We must stop defending Islam February 24, 2019 Jed Lea-Henry Our politicians must stop acting liking over-protective parents, jumping blindly to the defence of Islam – and by doing so, inflicting more harm than good. When a parent instinctively defends a child, it’s a psychological response to a feeling that the child is incapable of self-defending or too young for personal growth. And as such, our response to Islamic terrorism is all too often an insult to the faith itself – a faith that needs to, and is more than capable of, defending itself.