The Narratives – Mohamed Miah

Mohamed Miah | The Narratives

The Enemy of Hate

There’s a truth Britain keeps swallowing but never saying out loud: Muslims were never the enemy of this country. We are a threat only to the forces that have been poisoning it — racism, fascism, hatred, division, dehumanisation. These things cannot flourish where Islam is allowed to breathe. And maybe that’s why some people work so hard to paint us as the danger. We challenge their ideology, not the British public. The more I sit with it, the clearer it becomes.

Sharia The Greatest Lie Ever Sold

For years, the word “Sharia” has been turned into a political weapon — shouted through cheap microphones, plastered on front pages, and treated like a foreign army preparing to storm Downing Street. But Sharia isn’t a coup, a takeover, or a threat to British law. It is a moral framework built on dignity.

It calls us to feed the hungry, help the weak, pray sincerely, give charity quietly, honour neighbours, resist injustice, stand against racism, live with integrity, seek God’s pleasure and remain accountable for our actions. If that terrifies someone, then the fear isn’t of Muslims. It’s the fear of being confronted with their own hate.

Fascism cannot coexist with compassion. Racism suffocates beside humility. Greed withers in a culture built on charity. Perhaps that is why the lie must be kept alive.

One bad to hide the millions of good

We see the script every day. One criminal or extremist becomes the justification to smear an entire community. But when a far-right extremist commits a hate crime, it becomes “mental health.” When a racist politician is exposed, it’s dismissed as “a mistake.” When the powerful do wrong, it suddenly becomes “complicated.”

This is not coincidence. It’s strategy. If Britain ever saw the truth of Muslim life — the charity, the neighbourly warmth, the discipline, the family values — the far-right narrative would collapse in minutes. They don’t need us to be perfect; they need us to be monsters. Because monsters justify fear.

Britain is ignoring its strongest ally

Imagine if Britain genuinely partnered with Muslim communities — not surveillance, not staged Iftar selfies, not token consultations — but real cooperation. The transformation would be immediate. Muslims are organised, disciplined, rooted in community, anchored by family, anti-racist, anti-fascist and protective of the vulnerable.

This is free social infrastructure already built into daily life. Meanwhile politicians deliver speeches about “British values,” “community cohesion,” and “supporting families,” while Muslims quietly live those same principles without cameras or applause. We don’t act for votes or headlines. We act because Allah commands compassion, justice and dignity.

Why we need this narrative now

Britain is drifting through a moment of deep moral confusion. People are lonelier, angrier, and more easily manipulated than ever before. Public trust is collapsing. Institutions feel hollow. Communities feel disconnected. And in that vacuum, fear becomes a currency — traded by tabloids, amplified by politicians, weaponised by those who profit from division.

According to monitoring groups, Islamophobic assaults in the UK surged by around 73% in 2024, the highest number recorded.

In a high-profile interview on Sky News, Nigel Farage claimed a “growing number” of young British Muslims do “not subscribe to British values.” And in a separate controversy, Robert Jenrick said that in a visit to the Handsworth area of Birmingham he “didn’t see another white face,” describing it as “not the kind of country I want to live in.”

These aren’t isolated events — they are snapshots of a national narrative in crisis. Without truth, a nation becomes vulnerable to the loudest liar in the room. Without moral clarity, people cling to whoever shouts the simplest story. This narrative is needed because Britain is starving for honesty — and Muslims are being used to feed the nation’s fear instead of its conscience.

Fighting the very values it needs

This isn’t about Islam as dominance or political power. It’s about recognising that the values Islam cultivates — community, purpose, humility, compassion, responsibility and integrity — are the very things Britain is starving for. In a country drowning in loneliness, hopelessness and political theatre, these values are not foreign. They are oxygen. Yet Britain keeps choosing fear over breathing.

Stop faking it

Every political party performs its own theatre. The left performs inclusion. The centre performs balance. The right performs patriotism. But all three bend towards far-right talking points the moment the tabloids growl. Meanwhile Muslims quietly live the virtues politicians rehearse — checking on neighbours, feeding the poor, supporting families, visiting the sick, burying the dead and confronting racism without hashtags or applause.

They perform virtue. We practise it. And that is precisely why we’re kept at a distance. True partnership would expose the superficiality of their “values.”

Make friends with Islam

This isn’t about converting, surrendering or bowing. It is about understanding and respect. Muslims are not the threat; we are the shield against what is rising in this country. The far-right doesn’t fear Islam because they think Muslims are extreme. They fear Islam because it stands firmly against racism, supremacy, hatred, dehumanisation, oppression, moral decay and the bullying of the weak.

We don’t bow to hate or bend to fascism. We don’t worship race, nation or ideology. We bow only to Allah. That alone makes us one of the strongest barriers to the darkness spreading in Britain today.

So of course they need us to be the enemy. Because if Britain ever chose to truly see us — to work with us, to embrace the values we embody — hate wouldn’t stand a chance.

Sources

Nigel Farage on Muslims and “British values” – Sky News

Robert Jenrick “no white faces” comments in Birmingham – The Guardian

Rise in Islamophobic incidents and assaults in the UK – Tell MAMA / national press reports

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