The witless Express — and the even more witless UK authorities — doubtless don’t know that what Fadel Soliman is saying about beating disobedient women is straight out of the Qur’an (4:34), and so cannot by their definition be “extremist,” but that is just one aspect of the failure of those authorities. Fadel Soliman said, “After passing through two stages of non-physical interaction, the next stage must involve something physical, in order to escalate the intensity of the warning. The true implication of the spanking is to sound an alarm that the husband has passed to a new stage of serious displeasure.” That was fine with British authorities; he was admitted into the country and is touring universities, giving talks. Saudi Sheikh Mohammed al-Arefe has said: “Devotion to jihad for the sake of Allah, and the desire to shed blood, to smash skulls, and to sever limbs for the sake of Allah and in defense of His religion, is, undoubtedly, an honor for the believer. Allah said that if a man fights the infidels, the infidels will be unable to prepare to fight.” That was fine with British authorities, and he, too, was admitted into the country. Meanwhile, I said he was banned for saying: “[Islam] is a religion and is a belief system that mandates warfare against unbelievers for the purpose for establishing a societal model that is absolutely incompatible with Western society,” and for that, according to the UK Home Office, I was banned.

Britain, in short, has gone mad.

“Muslim preacher who ‘said husbands should hit their wives’ allowed to tour UK universities,” by Fraser Moore, Express, January 9, 2016: