I am writing this article from abroad because I do not currently feel safe in Britain, the country of my birth and where I grew up. Why? Because I have written books and articles exposing and warning about the danger of Islamism in the UK.

I am not alone in feeling threatened. Many of our media organisations, universities, charities, government departments and judges live in fear of offending an extremist underworld, which has been strengthened by the disaster of the Israel-Gaza war. The Bondi beach attack is only its latest manifestation.

Ten years ago, the Conservative government was willing to confront Islamist extremism when it commissioned a review into the Muslim Brotherhood. But now the Tory party is weak, anti-immigration politics are on the rise and the government party is split.

Extremist actors are stepping into the void. In America, Nick Fuentes has been open in his pronouncements of hate against immigrants, Jews, women and gays. Meanwhile in the UK, Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk regularly attack Britain’s ‘two-tier’ judicial system, rape gangs and illegal immigration.

We must call out Islamists for what they truly are: seditionists committed to treason

The Muslim world, meanwhile, has its own far-right: the Muslim Brotherhood from Egypt and the Jamaat-e-Islami from Pakistan. They too hate Jews, gays, women, non-Muslims ­– and especially normal Muslims such as me who disagree with their extremist interpretation of Islam.

In Britain, this........

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