RESOLVING THE CIVILISATIONAL CLASH [email protected] RATIONALITY VERSUS DOGMA Here is the preserved finger of Galileo. It is in the Galileo museum in Florence. I have seen it. While I was being formally interviewed by the deputy HR Director and the Head of the Physics Department at the University of Bath, regarding my views on Islam, I thought of Galileo and his battle against religious dogma. Some four centuries on, his finger admonishes the University of Bath, and its siding with Islam rather than with rationality and modern science. My experience is utterly surreal. “Eppur si muove” 1 Dedication: This book is dedicated to all of the children who find themselves growing up in an increasingly Islamised world. You did not deserve to be abandoned by your Governments. You should be enjoying the rights and freedoms that your parents enjoyed. Cover artwork: the three goddesses. The religious ideology of Islam is today strictly monotheistic. However, for a brief period it was polytheistic, with a male god, Allah, and his three female companion goddesses, whose names were Al-Lat, Al-Uzza and Manat — Moon, Venus and Fate. The Islamic prophet Mohammed initially praised these three goddesses, but later believed that the revelation of their existence had been sent from Satan rather than Allah. The verses in the Koran describing them, the “Satanic Verses”, were subsequently removed. This raises the question: how many other verses might also have been ‘inspired by Satan’, but not removed? From the descriptions given in Islamic scripture, it is clear that the area that Mohammed inhabited with olive trees and rivers could not have been Mecca. In addition, the earliest mosques did not face towards Mecca nor towards Jerusalem, but towards Petra in Jordan. There is ample archaeological evidence that these three goddesses were worshipped in the Petra region, where there was also worship of black stones, which were venerated as idols. This is paralleled by the veneration of the black stone meteorite set in a silver, vulva-shaped surround in the Kaaba at Mecca. Black stones were believed to aid fertility. Printed copy and PDF: hellish2050.com NOTE: This book is a “work in progress”. Please check the website for the latest edition. Publication date: 27 Feb 2021 2 3 4 SCOTTISH HATE CRIMES Scotland is in the process of bringing in new “hate crimes” legislation. This could have the effect of making the Koran and the Bible illegal. See the “Scottish Hate Crimes Legislation” chapter. The Abrogated Koran is a free download from: http://hellish2050.com/ 5 ISLAM AIMS TO TAKE OVER THE WEST IT MAY WELL SUCCEED – VIA DEMOGRAPHICS 6 7 ANTIFA AND ISIS APPEAR TO BE LINKED 8 9 10 Download or order The Flying Inn: http://hellish2050.com/ Order Islam & Christianity: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/GentleKnight 11 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION...................................................................17 SOBERING FACTS...............................................................18 FACTS ABOUT ISLAM.........................................................19 CAN ISLAM BE DEFEATED?..............................................21 “GOOD” ISLAM?..................................................................23 ISLAMIC HATE SPEECH......................................................25 HUMAN RIGHTS...................................................................29 A TEACHER WAS BEHEADED IN PARIS..........................31 LETTER TO EDUCATION SECRETARY.............................34 RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM INHERITANCE TAX.......37 CAN ISLAM BE REFORMED?.............................................38 SWEARING AN OATH..........................................................39 COUNT DANKULA...............................................................40 DHIMMIFIED LAW COMMISSION........................................41 LETTER TO THE LAW COMMISSION.................................48 LETTER TO JUDGES...........................................................53 THE “SUPREME” COURT....................................................55 SHARIA FINANCE................................................................56 A TWISTED VERSION OF ISLAM?.....................................58 “ISLAMOPHOBIA”...............................................................62 “ISLAMOPHOBIA” TRENDING...........................................63 THE KORAN SUPPORTS ISRAEL......................................69 LETTER TO ISRAELI AMBASSADOR................................77 BAHRAIN AND UAE NORMALISE RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL..................................................................................78 LETTER TO AMBASSADORS OF BAHRAIN AND UAE....79 LETTER TO THE PAKISTAN HIGH COMMISSIONER.......80 PAKISTAN BEING ASKED TO RECOGNISE ISRAEL.......81 12 CHIEF RABBI ON MUSLIM ANTISEMITISM ......................82 LETTER TO RABBIS............................................................86 LETTER TO CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL........87 LETTER TO MPS REGARDING ISRAEL.............................88 ABOLISHING AMPUTATION OF HANDS...........................90 LETTER OPPOSING AMPUTATION....................................91 ABOLISHING STONING TO DEATH...................................92 FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION........................................93 GULLIBILITY.........................................................................98 MEIN KAMPH........................................................................99 ANTI-SEMITISM IN ISLAM.................................................101 THE LABOUR PARTY........................................................102 LABOUR ANTI-SEMITISM REPORT.................................103 LABOUR “ISLAMOPHOBIA”.............................................104 LETTER TO LABOUR NEC ...............................................107 THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS.............................................108 LETTER TO LIB DEM MPS................................................109 THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY...........................................110 LETTER TO CONSERVATIVE MPS...................................112 “ISLAMOPHOBIC” CONSERVATIVES.............................114 LETTER TO “ISLAMOPHOBIC” CONSERVATIVE MPS..115 A CONSERVATIVE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS..........120 TORY DHIMMITUDE...........................................................128 LETTER TO MICHAEL GOVE MP......................................133 HOME SECRETARY PRITI PATEL....................................135 ELDERLY LADY ARRESTED............................................141 THE BREXIT PARTY..........................................................143 THE GOLDEN RULE...........................................................146 HALAL SLAUGHTER.........................................................147 JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY BOTH PROP UP ISLAM.149 13 HUMAN RIGHTS v ISLAM..................................................150 SCOTTISH HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION.......................154 BIBLE TO BE BANNED IN SCOTLAND?..........................162 LETTER TO CHURCHES IN SCOTLAND..........................164 A BARRISTER HAS A “HATE” RECORD.........................165 THE UK’S DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION TO AN ISLAMIC STATE.................................................................................169 STONEHENGE TO BE DESTROYED................................174 THE ENVIRONMENT..........................................................175 ARMENIA: SHAMEFUL CANADA.....................................176 ABOLISHING THE ARMED FORCES................................179 MOD CAPITULATION.........................................................180 LETTER TO DEFENCE SECRETARY...............................182 THE SNP AND TRIDENT....................................................184 LETTER TO THE ROYAL NAVY........................................188 THE PATTERN OF JIHAD ATTACKS...............................190 FIRST LETTER TO ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE...............194 SECOND LETTER TO ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE.........196 GROOMING GANGS AND SEX SLAVERY.......................198 RAPE GANGS ARE INDEED ISLAMIC.............................199 LETTER TO FOLKESTONE AND TENBY POLICE..........204 JIHAD NUMBER PLATE....................................................206 LETTER TO DVLA..............................................................207 MARRIAGE BETWEEN COUSINS.....................................208 ONE LAW FOR ALL...........................................................210 LETTER TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.........................211 TOMMY ROBINSON...........................................................213 COUGHING JIHAD.............................................................217 MPS RECEIVING SAUDI MONEY......................................218 THE GRAND DECEPTION.................................................219 14 THE NEXT REFERENDUM.................................................221 RELIANCE OF THE TRAVELLER......................................222 QUOTES FROM THE KORAN............................................223 THE KORAN PERMITTED ALCOHOL...............................226 LETTER TO JOURNALISTS..............................................227 G.K. CHESTERTON............................................................229 ISLAM & CHRISTIANITY....................................................233 CAN CHRISTIANITY HELP?..............................................234 LETTER TO CLERGY.........................................................235 REPLIES FROM ANGLICANS...........................................237 CATHOLIC CHURCH..........................................................238
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