Gerard Batten quoted on book sold by ally of Tommy Robinson who claims Islam is ‘antichrist’The Ukip leader, Gerard Batten, has endorsed a “factually incorrect and fundamentally offensive” book that claims Islam is fighting for “the destruction of western civilisation”. The book, Understand Islam in Under an Hour, is being sold by a close ally of the anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson and was distributed at Ukip’s party conference in September. It describes Islam as an “expansionist, intolerant and totalitarian ideology” that “cannot co-exist peacefully in a multicultural, western, free or liberal society”. Two Muslim scholars said the 99-page book was littered with factual inaccuracies, “blatant lies” and multiple Qur’anic verses taken out of context. Inman said the book was a “superb summary of the major threat to western civilisation in the 21st century”.

Source: The Guardian April 17, 2019 15:10 UTC