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Friday, October 24, 2025

The Islamization of the UK > Muslims getting baptized to become Asylum Seekers

 

The Big Baptism Scam: Muslims in UK ‘Converting to Christianity’ to Become Asylum Seekers


Muslims in the UK have been falsely “converting to Christianity” so that they can claim to be asylum seekers, arguing that if they were now to be returned to their Muslim countries of origin, they would, as Christians, be persecuted. And Christian clergy have been helping them.

More on the Big Baptism Scam can be found here: 


Asylum seekers baptised in migrant hotel bathtubs

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Migrants are being baptised in asylum hotel bathtubs by a Christian charity, The Telegraph can reveal.

Asylum seekers have undergone baptisms in taxpayer-funded accommodation despite concerns that Muslim migrants are only going through the process to gain asylum.

Carelinks Ministries, a registered charity linked to the minority Christadelphian sect, has visited hotels across Britain to conduct baptisms in migrants’ bathrooms….

These are the hotels, mainly located in small villages where these Muslim economic migrants, posing as asylum seekers, live large on the benefits that the generous welfare state lavished on them, emerging only to commit crimes — robberies, drug trafficking, sexual assaults — that have enraged the locals, who have been demanding that the government move the migrants elsewhere.

In now-deleted social media posts, Duncan Heaster, one of its volunteers, is seen travelling around the country to baptise asylum seekers at hotels….

When approached by The Telegraph, Mr Heaster confirmed he conducted bathtub baptisms in asylum hotels.

“I do,” he said. “But that’s not the main thrust of what I do. I’m not interested in getting involved in the debate of ‘are these people sincere, are they just doing it to get leave to remain?’ and that sort of thing.”…

No, he doesn’t want to be involved in that debate over the sincerity of these Muslims “converting” to Christianity, because he knows perfectly well that these bathtub baptisms are suspect, the conversions a farce in which he is complicit.

He added: “Neither I nor Carelinks are involved in the applications for asylum. We consider that this is a separate issue for the individuals, and that it is necessary for them to convince the tribunal that their conversion to Christianity is valid.”

He’s too easy on himself. He knows that these sudden “conversions” by Muslims have nothing to do with any real acceptance, or indeed with any knowledge, of Christianity, but consist solely of a quick submersion in a bathtub while a clergyman intones the right words. Of course it’s a farce, and of course Mr. Heaster, the volunteer for Carelinks who has been conducting many of these “baptisms,” knows it.

A spokesman for Carelinks said: “Carelinks takes no part in the process of helping any individual to claim asylum….

What a strange remark. When Carelinks sends out people to baptize a Muslim so that he can present himself as newly converted to Christianity, surely that helps him to claim asylum.

In one case, an Iranian migrant living at a hotel in Stockport, was baptised at the town’s baptist church two days after he knocked on its front door to request it.

Rev Steve Hough, the church’s minister, spoke to the man who introduced himself as “Ali” with the help of Google Translate before deciding there was “no good reason why I shouldn’t baptise him.”

“No good reason” not to baptize “Ali”? What about the strong suspicion that “Ali” knew next to nothing about Christianity, and wanted to be baptized as quickly as possible only in order to support his claim for asylum? Did Rev. Hough not think he should interrogate “Ali” to find out what, if anything, he knew about Christianity before agreeing to baptize him?

A spokesman for the church accepted the speed of the baptism was “unusual” but said the migrant showed “sincerity” and “commitment” to Christianity, adding that “decisions about asylum claims rest entirely with the Home Office and the immigration system, which we trust carefully and stringently investigate all professions of faith.”…

How did this migrant show his “sincerity” in his conversion of Christianity? Did he look deeply sincere? Utter a “cross my heart and hope to die” asseveration of his Christian faith? And is there the slightest reason to believe that the immigration department and the Home Office can be trusted to “carefully and stringently investigate all professions of faith”?

These clergymen who perform these bathtub baptisms are making it easier for the Muslims involved to claim to have converted to Christianity, meaning they must be allowed to stay as asylum seekers; a return to their Muslim countries would endanger them. Skeptical immigration authorities deny that status to a few of these phony converts. But many more succeed, and are given permission to stay in Britain. After a suitable interval, they can safely “revert” to Islam. Thus do some Christian clergy help swell the ranks of Muslim economic migrants in Great Britain, by aiding their masquerade.

What the immigration authorities in the UK should require of all those Muslims claiming to have converted to Christianity and therefore should be eligible for asylum seeker status, is their passing a detailed examination. They should demonstrate a deep knowledge of the life of Jesus, the nature of his teachings, and familiarity with Church doctrines. Even then, there will be “converts” able to swot up all that information and regurgitate it, but for most Muslims claiming to have embraced Christianity, such an examination will be a great, and possibly insurmountable, hurdle.

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Middle East Madness > $70m makes Pay-for-Slay murderers millionaires; Erdogan determined to lead Islamic army against Jerusalem - The End Times

 

Palestinian Authority paid $70 million to jihad murderers freed in hostage deal


And the EU and other entities shower money on the Palestinian Authority, allowing it to continue to pay jihadis.

PA paid $70 million to terrorists freed in hostage deal, watchdog says

JNS, October 19, 2025:

In the context of the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire that went into effect last week, Israel has released 250 Palestinian terrorists who were serving at least one life sentence for murder. Of those, 160 are now millionaires thanks to the Palestinian Authority’s “pay-for-slay” program, having been paid over 1 million shekels during their imprisonment, according to Palestinian Media Watch.

The 160 released terrorists collectively received at least 229.5 million shekels ($70 million) from the P.A., according to PMW. The other 90 also received a significant sum.

PMW noted that the figure excludes additional stipends for family members, meaning the total payouts were likely far higher.

“The Palestinian Authority ensures that it very much pays to slay,” PMW stated.

“Any government that spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year rewarding terrorists should be designated for what it is—a terror organization,” PMW founder and director Itamar Marcus told JNS.

“Yet the Palestinian Authority, which openly funds and glorifies terrorists, continues to enjoy international legitimacy and generous Western support,” he added.

“Shockingly, instead of cutting ties, the European Union and many European countries partner with the P.A. by paying its civil servants’ salaries—a scheme that frees up the P.A.’s other funds to pay monthly salaries to imprisoned terrorists. This is not legitimate foreign aid; it’s complicity in terror,” he told JNS….

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Erdogan Prays That ‘Zionist Israel’ Be

‘Destroyed and Devastated’


Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli has just condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday (October 29), noting that on March 30, 2025, Erdogan asked that “Zionist Israel” be “destroyed and devastated,” and he accused the Turkish leader of consistently seeking to undermine the Jewish people’s historic bond to Jerusalem. More on Chikli’s condemnation of Erdogan can be found here: 


‘Jihadist in a suit’: Chikli slams Turkish President Erdogan over prayer to destroy Israel,” 

Jerusalem Post, October 20, 2025:

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, highlighting a March 30, 2025 prayer in which Erdogan asked that “Zionist Israel” be “destroyed and devastated,” and accusing the Turkish leader of consistently seeking to undermine the Jewish people’s historic bond to Jerusalem.

In a post on X/Twitter, Chikli wrote that the line, “May Allah, for the sake of His name… destroy and devastate Zionist Israel,” was not uttered by Hamas or Hezbollah, but by Erdogan himself during a public prayer. Israeli and international outlets reported at the time that Erdogan, speaking at Istanbul’s Camlica Mosque at the close of Ramadan, used language translated as a call for Israel’s destruction. Israel condemned the remarks.

Chikli described Erdogan as “a sworn enemy of Israel and the West, a jihadist in a suit,” and pointed to earlier statements by the Turkish leader claiming a special Turkish claim to Jerusalem. On October 1, 2020, Erdogan told Turkey’s parliament: “So Jerusalem is our city. Our first qibla…,” a passage widely reported at the time.

He also referenced Erdogan’s September 2025 comments amid a dispute over the ancient Siloam Inscription, when the Turkish president said, “We will not give even a single pebble belonging to Jerusalem to Israel.” Turkish and regional media covered those remarks at the time.

The Siloam inscription is a major archeological find, made in 1880, that provides a text in ancient Hebrew from the 8th century B.C., about the Jews building a tunnel that brought water from the Spring of Gilon outside Jerusalem into the city. The controversy between Israel and Turkey is that the Siloam Inscription is now in the archeological museum in Istanbul, and Turkey will not return it to Israel, nor even let it be put temporarily on display in Israel.

Chikli’s mention of a Turkish presence “on our northern border” refers to the Turkish military presence in northern Syria; the southern border is a reference to Turkey possibly providing soldiers to help secure Gaza when a government of Arab technocrats replaces Hamas.

Along with Qatar, but to a lesser extent, Turkey has provided refuge for some of Hamas’ senior leadership. Israel opposes Turkey’s involvement in locating the bodies of Israeli hostages because the shared task could bring Turkey and Hamas even closer together.

The End Times

Erdogan, let’s remember, condemned Israel for stopping the Mavi Marmara, a boat that was part of a larger flotilla that in 2010 was dead set on breaking Israel’s blockade of Gaza. He described the Israeli sailors who rappelled down from helicopters to take over the boat as “killers” and demanded reparations from the Israeli government (which were eventually given). Erdogan has also called for a pan-Islamic force to be created to finally destroy the Jewish state, and it was clear that he saw himself as the natural leader of that force. He has also spoken of a future conflict between “the crescent and the cross,” and left no doubt as to which side he was on.

Erdogan clearly sees himself as the 12th Imam, the Mahdi, or the AntiChrist. He may well represent the Gog and Magog. If such is the case, he has to act soon as he is getting on in years. His dream of recreating the Ottoman Empire with himself as Caliph will soon run out of time otherwise.

Despite this disturbing history, Donald Trump likes Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seemingly more than he likes Benjamin Netanyahu. At a recent meeting with Erdogan, he said: “It’s a pleasure to be with President Erdogan of Turkey, and we’ve been friends for a long time.” “He’s a fantastic man” and “a guy who’s been a friend of mine for a long time. I don’t know why I like the tough people better than the soft, easy ones. This gentleman from a place called Turkey is one of the most powerful in the world… He’s a tough cookie — but he’s my friend.”

Will Trump continue to be impressed with that “tough cookie” who has prayed to Allah to destroy Israel, who proudly proclaimed that he would be ready to lead a Muslim army to fight the Jews, and is equally ready to lead the forces of the Crescent against those of the Cross?

Or will he come to his senses about the antisemitic and anti-Infidel padishah in his 1,150-room Ak Saray, or White Palace, on the banks of the Bosphorus, and make sure that whatever happens in Gaza, Erdogan will not be part of it?

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Islam in India > Uttarakhand Abolishes Madrasa Board - State will control minority education

 

India: Uttarakhand Government Abolishes Madrasa Board


The Uttarakhand government has passed the Uttarakhand Minority Education Bill, 2025, which introduces sweeping reforms to overhaul the administration of minority-run educational institutions across the state.

Dissolving the existing Madrasa Education Board, the law repeals the Uttarakhand Madrasa Education Board Act of 2016, and the Non-Government Arabic and Persian Madrasa Recognition Rules of 2019; both will cease to exist on July 1, 2026.

The government will establish a new body, the State Authority for Minority Education (USAME), which will ensure compliance with infrastructure, safety, and academic standards, while mandating affiliation with the Uttarakhand Board of School Education. Institutions will also be required to adopt the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) under India’s New Education Policy of 2020.

The unrecognized madrassas have until July 1, 2026 to register under the new framework, and failure to comply may result in closure. The state currently has about 450 to 500 recognized madrasas, with roughly as many estimated to be unregistered. Over the past year, the state has closed more than 170 unrecognized madrasas in districts such as Haridwar, Dehradun, Nainital, and Udham Singh Nagar, describing the step as an effort to bring transparency and accountability to minority education.

The restructuring aims to integrate minority schools run on religious doctrines into the mainstream education system. This will bring madrasas under a formalized framework, helping to regulate funding, teacher qualifications, and safety standards while curbing unregistered, illegal, and suspicious activities.

In recent years, several incidents across India have drawn attention to jihadist elements connected with madrasas, and madrasas being linked to jihad activities, including rioting and terror activities. These involvements have further intensified the debate around regulation, oversight, and alert supervision.

In 2020, the National Investigation Agency arrested Abdul Momin Mondal, a teacher at Raipur Darul Huda Islamia Madrassa in Murshidabad, West Bengal, on charges of recruiting for an al-Qaeda module and attempting to recruit youth for jihad. He was accused of organizing meetings and raising funds for jihad terror-linked operations in eastern India.

In 2022, Assam Police arrested Abdus Sobahan, a madrasa teacher from Goalpara district, for alleged links with the Bangladesh-based outfit Ansar ul-Islam, which is believed to be affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). He was reportedly part of a local cell promoting Islamic jihad. That same year, another madrasa teacher, Saiful Islam alias Suman, was arrested for involvement in the same network. Following his arrest, authorities demolished the Jamiul Huda Islamic Academy for its alleged terror links. It was also reportedly an illegal construction.

In September 2022, police in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, detained Qari Abdul Wahid, a madrasa instructor accused of passing sensitive information about security installations to Pakistan-based handlers associated with a group called the Kashmir Janbaz Force.

Assam’s Special Task Force made multiple arrests related to Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) cells in 2024 and 2025 that aimed to curb cross-border jihad networks believed to be operating in the state. Police reports indicated that several of those detained had associations with local madrasas or had Islamic academic roles.

Not only teachers, but several madrasa students and madrasa-linked minors have also been found involved in incidents of stone-throwing, rioting, and violent protests in recent years.

During protests over the prophet remark in 2022, there were reports that madrasa students chanted slogans, raised placards, and in areas including Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, took part in stone-throwing incidents; according to police, some students from madrasas were identified in CCTV footage connected to the unrest.

In September 2023, in Kheda district in Gujarat, an FIR named individuals who threw stones and bricks from the rooftop of a madrasa and neighboring buildings during a Hindu religious procession, with police officers among the injured and dozens of accused arrested under sections of the IPC for communal violence.

In November 2023, police confirmed that three minors affiliated with a local madrasa were detained for throwing stones at a group of Hindu women participating in the “Kuan Pujan” ritual in Nuh, Haryana; the women reported injuries, and the maulvi of the madrasa was summoned for questioning.

In February 2024, in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, violent clashes erupted after an unauthorized madrasa was abolished. Rioters took to stone-throwing at police personnel and municipal officials, set vehicles ablaze, and injured many.

These numerous cases of jihad- and terror-linked activities emerging from some madrasas have underscored the need for greater oversight that the new law of Uttarakhand aims to cover. This stands as an exemplary action by the state government which remains to be adapted by other Indian states that suffer from instances of Islamic jihad activity regularly.