#mashallah

the only thing that was playing through my headphones on that beach trip

For hundreds of years, through your crusades and colonial rule, you kept the Muslim peoples under your control. With armies, with weapons, with torture. And your behavior was always marked by arrogance and excess. You called yourselves Great Britain and had the lion as your symbol. Some of you still believe in this nonsense; it is you who still live in your bubble, who do not see what is happening around you. Look at this photo, maybe it will wake you up, even though it’s already too late for any reaction or resistance. You might think this is somewhere in Pakistan or Bangladesh, yet it is in London, the former heart of your empire. In recent days, Tower Hamlets has become London’s most Muslim borough, as Muslims won 33 of the 45 seats on the council, marking a sharp increase compared to the previous elections. You may see this as a worrying phenomenon, but it is the spark of peaceful—or perhaps not so peaceful—revenge that will spread across the country before you even realize it. Only Allah is Great, not your Britain, as long as you still hold it in your hands.

Soon, we’ll be on the streets of your city and in the narrowest alley of the smallest village in Europe. They say we’re spreading like a virus, but we are the cure—and we are the most powerful cure for the ailing body of an aging and weakened Europe.