University Study Proves EDL Wrong

An analysis by Arizona State University's Center for Strategic Communication studied that ‘Muslim extremists’ don’t really have the intention to dominate (Islamify) the world, but to protect themselves from various reasons i.e. foreign occupation.

The new research

CNN reported (10/07/12),

Quote: ‘Muslim extremists are more concerned with defending against foreign intrusion than foisting Islam on the world, according to a new study of extremist texts. The study suggests that a Western approach of claiming extremists are seeking world domination is misdirected, and instead should seek to counteract claims of victimhood.’

But the English Defence League (EDL) and other Islamophobic far-right organisations and individuals don’t believe this, and neither will be accepting towards this research. Here are examples of what the EDL think, using some excerpts from their own Mission Statement.

Excerpts from the EDL’s Mission Statement

Quote: ‘This is why the EDL will continue to work to protect the inalienable rights of all people to protest against radical Islam’s encroachment into the lives of non-Muslims’

Quote: ‘Sharia is most definitely a threat to our democracy.’

Quote: ‘…sharia is already creeping into our lives.’

Quote: ‘Islam is not just a religious system, but a political and social ideology that seeks to dominate all non-believers and impose a harsh legal system that rejects democratic accountability and human rights’

Quote: ‘…all people in England, whatever their background, or origin, can stand united in a desire to stop the imposition of the rules of Islam on non-believers… In order to ensure the continuity of our culture and its institutions, the EDL stands opposed to the creeping Islamisation of our country…the spread of Islamic religion is the political desire to implement an undemocratic alternative to our cherished way of life: the sharia.’

Quote: ‘We believe that the demand for sharia is global…it is time for the whole world to unite against a truly Global Jihad’

Clearly, the EDL think that Islam, and its followers are keen on dominating the world.

Click here to read our analysis of the Mission Statement.

The EDL have a closed mindset

By analysing the EDL’s Mission Statement, we can see that the EDL has a strong belief that Islam is dominating the world, or ‘militant Islam’ is dominating the world. But really, this University’s study proves to show this belief is incorrect and the EDL are merely propagating and exaggerating these beliefs onto others.

Conspiracy theories have already begun.

False information and fear feed the views and ideologies of the EDL, as even we have analysed in an earlier article before providing an example from the American Defense League (ADL). Click here to read it.

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