{"id":3531,"date":"2025-12-14T12:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2025-12-14T12:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:13:21","slug":"shabana-mahmood-dismisses-white-houses-civilisational-erasure-claims-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3531","title":{"rendered":"Shabana Mahmood dismisses White House\u2019s \u2018civilisational erasure\u2019 claims | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The US government\u2019s claims that Europe faces \u201ccivilisational erasure\u201d because of mass migration are an attempt to score political points against Muslims, the home secretary has suggested.<\/p>\n

Shabana Mahmood dismissed the idea that European civilisation and national identities were under threat because of migration and said the UK had managed the challenges of multiculturalism \u201cvery well\u201d.<\/p>\n

Her comments are the strongest response from a government minister so far to Donald Trump\u2019s national security strategy.<\/p>\n

The strategy, published earlier this month<\/a>, triggered alarm with its wide-ranging attack on European governments and suggestion that the US should promote \u201cpatriotic\u201d political parties.<\/p>\n

Asked by Trevor Phillips on Sky News to respond to the strategy and its implicit criticism of Muslims in Europe, Mahmood said: \u201cOthers will want to make political points about whether there\u2019s too many Muslims in Europe or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I would say is we\u2019re the sort of country that allows people to have the calling of their own conscience to live their own life free, but also has common rules that we all live by so that we live in peace together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The home secretary said she was \u201cvery proud to be a citizen of a country that is as diverse as we are\u201d and added: \u201cWe are a multifaith, multi-ethnic country. I think that we have managed the challenges very well compared to other countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not to say that we don\u2019t have work to do on integration, on the pace of change in our communities. It\u2019s why I\u2019m looking very closely at not just illegal migrants into our country but legal migration as well, to make sure it\u2019s done in a way that retains public confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump\u2019s security strategy calls for the restoration of \u201cwestern identity\u201d and claims that Europe will be \u201cunrecognisable in 20 years or less\u201d and faces the \u201cstark prospect of civilisational erasure\u201d.<\/p>\n

It says the US wants \u201cEurope to remain European\u201d and \u201cregain its civilisational self-confidence\u201d. It celebrates the influence of \u201cpatriotic European parties\u201d and says \u201cAmerica encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit\u201d.<\/p>\n

The strategy appears to endorse attempts to influence politics on the continent, saying that US policy should prioritise \u201cresistance to Europe\u2019s current trajectory within European nations\u201d.<\/p>\n

The UK government has been careful not to directly criticise Trump over the document and Keir Starmer, the prime minister, has said he would always stand up for Europe\u2019s \u201clongstanding values of freedom and democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Seema Malhotra, a Foreign Office minister, insisted in the Commons this week<\/a> that although the government disagreed with aspects of the strategy, the US remained a trusted and valuable ally.<\/p>\n

Sadiq Khan, who has repeatedly faced personal attacks from Trump, told LBC radio \u201cwe\u2019ve seen in the UK a massive increase in anti-Muslim hatred\u201d. The mayor of London added: \u201cWhen President Trump says some of the things he does \u2026 he normalises and brings to the mainstream views that I think are unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mahmood, who has spoken about how being a Muslim guides her in public service, said her faith was \u201cthe reason why I want to serve my country and do my best to make our country a better place for millions of people\u201d.<\/p>\n

Asked whether she thought the UK was ready for a Muslim prime minister, she replied: \u201cThat\u2019s not a thing that I can predict for the future but what I can tell you is you have a Muslim home secretary \u2026 and I think that shows the art of the possible in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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