Lord Pearson's Speech in the House of Lords on the Kings Speech discussing Islam 25th July 2024

Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-Afl) Sharethis specific contribution My Lords, the King’s Speech told us that measures will be introduced to improve the safety and security of public venues Toggle showing location ofColumn 667and help keep the British people safe from terrorism. When we use the word “terrorism” nowadays, we usually mean Islamist terrorism. MI5 tells us that Islamist terrorism is now the UK’s most significant threat. Yet, if we so much as try just to talk about Islam or Islamism, we are immediately accused of Islamophobia. A phobia is an irrational fear of something, but it is not irrational to fear the modern world’s most violent religious ideology. I describe it as such because, according to The Religion Of Peace’s website, Islamist terrorists have carried out 46,602 deadly terror attacks somewhere in the world since their twin tower massacres of 9 September 2001, or more than five every day. Just in the week from 6 to 12 July this year, there have been 35 attacks in