By Lewis Loflin
In discussing incidents like the one below, where Islamic radicalism plays a role, I urge readers not to blame all Muslims for these atrocities. Most Muslims are not extremists, and painting them as such only fuels division. We must also reject the anti-Western hate that radical groups peddle, which poisons minds and drives violence in places like Britain. Instead, let’s support reformers within Islam who seek to challenge these ideologies and build a peaceful coexistence. The focus should be on justice and understanding, not blanket condemnation.
Keith Brown, a father of seven and activist for the British National Party (BNP), was killed by his 49-year-old Muslim neighbor, Habib Khan. Khan, who had argued with Brown before, rushed from his house with a knife, jumped a fence, and stabbed the 52-year-old Brown in the back, as captured by security cameras (though the stabbing itself was obscured by a van). Brown bled to death in front of his daughter. Khan received an eight-year prison sentence, while Brown was smeared as a racist. In Britain’s cult of multiculturalism, all whites are branded racists.
Critics yell the BNP is racist, but why isn’t black pride or Asian pride labeled the same? Why is anything white deemed racist? Brown’s Jamaican neighbor said he wasn’t racist, yet one Khan defender claimed: “8 years for defending your family and your property after suffering years of racial abuse and hostility… is a miscarriage of justice. Free Habib Khan.” Brown was stabbed in the back. Another asked: “If the BNP supporter had killed the Muslim, would it have received such low-key coverage? Make your own mind up, but in multicultural Britain, I think we all know whose lives are worth more.”
His daughter, Bianca Barker, testified: “She saw her father bleeding to death on the pavement outside… in the yard next door, Habib Khan, his wife, and a teenage girl were laughing.” She returned outside to see her brother, Ashley Barker, being hit over the head with a metal bar by one of Khan’s sons. Two of Khan’s sons, aged 24 and 26, were involved, and one of Brown’s sons was also injured. The judge decided Khan didn’t intend serious harm, justifying the light sentence—yet others claim Brown was attacking one of Khan’s armed sons on their property.
Judge Simon Tonking stated: “Both Mr. Brown and his son were involved in acts of racial aggression towards members of the Khan family, one of which led to Ashley Barker being convicted of an offense of assault causing actual bodily harm against Mr. Khan in August 2006.” He added, reducing the charges: “It should be said that the jury’s verdict was entirely respectable and understandable on the evidence.” Khan should face death; instead, he’ll be out in three years.
From the press (May 13, 2008):
Mr. Brown’s death was recorded by security cameras at Khan’s house. The footage, played in court, showed an altercation near Mr. Brown’s front gate involving him and the Saddique brothers. It then shows Khan jumping over the fence between the properties and going toward the struggle. The alleged stabbing isn’t shown due to a parked van, but around 20 seconds later, Khan is seen coming around the back of the van and handing what Mr. Davis claimed was a knife to a woman.
I won’t bother with biased press reports. Here are some highlights, minus political correctness.
August 30, 2008
The family of BNP activist Keith Brown, knifed to death by his Muslim neighbor Habib Khan, has slammed the killer’s eight-year sentence. Khan was cleared of murder after a two-week trial at Stafford Crown Court but convicted of manslaughter, as he didn’t intend to kill or seriously injure the 52-year-old Brown.
Ms. Barker said: “There has been no justice done; we knew it wasn’t going to happen. Mr. Khan had a panic button installed; Mr. Brown didn’t. Both should’ve been treated equally. When it was our family, nothing was done. The police let us down. The Khans can move on; my children and I will never forget that day. It’s a disgrace.”
Khan’s son, Khazir Saddique, 26, of Trentham Road, admitted wounding Ashley Barker by hitting him with a wheel brace and was jailed for two years. If Khan had died, it’d likely be a race crime with a harsher penalty.
August 30, 2008
BNP leaders in Stoke-on-Trent accused the government of favoring ethnic minorities after their activist was stabbed. “This sentence bears no relation to justice. We’re outraged at this betrayal. The BNP won’t take it lying down. We’ll campaign and make a massive impact. We’re planning a rally on September 20 in the city with up to 400 members distributing leaflets about this case. The regime favors ethnic minorities, with police going soft on them and hard on the indigenous population. This is the start of a national campaign.”
Hundreds attended the peaceful BNP rally, which holds nine seats on Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Yet multiculturalism attacked it again. Mick Temple, a professor at Staffordshire University, said it gave the area a bad name: “In the north, like Oldham and Burnley, there’ve been violent clashes over the last decade—not here. Despite the BNP’s success, most see Khan killing Brown as an isolated racist incident, not widespread tension.” Brown, being white, had to be the racist.
Ref: www.timesonline.co.uk, August 29, 2008. Visit the BNP website at http://bnp.org.uk/. This website doesn’t endorse the BNP.
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I’d like to thank Grok, an AI by xAI, for helping me format and refine this article. The final edits and perspective are my own. —Lewis Loflin
