The Preacher Man

There is a Preacher Man in Leicester (one Riyadh ul Haq) who has been scolding his congregation of backsliders.

When a preacher is calling on his followers to renounce, it's because the followers aren't renouncing fast enough or are a bit weak and wobbly about renouncing.  Moses was always telling his captive audience of Israelites to stop worshipping graven images and to have only one invisible God, but as soon as his back was turned for five minutes they would be erecting golden calves and bowing down to them.

The Preacher Man may be that kind of annoying back seat driver who tells you to go left at the roundabout when you already were going to go left at the roundabout.  On the other hand he may have a well based suspicion that you are not going to follow his edicts.

So from his list of misdemeanours we can assume that his audience are up to the following:-

• are more concerned about the frequency of bins being emptied than they are about Muslim women being raped and children being massacred;
• befriending the kuffar (unbelievers);
• drinking Coke and eating big Macs (I would agree with him there that is a bad thing to do and they should stop it at once);
• building opera houses - in some countries it seems - no I can't see that happening in Britain;
• celebrating birthdays, mothers day, fathers day and Christmas (doesn't say anything about grumbling at the same time that this is all a commercial racket);

Well that's cheery news for the rest of us who would like to think that the Muslim population are taking up the native ways.  Wait till he starts preaching against:-

• forming stag and hen parties and travelling to piss off the citizens of Prague or Dublin;
• buying celeb mags and scoffing at the cellulite dimpled thighs portrayed within;
• spending Saturday morning at the garden centre and buying winter flowering pansies while dreaming about decking;
• putting out bird feeders and counting the garden birds that arrive there;
• joining the Ramblers Association;
• acquiring property in Spain and stating that you are moving there as there are too many foreigners in Britain for your liking.

The Preacher Man may of course be as out of touch with the life of his congregation as the average vicar is.  He hasn't got a chance.  The lads will be sloping off from the mosque for sly games of football and instead of learning to recite the Koran will be engaged in endless analysis of the faults of the latest striker for Manchester United.