Latest Freemason Conspiracy Theory
21st Century Americans aren't into Freemason conspiracy theories any more, but Brits sure are.
From The Guardian news section:
Freemasons seek injunction against Met policy requiring officers to declare membership
Exclusive: Organisation accuses Sir Mark Rowley of religious discrimination and ‘whipping up conspiracy theories’
Vikram Dodd, Police and crime correspondent [London]
Mon 29 Dec 2025
Freemasons have demanded an emergency injunction from the high court to halt the Metropolitan police’s new policy that orders officers to tell their bosses if they are members of the organisation.
The Freemasons filed papers in London on Christmas Eve and claim the Met’s policy amounts to “religious discrimination” against Freemasons who are also police officers.
They say the Met commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, “is making up the law on the hoof” and accused his force of “whipping up conspiracy theories” about the influence of Freemasons.
The Met has vowed to fight back as it sees the policy as part of its fight to restore trust and credibility, and a case currently under investigation involves claims of masonic influence and alleged wrongdoing.
In December, the Met said anyone who was part or had been a member of a “hierarchical organisation that requires members to support and protect each other”, must declare it.
The force says a survey of its officers and staff shows that two-thirds backed the restriction because it “affects public perception of police impartiality”. There have also been past claims that masonic membership could be linked to corruption.
Media accusations of police corruption with bobbies and gangsters hobnobbing within London Freemason lodges have been recurrent since the 1960s.
… The Freemasons allege the policy introduced in December amounts to religious discrimination as its members are required to have religious faith.
You don’t have to have any particular religious faith to be a Freemason, you just have to have one.
The Roman Catholic church has been anti-Freemason since 1738, with its most recent statement against Freemasonry in 2023.
In general, the Freemasons were more radical in Catholic and Muslim countries. For example, the Young Turk reformers who seized power in the Ottoman Empire in 1908 tended to do much of their conspiring within Masonic lodges, especially in Salonika. The length of time required to ascend the hierarchy made it expensive for the Sultan’s secret police to infiltrate Masonic lodges.
But in Protestant countries …
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