{"id":2627896,"date":"2026-07-10T09:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-real-citizen-vigilantes-roaming-europe-are-armed-muslims-imposing-sharia-law\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:28:36","slug":"the-real-citizen-vigilantes-roaming-europe-are-armed-muslims-imposing-sharia-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-real-citizen-vigilantes-roaming-europe-are-armed-muslims-imposing-sharia-law\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real\u00a0&#8216;Citizen Vigilantes&#8217;\u00a0Roaming Europe Are Armed Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-real-citizen-vigilantes-roaming-europe-are-armed-muslims-imposing-sharia-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2627896&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article explores the controversy surrounding Uwe Boll\u2019s film <em>Citizen vigilante<\/em>, which depicts violent revenge against Muslims, sparking debates about violence, racism, and copycat crimes. Beyond the fictional violence, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >piece highlights real-world vigilante activities<\/a> by Muslims across Europe, who claim they are acting in self-defense but frequently enough operate with impunity. In the UK, some Muslim groups advocate for organized defensive training and patrols, framing themselves as protectors in response to perceived threats and anti-Muslim narratives. Instances like a Scottish attacker shouting anti-Muslim slogans during an assault and Muslim patrols in London enforcing their own version of law illustrate this trend. The article points out a double standard where Muslim vigilante groups are tolerated or even supported while similar white groups face criminalization. It also discusses efforts by some Muslims to form self-protection gangs and the political implications, suggesting a growing polarization and parallel vigilante movements within Europe\u2019s multicultural landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>German director Uwe Boll\u2019s new hit movie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2026\/07\/02\/citizen-vigilante-and-the-folly-of-censorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Citizen Vigilante<\/em><\/a>, in which (spoiler alert!) actor Armie Hammer shoots dead an entire family of Muslim immigrants in retaliation for one of their number\u2019s brutal rape of a native white woman somewhere in continental Europe, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/02\/citizen-vigilante-aims-wildly-popular-punisher-genre-at-migrant-invaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversial<\/a> for many reasons: its violence, its alleged \u201cracism,\u201d and its supposed potential to inspire copycat crimes. <\/p>\n<p>An issue that should be causing far more controversy than the mere fictional vigilante violence depicted on-screen, however, may be the potential for real-life vigilante violence occurring off-screen, performed by Europe\u2019s millions of imported Muslims. All over the continent in recent years, Muslims have been forming their own <em>Citizen Vigilante<\/em>-like mobs, which they claim are purely for innocent purposes of self-protection. I would suggest this is an issue of rather more valid public concern than a made-up movie in which a made-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congrats-to-the-media-for-finally-finding-a-white-supremacist\/\" title=\"Congrats To The Media For Finally Finding A ... Supremacist\">white man shoots<\/a> some made-up Muslims.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pillars of the Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muslimnetwork.tv\/citizen-vigilante-how-a-banned-film-became-far-rights-latest-weapon-against-muslims-and-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">response<\/a> to Boll\u2019s movie from self-appointed Muslim \u201ccommunity leaders\u201d has focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/citizen-vigilante-complaint-written-uk-regulator-over-anti-migrant-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling it<\/a> Islamophobic or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/could-uk-act-against-anti-muslim-film-citizen-vigilante\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demanding<\/a> its distribution be suppressed. From some such figures in the United Kingdom, however \u2014 home to around 4 million Muslims and counting \u2014 the response has been slightly different. Rather than ban the movie, why not use it as an excellent excuse for setting up a giant nationwide Islamic army?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/5Pillars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5Pillars<\/a> is a popular U.K.-based Islamic news site with half a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neil-patel-how-history-will-view-the-biden-years\/\" title=\"Neil Patel: How History Will View the Biden Years\">million monthly readers<\/a>; if it were published in Urdu, not English, it would probably have more. It also has a regular podcast, <em>Muslims Uncensored<\/em>, which ironically appears to call for <em>Non-Muslims To Be Censored<\/em>. In its <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/5Pillarsuk\/status\/2072636262473769053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">July 2 episode<\/a>, presenters discussed \u201cthe vile new far-right propaganda film Citizen Vigilante,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/unherd.com\/newsroom\/5pillars-editor-calls-for-mass-physical-training-programme-for-muslims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">describing<\/a> it as \u201can anti-Muslim snuff film\u201d that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-private-school-defends-political-violence-tells-white-people-re-educate-yourself\/\" title=\"Texas Private School Defends Political ..., Tells ... People: \u2018Re-Educate Yourself\u2019\">encouraged white people<\/a> to become off-screen anti-Muslim vigilantes themselves, a pattern that was allegedly already playing itself out.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>In late June, a semi-naked white man went on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx2x9j1en29o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the rampage<\/a> with a large blade in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, swiping at random Mecca-lovers. During his arrest, the attacker, in reference to Great Britain\u2019s ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/25\/u-k-s-ruling-labour-party-aided-and-abetted-pakistani-rape-gangs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muslim rape-gang<\/a> scandal, <a href=\"https:\/\/socialistworker.co.uk\/anti-racism\/edinburgh-anti-racists-speak-out-after-islamophobic-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly shouted<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m protecting the country from these f-cking Muslim b-stards raping our young daughters!\u201d Was the shirtless avenger copying Armie Hammer? That\u2019s the basic implication \u2014 even though <em>Citizen Vigilante<\/em> has not yet even been released in the U.K., meaning the man would have been imitating something he couldn\u2019t have seen at the time.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>From Pillars to Post<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To protect themselves from such supposedly celluloid-influenced crimes, <a href=\"https:\/\/5pillarsuk.com\/about\/our-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roshan Salih<\/a>, the founding editor of 5Pillars, <a href=\"https:\/\/unherd.com\/newsroom\/5pillars-editor-calls-for-mass-physical-training-programme-for-muslims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> that U.K. Muslim \u201cresources do need to be put into confronting the far-Right \u2014 in a peaceful way \u2014 at street level.\u201d But, to enjoy peace, you must prepare for what sounds alarmingly like war, even if presented as being purely defensive in nature: \u201cWe need to have a mass physical training program within the Muslim community, every single mosque providing that training, every single community center, money being poured into physically training Muslims.\u201d Here\u2019s a 5Pillars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/5pillarsuk\/posts\/every-muslim-living-in-the-uk-must-learn-how-to-defend-themselves-men-women-and-\/1472626024911341\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook summary<\/a> of Salih\u2019s argument:<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>And here are some representative responses to the post from members of the general British public:<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s true. If a white English person wrote this, the police (or \u201cOld Bill,\u201d as they are colloquially known in England) would indeed be at their door \u201cin a flash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, for example, after witnessing online footage of an Islamist slitting the throat of an Australian priest, an Englishman named Jonjo Hooper had visited his local clergyman to ask, \u201cAre we Christians supposed to take a stand?\u201d \u2014 by which he meant a <em>rhetorical<\/em> stand, not a <em>violent<\/em> one. But the priest, apparently thinking Hooper might be about to go all <em>Citizen Vigilante<\/em> himself, had seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-13344099\/Police-visit-Christian-telling-believers-rise-Islamist-stabbed-bishop-Australia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> his parishioner to the cops.<\/p>\n<p>The cops soon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.takimag.com\/article\/the-total-lack-of-any-independent-thought-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">turned up<\/a> on Hooper\u2019s doorstep, accompanied by a mental health worker, the clear implication being that, if he didn\u2019t stop criticizing Islam, he would end up locked inside a mental home. Hooper accused officers of practicing \u201cChristianophobia,\u201d complaining, \u201cYou can\u2019t even have an opinion now without the police turning up; this is a police state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhimmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dhimmified<\/a>\u201d two-tier British Police Force does indeed now suffer Christiano<em>phobia<\/em>, however, it simultaneously also suffers from Islamo<em>philia<\/em>, or love of that imported religion. This can be seen from other events in 2024, when, following extensive England-wide anti-immigrant protests, Muslim vigilantes in the town of Stoke-on-Trent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPointUK\/status\/1819771625979428934?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">armed <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ReasonedUK\/status\/1819817799180779863?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">themselves<\/a> with clubs, blades and poles, wandering the streets expecting trouble. They certainly encountered no trouble from one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1595750590680335\/posts\/3749897571932282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apparently<\/a> Muslim police liaison officer on the scene, caught on camera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/08\/05\/police-review-liaison-officer-muslims-weapons-mosque\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcing via loudspeaker<\/a> that:    <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>We will work with you guys for the best solution. \u2026 If there are any weapons or anything like that [in your possession], then what I would do is discard them at the mosque. Don\u2019t give anybody any reason to have any interaction with the police, so if there\u2019s any weapons, get rid of them, we are not going to arrest anybody. You don\u2019t want us to make arrests or start dispersing people. Is that alright?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Upping the (Vigil)Ante<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What would the officer have done if they\u2019d said, \u201cNo, it\u2019s not alright\u201d and began chopping up passers-by instead? Probably called in the BBC, who gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c1k3npmm7n8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">glowing write-ups<\/a> about other similar groups that sprouted in 2024 to guard mosques across the nation, portraying them as selfless victims of white racism, and quoting members saying things like these:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>We don\u2019t want war, and we\u2019re not asking for all this to happen. But this country [i.e., Britain] belongs to us as much to them [i.e., the British]. We were born here, our parents were born here. \u2026 So I think we\u2019ve got as much right as anybody else to call this country [ours].<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some white British people may say that\u2019s the whole problem: Imported Muslims really do think the country is theirs now. London, home to 1.3 million Muslims, now has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-nba-is-investigating-after-g-league-player-jeremy-lin-says-he-was-called-coronavirus-on-court\/\" title=\"The NBA Is Investigating After G-League Player Jeremy Lin Says He Was Called \u2018Coronavirus\u2019 On Court\">long-term problem<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rcsG-u2GtZE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vigilante<\/a> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muslim_patrol_incidents_in_London\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muslim Patrols<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdityaRajKaul\/status\/1820189436216578277?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muslim Defense Leagues<\/a>.\u201d Members of the most notorious of these groups were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2013\/dec\/06\/muslim-vigilantes-jailed-sharia-law-attacks-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jailed<\/a> in 2014 for harassing couples holding hands and beating up men drinking alcohol whilst shouting they were there to \u201cenforce sharia law \u2026 in Allah\u2019s land\u201d and to \u201ckill the non-believers.\u201d You can find similar vigilante outfits in Uwe Boll\u2019s homeland of Germany these days too; in 2016, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2016\/nov\/21\/germany-sharia-police-court-ruling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">German court ruled<\/a> such outfits were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-court-acquits-seven-members-of-wuppertals-shariah-police\/a-36472883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">perfectly legal<\/a>.    <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in 2022, intimidating Muslim bands across Britain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5Pillarsuk\/status\/1533439270400278531?s=20&#038;t=GZ72rD3ONlTE4U8OvNgDHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blockaded<\/a> cinemas showing <em>The Lady of Heaven<\/em>, a movie about the daughter of the Prophet, which vigilantes deemed \u201cblasphemous,\u201d successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2022\/jun\/07\/uk-cinema-chain-cancels-screenings-of-film-the-lady-of-heaven-after-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">getting it withdrawn<\/a> from distribution. In its own <a href=\"https:\/\/5pillarsuk.com\/2021\/12\/24\/lady-of-heaven-pure-unadulterated-sectarian-filth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">review<\/a>, 5Pillars called the picture \u201cpure, unadulterated sectarian filth.\u201d These same people could easily try the same tactic once <em>Citizen Vigilante<\/em> finally hits U.K. theaters too. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>So long as they don\u2019t actually kill anyone, European Islamic vigilante gangs largely seem to be allowed to operate with impunity on the emotively claimed grounds of \u201cself-defense\u201d from harassment by \u201cdangerous\u201d white people \u2014 even when it is the Muslims who are doing the harassing. Any white self-defense gangs that form in response are automatically deemed neo-Nazis and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/05\/growth-of-far-right-active-clubs-uk-misogyny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demonized<\/a>, however. Admittedly, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-south-yorkshire-66676476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">really are<\/a> neo-Nazis. But, equally, some others are not.<\/p>\n<p>In the northern English town of Rochdale, following the release of notorious regional Pakistani rape-gang leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4gyx0vldrlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shabir Ahmed<\/a> from prison in early July, a self-protection force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/07\/02\/vigilantes-take-streets-grooming-gang-ringleader-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was formed<\/a> by local campaigner Billy Howarth to help Ahmed\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/jul\/02\/release-rochdale-grooming-gang-leader-really-scary-whistleblower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrified former victims<\/a> feel safe. Billy will need to try and keep himself safe \u2014 from the U.K. police force, who will doubtless view his actions as being \u201cracist,\u201d just like those of Jonjo Hooper before him.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s two-tier, pro-Muslim Europe, the only vigilantism to be allowed from henceforth on must be performed not by Armie Hammer\u2019s unacceptably white <em>Citizen Vigilante<\/em>, but by a somewhat less Caucasian <em>Dirty Hari<\/em>. Sticking with the topic of revenge flicks, the U.K. already has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-tyne-44038966\">long-term problem<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2014\/oct\/21\/rochdale-taxi-firm-white-drivers-on-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muslim <em>Taxi Driver(s)<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Steven Tucker is a U.K.-based writer whose work appears regularly on both sides of the Atlantic. His latest book is &#8220;Hitler\u2019s and Stalin\u2019s Misuse of Science.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uwe Boll\u2019s film sparks debate over violence, racism, and vigilantes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1354,"featured_media":2627897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Copy-of-Untitled-2026-07-08T163251.314.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[82527,82528,50349,82526],"class_list":["post-2627896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-armed-muslims","tag-citizen-vigilantes","tag-european-security","tag-european-vigilantes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Copy-of-Untitled-2026-07-08T163251.314.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627900,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627896\/revisions\/2627900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}