“Thirty years ago it was the Irish. If that is where the threat is coming from, deal with the threat.”

It is simple common sense, but Labour MP Khalid Mahmood says “He’s effectively saying ‘everyone is game — if they look like a Muslim then they must be a terrorist.'” The Muslim Council of Britain says “This is the very definition of Islamophobia.”

All right. But he didn’t actually say that anyone who looks like a Muslim “must be a terrorist.” He said that everyone who looks like a Muslim should be checked, as “that is where the threat is coming from.” Is that not true? And if recognizing it is “the very definition of Islamophobia” and thus to be eschewed, what are we to do? Refrain from checking people who look like Muslims for fear of being “Islamophobic”? And what will the MCB say if a jihad terrorist slips by in that eventuality? (Why, they’ll likely say that Muslims are victims and that their communities need more government money so that this kind of thing won’t happen.)

“‘WHO ARE THE BOMBERS?’ Ryanair boss sparks outrage by demanding extra anti-terror checks on Muslim men because ‘that’s where the threat is,’” by Joe Duggan, The Sun, February 21, 2020: