by Inaya Folarin Iman, Telegraph
We have a lot to learn from countries like Egypt and the UAE
In recent weeks, something extraordinary has happened in Gaza. Ordinary Palestinians have taken to the streets to protest against Hamas.
These are not abstract calls for regime change but acts of courage in the face of real danger. One man, Uday Al Rabbay, was reportedly butchered and had his body dumped outside his parents’ home for taking part in the protest.
Yet, despite the risk, many Gazans are beginning to voice what has long been unspeakable – Hamas is not their saviour. It is their oppressor.
They live under a regime that hides weapons in schools and hospitals, diverts foreign aid, indoctrinates children, and rules by terror. For those under the rule of Hamas, brutality is neither distant nor theoretical. The revolution that many Gazans long for is not exclusively against Israel; it is also against the death cult that governs them.
Now compare that to Britain. Over the past eighteen months, including on October 7 itself, British streets have filled with protesters who celebrate the massacre of Israeli civilians as an act of “resistance”. In London, chants of “Zionists, out, out!” have been shouted in Arabic. These are not cries for justice. They signal allegiance to an ideology of annihilation.
The irony of this could not be more stark. As parts of the Muslim world turn away from Islamist extremism, Britain appears to be incubating it.
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