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Bradford leaders speak out in favour of report

Dr Mohammed Iqbal, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Bradford Dr Mohammed Iqbal, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Bradford

Muslim leaders in Bradford have defended a counter-extremism programme which a committee claimed had “stigmatised and alienated” Muslims.

A report by the Communities and Local Government committee said the Government’s Prevent strategy, which aims to address the root causes of radicalisation and protect vulnerable individuals, had tainted many positive projects in communities.

The report said many Muslims feared the programme was an attempt to spy on them, but Muslim leaders in Bradford have said overall, the city had benefited from the strategy.

Ishtiaq Ahmed, spokesman of the Bradford Council for Mosques, said: “In some areas of the country I think it may alienate and obviously initially there were areas of concern about the Government’s Prevent strategy – the fact that it was very much targeting some Muslim communities.

“But I think in Bradford we have been able to do some very useful pieces of work looking at the issues around Prevent and how different sections of the community can come together.

“And some of those projects have been directly started within the community and we have been at the forefront of it.

“Initially there was a lot of concern particularly within the Muslim community, that it’s targeting our community, it’s stigmatising the image of the Muslim community and a lot of people were concerned that the Government’s blanket naming of the Muslim community was not a good thing.”

Dr Mohammed Iqbal, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Bradford, said: “If the Prevent strategy honestly and truly looks at the root causes leading to extremism then I think it is a great initiative.”

“Clearly large scale radicalisation of Muslim groups is happening in the Muslim world and this needs to be addressed by the Muslim world and by countries like the UK, which have close links with some of these countries.

“A lot of this radicalisation in the Muslim community is to do with the confused foreign policy the UK and the US are pursuing in areas like the Middle East.”

Comments(74)

albion says...
10:55am Wed 31 Mar 10

Very well said Dr Iqbal, if people have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear.

Lee says...
11:33am Wed 31 Mar 10

A lot of this radicalisation in the Muslim community is to do with the TRILLIONS of petrodollars recieved by areas like the Middle East. i'm sorry blaming the radical emlements on the US / UK is totally ignoring the 1400 year old book most radicals THEMSELVES claim inspired such beliefs, more lies and half truths from supposed moderates ignoring fact.

Avro says...
11:56am Wed 31 Mar 10

Too right they want spying on, cos its not spying on them that has grown a culture of we'll do as we please!

bredandbuttered says...
11:57am Wed 31 Mar 10

“A lot of this radicalisation in the Muslim community is to do with the confused foreign policy the UK and the US are pursuing in areas like the Middle East.”

Yes its an obvious comment but no its just not a satisfactory explanation.
A lot? How much.
Radicalisation? To what degree?
Confused? How so?
Etc etc.

A cheap sound-bite to allay fears that it is in fact religion, and the mind-warping control of people by radical religious leaders of all faiths who don't deserve to walk the same planet as us, that cause radicalisation.

If you weren't religious, and you wanted to live peacefully in this country, and enrich this country, then why would you not ignore those who hate its culture?

I'm not a radical Christian because I don't like Muslim terrorists and their policies in Britain, or indeed Irish or whatever. I just see them as misguided nutters.

Please, I know you mean well, but we're a bit more clued up than that.

freemindz01 says...
12:45pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Firstly, this Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Bradford is the smallest muslim community in the U.K and absolutely do not represent the general muslim community. For views the T & A should consider the views of the Couincil for Mosques for a more true pic representing most muslims in the U.K. Dear Avro, it is the policies of your government which has cused this mess in all communities and has led to white communities being disenfranchised. if you spy on the muslim community then they will retaliate sooner or later! which would you prefer?
Also no muslim organisation should have anything to hide but they also do not want spying on!

Andraste says...
12:54pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Lee wrote:
A lot of this radicalisation in the Muslim community is to do with the TRILLIONS of petrodollars recieved by areas like the Middle East. i'm sorry blaming the radical emlements on the US / UK is totally ignoring the 1400 year old book most radicals THEMSELVES claim inspired such beliefs, more lies and half truths from supposed moderates ignoring fact.
Please stop advocating anti-Islamic views. The majority of Muslims are law-abiding citizens. I work with them and they hate extremism just as any non-Muslim does.
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And I have read the Quran and many sick people (like the racist BNP) twist everything and take things out of context.
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So please stop blaming the average Muslim. The real problem is our foreign policy (as well as that of the US). Illegal wars being waged in Muslim countries doesn't really help anyone.

dan155 says...
1:34pm Wed 31 Mar 10

"So please stop blaming the average Muslim. The real problem is our foreign policy (as well as that of the US). Illegal wars being waged in Muslim countries doesn't really help anyone."

The war in Afghanistan is not illegal, the invasion was sanctioned by the United Nations and is a multinational effort involving dozens of countries. I won't have a religious minority dictating our foreign policy when the UN decides to depose a tyrant.

tjm5 says...
1:42pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Alienated, I will tell you what is alienated in Bradford. The white majority, and eventually we will be forced out as muslims get to do what they want and anyone who challenges is a racist!!!

Andraste says...
1:48pm Wed 31 Mar 10

tjm5 wrote:
Alienated, I will tell you what is alienated in Bradford. The white majority, and eventually we will be forced out as muslims get to do what they want and anyone who challenges is a racist!!!
You sound as if you've been sucked in by the lies of the BNP. Always blaming someone else for your own problems. Get yourself a job like the rest of us and live and let live.

tjm5 says...
1:57pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Never been out of work since graduating from university thank you very much. Also might be worth pointing out that the perception of Bradford outside it's crumbling city limits is of a dead or dying city where people fear to tread. Added to this is the fact that Bradford according to government statistics is the most dangerous city outside of London and is 70% deprived. And would you like to hazard a guess the make up of said deprived areas. Or is stating fact also considered racist!!!!

ms walker says...
2:04pm Wed 31 Mar 10

A lot of the problems in the middle east have come about from western intervention and our king-making policies over decades, supporting and deposing different rulers as it suited us at the time. I'm not surprised that it has backfired so spectacularly.
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The situation in Iran is a classic example of British interference: besides deposing Reza Shah when we invaded with Russia in 1941, we also supported Saddam Hussein when Iraq invaded Iran in 1980. I am no expert in middle-eastern political history but every action begets a reaction. Our politicians and governments have played a big role in destabilising these countries for our own gain.
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We should try to understand the situations that led to this mess in the first place, and look to our own faults as well as pointing out those of other countries.

ms walker says...
2:10pm Wed 31 Mar 10

tjm5 wrote:
Never been out of work since graduating from university thank you very much. Also might be worth pointing out that the perception of Bradford outside it's crumbling city limits is of a dead or dying city where people fear to tread. Added to this is the fact that Bradford according to government statistics is the most dangerous city outside of London and is 70% deprived. And would you like to hazard a guess the make up of said deprived areas. Or is stating fact also considered racist!!!!
You could also hazard a guess that the high percentage of unemployed people in Bangladeshi and Pakistani 'deprived' communities is down to institutional racism - which DOES exist, and has been proven so. But you probably don't want to hear that, do you.
And the perception of a crumbling city is one that people like you are not helping. But then, you live in Wyke...

thecitygent says...
2:21pm Wed 31 Mar 10

The wonderful MsWalker is back. Yawn, the record is stuck. Rather than blame institutional racism you may care to consider the statistics for educational attainment by the Pak and Bengladeshi communities - little wonder that they don't fare too well in the jobs market. The best work ethic in respect of unskilled labour comes from the Poles/east Europeans as mployers will testify. You seem to think that our muslim friends are blameless and have no responsibility for their state of affairs. Blame the indigenous population and its institutions. They were not so unattractive to immigrants in the first place were they?

Joedavid says...
2:21pm Wed 31 Mar 10

What I not understand is when these terrorists, which you describe as extremists, all seem indeed to be described as coming from normal Muslim families.
The Glasgow ones were Doctors!
Why do not the genuine normal muslims separate these people out and hand them over to the Police?

skullzytko786 says...
2:33pm Wed 31 Mar 10

albion wrote:
Very well said Dr Iqbal, if people have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear.
can i remind you that the Ahmadiyya people r classfield as non muslims there have diffirent belives in islam which is out of our league .there r basically KAFIR meaning devils and who the hell r there coming out and running there mouth about islam and muslim communitys. the only place these Ahmadiyya be at these casinoz and brothels and abuse the english system loanz intrest mortgage scamz business loanz scamz basically like the zionist.

skullzytko786 says...
2:37pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Ahmadiyya qadianis means kafir non belivers non muslims

albion says...
2:40pm Wed 31 Mar 10

skullzytko786 wrote:
albion wrote:
Very well said Dr Iqbal, if people have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear.
can i remind you that the Ahmadiyya people r classfield as non muslims there have diffirent belives in islam which is out of our league .there r basically KAFIR meaning devils and who the hell r there coming out and running there mouth about islam and muslim communitys. the only place these Ahmadiyya be at these casinoz and brothels and abuse the english system loanz intrest mortgage scamz business loanz scamz basically like the zionist.
Hmm. sounds very like they are making an attempt to integrate, good on them!

ms walker says...
2:46pm Wed 31 Mar 10

thecitygent wrote:
The wonderful MsWalker is back. Yawn, the record is stuck. Rather than blame institutional racism you may care to consider the statistics for educational attainment by the Pak and Bengladeshi communities - little wonder that they don't fare too well in the jobs market. The best work ethic in respect of unskilled labour comes from the Poles/east Europeans as mployers will testify. You seem to think that our muslim friends are blameless and have no responsibility for their state of affairs. Blame the indigenous population and its institutions. They were not so unattractive to immigrants in the first place were they?
I have never said they were 'blameless'. We should all take responsibility. Even you.
.
What I AM trying to do is redress the balance and encourage everyone - including myself - to find out more about why such situations may have arisen. You don't like that, but that's because you're too scared to confront your own fixed values and ideas. Your assumptions about me prove that.
.
Would you like me to pen you another poem while you try to think of something intelligent to respond with? I could write a new 'Ulysses' while I wait.

Rambo says...
2:48pm Wed 31 Mar 10

skullzytko786 wrote:
albion wrote: Very well said Dr Iqbal, if people have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear.
can i remind you that the Ahmadiyya people r classfield as non muslims there have diffirent belives in islam which is out of our league .there r basically KAFIR meaning devils and who the hell r there coming out and running there mouth about islam and muslim communitys. the only place these Ahmadiyya be at these casinoz and brothels and abuse the english system loanz intrest mortgage scamz business loanz scamz basically like the zionist.
Big up Ali G in da houzee.

Andraste says...
3:00pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Rambo wrote:
skullzytko786 wrote:
albion wrote: Very well said Dr Iqbal, if people have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear.
can i remind you that the Ahmadiyya people r classfield as non muslims there have diffirent belives in islam which is out of our league .there r basically KAFIR meaning devils and who the hell r there coming out and running there mouth about islam and muslim communitys. the only place these Ahmadiyya be at these casinoz and brothels and abuse the english system loanz intrest mortgage scamz business loanz scamz basically like the zionist.
Big up Ali G in da houzee.
Lol!

lonniejockstrap says...
3:10pm Wed 31 Mar 10

dan155 wrote:
"So please stop blaming the average Muslim. The real problem is our foreign policy (as well as that of the US). Illegal wars being waged in Muslim countries doesn't really help anyone."

The war in Afghanistan is not illegal, the invasion was sanctioned by the United Nations and is a multinational effort involving dozens of countries. I won't have a religious minority dictating our foreign policy when the UN decides to depose a tyrant.
dan, you are incorrect about the UN sanctioning the invasion of Afghanistan. They did not!
.
There is no UN Security Council resolution authorizing the United States, whether alone or in coalition with other countries, to attack Afghanistan.
.
Anyway, the Security Council is no neutral body. Of its fifteen members, the five permanent ones (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China) have veto power, impairing the Council’s capacity to prevent a war being conducted by any of the five. The ten remaining Council members are chosen from the UN member countries for rotating two-year terms. In practice, these ten rotating members are pressured by the United States to vote in its favour. Since the end of the Cold War, the Security Council has been dominated by the American agenda, even though Russian and Chinese interests have occasionally obstructed it. The US will do whatever it feels it needs to do, with or without the backing of the UN or any other organisation.
Quote from former US Permanent Representative to the UN John Bolton 'There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is only the international community, which can only be led by the only remaining superpower, which is the United States, when it suits our interest and we can get others to go along… When the United States leads, the United Nations will follow. When it suits our interest to do so, we will do so. When it does not suit our interests we will not'.

freedom first says...
3:21pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Firstly, Bradford is like many other communities dotted around the uk, it is a socially engineered ghetto. They are designed this way to produce a desired effect. They have low unemployment, high crimes figures which inevitably bring many other social ills with them.(eg; hatred of other ethnicities as is displayed by the various posts on this subject)
Although this phenomenon is largely among ethnic communities, it does also include the natives
The tragedy is the people effected by these ills don't realise what they are facing, instead of trying to get out of this vicious circle, they are being sucked in deeper. People need to realise who the real enemy is, and thats not hard, its simple. Who is making these policies????.

On the matter of terrorism, and the al-Qaeda myth,(osama has now become the boogeyman, no-one is actively looking for him)
All I have to say is there is more to the picture. I can go on for hours telling you how it is, but I wont, because it is your responsibility to enlighten yourselves. Recognise the REAL ENEMY.

albion says...
4:16pm Wed 31 Mar 10

freedom first wrote:
Firstly, Bradford is like many other communities dotted around the uk, it is a socially engineered ghetto. They are designed this way to produce a desired effect. They have low unemployment, high crimes figures which inevitably bring many other social ills with them.(eg; hatred of other ethnicities as is displayed by the various posts on this subject)
Although this phenomenon is largely among ethnic communities, it does also include the natives
The tragedy is the people effected by these ills don't realise what they are facing, instead of trying to get out of this vicious circle, they are being sucked in deeper. People need to realise who the real enemy is, and thats not hard, its simple. Who is making these policies????.

On the matter of terrorism, and the al-Qaeda myth,(osama has now become the boogeyman, no-one is actively looking for him)
All I have to say is there is more to the picture. I can go on for hours telling you how it is, but I wont, because it is your responsibility to enlighten yourselves. Recognise the REAL ENEMY.
Drivel.

reportmeagain says...
4:16pm Wed 31 Mar 10

tjm5 wrote:
Alienated, I will tell you what is alienated in Bradford. The white majority, and eventually we will be forced out as muslims get to do what they want and anyone who challenges is a racist!!!
We are at that point now.

mad matt says...
4:49pm Wed 31 Mar 10

I get along well mith most of the muslim population where I live. It seems to me (I may be wrong) that there is a small percentage of 'muslims' who choose not to follow the rules of Islam, but they pick and choose the bits that suit there requirememnts and quite happily ignore the rest.
As I understand Islam, the religion states that a muslim should respect other religions, and if they are living in a non-muslim country, they should respect the laws of that country.
The problems for everybody, are caused by selfish people who have no intentions of obeying ANY law, neither state law nor Islamic law. These are the ones who think they are above the law, the drug dealers, the pimps, the scam artists, the illegal drivers.
It is the public duty of everybody to obey the law - simple as that, and the majority do so, but everything gets spoiled by the few selfish individuals.
You cannot "tar everybody with the same brush"

Welcome To The New World Order says...
5:57pm Wed 31 Mar 10

REGARDING THE STORY OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN PUNCHED IN FACE BY ASIAN MAN AT MORRISON'S: NEXT TIME DON'T GET OUT OF THE CAR, JUST RUN THE **** OVER AND DRIVE OFF.

thecitygent says...
6:25pm Wed 31 Mar 10

ms walker wrote:
thecitygent wrote: The wonderful MsWalker is back. Yawn, the record is stuck. Rather than blame institutional racism you may care to consider the statistics for educational attainment by the Pak and Bengladeshi communities - little wonder that they don't fare too well in the jobs market. The best work ethic in respect of unskilled labour comes from the Poles/east Europeans as mployers will testify. You seem to think that our muslim friends are blameless and have no responsibility for their state of affairs. Blame the indigenous population and its institutions. They were not so unattractive to immigrants in the first place were they?
I have never said they were 'blameless'. We should all take responsibility. Even you. . What I AM trying to do is redress the balance and encourage everyone - including myself - to find out more about why such situations may have arisen. You don't like that, but that's because you're too scared to confront your own fixed values and ideas. Your assumptions about me prove that. . Would you like me to pen you another poem while you try to think of something intelligent to respond with? I could write a new 'Ulysses' while I wait.
Sorry for the delay in reply Ms Walker, distractions such as *work* and generating tax revenues for HMT to deal with. Maybe the start of your journey of self-discovery in Bradford will be to open your eyes. Good luck.

bredandbuttered says...
6:25pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Some good points here, I'm a newby but welcome the more than usually rounded debate today.
Lets keep talking, its the best way forward.

Andraste says...
7:30pm Wed 31 Mar 10

freedom first wrote:
Firstly, Bradford is like many other communities dotted around the uk, it is a socially engineered ghetto. They are designed this way to produce a desired effect. They have low unemployment, high crimes figures which inevitably bring many other social ills with them.(eg; hatred of other ethnicities as is displayed by the various posts on this subject)
Although this phenomenon is largely among ethnic communities, it does also include the natives
The tragedy is the people effected by these ills don't realise what they are facing, instead of trying to get out of this vicious circle, they are being sucked in deeper. People need to realise who the real enemy is, and thats not hard, its simple. Who is making these policies????.

On the matter of terrorism, and the al-Qaeda myth,(osama has now become the boogeyman, no-one is actively looking for him)
All I have to say is there is more to the picture. I can go on for hours telling you how it is, but I wont, because it is your responsibility to enlighten yourselves. Recognise the REAL ENEMY.
Are you saying the government's the real enemy ?

ms walker says...
7:34pm Wed 31 Mar 10

thecitygent wrote:
ms walker wrote:
thecitygent wrote: The wonderful MsWalker is back. Yawn, the record is stuck. Rather than blame institutional racism you may care to consider the statistics for educational attainment by the Pak and Bengladeshi communities - little wonder that they don't fare too well in the jobs market. The best work ethic in respect of unskilled labour comes from the Poles/east Europeans as mployers will testify. You seem to think that our muslim friends are blameless and have no responsibility for their state of affairs. Blame the indigenous population and its institutions. They were not so unattractive to immigrants in the first place were they?
I have never said they were 'blameless'. We should all take responsibility. Even you. . What I AM trying to do is redress the balance and encourage everyone - including myself - to find out more about why such situations may have arisen. You don't like that, but that's because you're too scared to confront your own fixed values and ideas. Your assumptions about me prove that. . Would you like me to pen you another poem while you try to think of something intelligent to respond with? I could write a new 'Ulysses' while I wait.
Sorry for the delay in reply Ms Walker, distractions such as *work* and generating tax revenues for HMT to deal with. Maybe the start of your journey of self-discovery in Bradford will be to open your eyes. Good luck.
You haven't actually answered any of my points at all, as usual. And what you have written doesn't make sense. :-/

ms walker says...
7:36pm Wed 31 Mar 10

Andraste wrote:
freedom first wrote:
Firstly, Bradford is like many other communities dotted around the uk, it is a socially engineered ghetto. They are designed this way to produce a desired effect. They have low unemployment, high crimes figures which inevitably bring many other social ills with them.(eg; hatred of other ethnicities as is displayed by the various posts on this subject)
Although this phenomenon is largely among ethnic communities, it does also include the natives
The tragedy is the people effected by these ills don't realise what they are facing, instead of trying to get out of this vicious circle, they are being sucked in deeper. People need to realise who the real enemy is, and thats not hard, its simple. Who is making these policies????.

On the matter of terrorism, and the al-Qaeda myth,(osama has now become the boogeyman, no-one is actively looking for him)
All I have to say is there is more to the picture. I can go on for hours telling you how it is, but I wont, because it is your responsibility to enlighten yourselves. Recognise the REAL ENEMY.
Are you saying the government's the real enemy ?
I think the real enemy is ignorance. On all sides.

eccythump says...
8:29pm Wed 31 Mar 10

These leaders pretending to agree with, and signing up to the 'Prevent' stategy, has nothing to do with the hundreds of thousands of pounds they will have received, to implement such policies and initiatives. I suppose!? If Bradford Muslims are so averse to radicals in their midst, why the huge furore when the EDL planned to come here, and protest these very same elements? As for the peice of scum at Morrisons who punched a pregnant lady in front of her toddler, then scurried back to his car. I suppose the result of any sham investigation, will be the same as when the elderley couple were assaulted, by a car full of Asians some time back, zilch!

ms walker says...
8:40pm Wed 31 Mar 10

The EDL are a completely different issue, eccy.

lonniejockstrap says...
8:42pm Wed 31 Mar 10

ms walker wrote:
Andraste wrote:
freedom first wrote:
Firstly, Bradford is like many other communities dotted around the uk, it is a socially engineered ghetto. They are designed this way to produce a desired effect. They have low unemployment, high crimes figures which inevitably bring many other social ills with them.(eg; hatred of other ethnicities as is displayed by the various posts on this subject)
Although this phenomenon is largely among ethnic communities, it does also include the natives
The tragedy is the people effected by these ills don't realise what they are facing, instead of trying to get out of this vicious circle, they are being sucked in deeper. People need to realise who the real enemy is, and thats not hard, its simple. Who is making these policies????.

On the matter of terrorism, and the al-Qaeda myth,(osama has now become the boogeyman, no-one is actively looking for him)
All I have to say is there is more to the picture. I can go on for hours telling you how it is, but I wont, because it is your responsibility to enlighten yourselves. Recognise the REAL ENEMY.
Are you saying the government's the real enemy ?
I think the real enemy is ignorance. On all sides.
Agreed.

eccythump says...
9:22pm Wed 31 Mar 10

ms walker wrote:
The EDL are a completely different issue, eccy.
Really? It seems to me, these people will accept government money, to supposedly facilitate their stemming the tide of radicalisation. But they will not actually stand up and be counted, on the streets, against it! Whether the EDL are present or not, why will they not do this?

albion says...
10:03pm Wed 31 Mar 10

lonniejockstrap wrote:
dan155 wrote:
"So please stop blaming the average Muslim. The real problem is our foreign policy (as well as that of the US). Illegal wars being waged in Muslim countries doesn't really help anyone."

The war in Afghanistan is not illegal, the invasion was sanctioned by the United Nations and is a multinational effort involving dozens of countries. I won't have a religious minority dictating our foreign policy when the UN decides to depose a tyrant.
dan, you are incorrect about the UN sanctioning the invasion of Afghanistan. They did not!
.
There is no UN Security Council resolution authorizing the United States, whether alone or in coalition with other countries, to attack Afghanistan.
.
Anyway, the Security Council is no neutral body. Of its fifteen members, the five permanent ones (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China) have veto power, impairing the Council’s capacity to prevent a war being conducted by any of the five. The ten remaining Council members are chosen from the UN member countries for rotating two-year terms. In practice, these ten rotating members are pressured by the United States to vote in its favour. Since the end of the Cold War, the Security Council has been dominated by the American agenda, even though Russian and Chinese interests have occasionally obstructed it. The US will do whatever it feels it needs to do, with or without the backing of the UN or any other organisation.
Quote from former US Permanent Representative to the UN John Bolton 'There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is only the international community, which can only be led by the only remaining superpower, which is the United States, when it suits our interest and we can get others to go along… When the United States leads, the United Nations will follow. When it suits our interest to do so, we will do so. When it does not suit our interests we will not'.
http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/United_Nati
ons_Security_Council
_Resolution_1267
Information on the link would suggest that the invasion was covered by previously imposed sanctions against certain individuals and organisations wherever they might be found.

lonniejockstrap says...
11:28pm Wed 31 Mar 10

albion wrote:
lonniejockstrap wrote:
dan155 wrote:
"So please stop blaming the average Muslim. The real problem is our foreign policy (as well as that of the US). Illegal wars being waged in Muslim countries doesn't really help anyone."

The war in Afghanistan is not illegal, the invasion was sanctioned by the United Nations and is a multinational effort involving dozens of countries. I won't have a religious minority dictating our foreign policy when the UN decides to depose a tyrant.
dan, you are incorrect about the UN sanctioning the invasion of Afghanistan. They did not!
.
There is no UN Security Council resolution authorizing the United States, whether alone or in coalition with other countries, to attack Afghanistan.
.
Anyway, the Security Council is no neutral body. Of its fifteen members, the five permanent ones (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China) have veto power, impairing the Council’s capacity to prevent a war being conducted by any of the five. The ten remaining Council members are chosen from the UN member countries for rotating two-year terms. In practice, these ten rotating members are pressured by the United States to vote in its favour. Since the end of the Cold War, the Security Council has been dominated by the American agenda, even though Russian and Chinese interests have occasionally obstructed it. The US will do whatever it feels it needs to do, with or without the backing of the UN or any other organisation.
Quote from former US Permanent Representative to the UN John Bolton 'There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is only the international community, which can only be led by the only remaining superpower, which is the United States, when it suits our interest and we can get others to go along… When the United States leads, the United Nations will follow. When it suits our interest to do so, we will do so. When it does not suit our interests we will not'.
http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/United_Nati
ons_Security_Council
_Resolution_1267
Information on the link would suggest that the invasion was covered by previously imposed sanctions against certain individuals and organisations wherever they might be found.
Quote the part that sanctions the invasion of Afghanistan by American troops.

ms walker says...
11:33pm Wed 31 Mar 10

eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote:
The EDL are a completely different issue, eccy.
Really? It seems to me, these people will accept government money, to supposedly facilitate their stemming the tide of radicalisation. But they will not actually stand up and be counted, on the streets, against it! Whether the EDL are present or not, why will they not do this?
If the EDL were present I certainly wouldn't stand alongside a load of ex-football hooligans hiding their nagenda behind middle-england's flag, eccy. But read the article, it says why they find it difficult to accept. "it’s stigmatising the image of the Muslim community and a lot of people were concerned that the Government’s blanket naming of the Muslim community was not a good thing".
As was pointed out earlier, terrorism is not the sole preserve of fundamentalist Islam - the nail bombs in Brixton preceded the attacks on the World Trade Centre. So perhaps the question you might like to answer is, are you prepared to stand up and be counted in the fight against white supremacism and racism?

Stan Dandyliver says...
11:51pm Wed 31 Mar 10

ms walker wrote:
eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote: The EDL are a completely different issue, eccy.
Really? It seems to me, these people will accept government money, to supposedly facilitate their stemming the tide of radicalisation. But they will not actually stand up and be counted, on the streets, against it! Whether the EDL are present or not, why will they not do this?
If the EDL were present I certainly wouldn't stand alongside a load of ex-football hooligans hiding their nagenda behind middle-england's flag, eccy. But read the article, it says why they find it difficult to accept. "it’s stigmatising the image of the Muslim community and a lot of people were concerned that the Government’s blanket naming of the Muslim community was not a good thing". As was pointed out earlier, terrorism is not the sole preserve of fundamentalist Islam - the nail bombs in Brixton preceded the attacks on the World Trade Centre. So perhaps the question you might like to answer is, are you prepared to stand up and be counted in the fight against white supremacism and racism?
As opposed to standing up and be counted in the fight against black supremacism and Islamic fascist racism and sexism?

What a shallow, imbalanced, demented old husk of a hag you really are.

And yes, when it comes to hideous and self-deluded Anglo-Saxon bashers like you, I am more than prepared to stand up, be counted, make it personal and meet both you, and the sad leeches on England's resources that you so vehemently represent, head on.

You would be surprised at the depth of feeling in this country against your sort, though even faced with proof you would deny the truth.

Just because you and the vocal minority shout the loudest doesn't mean that the sleeping giant of English nationalism doesn't exist.

Count the days to the awakening, you poisonous turncoat.

Stan Dandyliver says...
11:51pm Wed 31 Mar 10

ms walker wrote:
eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote: The EDL are a completely different issue, eccy.
Really? It seems to me, these people will accept government money, to supposedly facilitate their stemming the tide of radicalisation. But they will not actually stand up and be counted, on the streets, against it! Whether the EDL are present or not, why will they not do this?
If the EDL were present I certainly wouldn't stand alongside a load of ex-football hooligans hiding their nagenda behind middle-england's flag, eccy. But read the article, it says why they find it difficult to accept. "it’s stigmatising the image of the Muslim community and a lot of people were concerned that the Government’s blanket naming of the Muslim community was not a good thing". As was pointed out earlier, terrorism is not the sole preserve of fundamentalist Islam - the nail bombs in Brixton preceded the attacks on the World Trade Centre. So perhaps the question you might like to answer is, are you prepared to stand up and be counted in the fight against white supremacism and racism?
As opposed to standing up and be counted in the fight against black supremacism and Islamic fascist racism and sexism?

What a shallow, imbalanced, demented old husk of a hag you really are.

And yes, when it comes to hideous and self-deluded Anglo-Saxon bashers like you, I am more than prepared to stand up, be counted, make it personal and meet both you, and the sad leeches on England's resources that you so vehemently represent, head on.

You would be surprised at the depth of feeling in this country against your sort, though even faced with proof you would deny the truth.

Just because you and the vocal minority shout the loudest doesn't mean that the sleeping giant of English nationalism doesn't exist.

Count the days to the awakening, you poisonous turncoat.

Stan Dandyliver says...
11:51pm Wed 31 Mar 10

ms walker wrote:
eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote: The EDL are a completely different issue, eccy.
Really? It seems to me, these people will accept government money, to supposedly facilitate their stemming the tide of radicalisation. But they will not actually stand up and be counted, on the streets, against it! Whether the EDL are present or not, why will they not do this?
If the EDL were present I certainly wouldn't stand alongside a load of ex-football hooligans hiding their nagenda behind middle-england's flag, eccy. But read the article, it says why they find it difficult to accept. "it’s stigmatising the image of the Muslim community and a lot of people were concerned that the Government’s blanket naming of the Muslim community was not a good thing". As was pointed out earlier, terrorism is not the sole preserve of fundamentalist Islam - the nail bombs in Brixton preceded the attacks on the World Trade Centre. So perhaps the question you might like to answer is, are you prepared to stand up and be counted in the fight against white supremacism and racism?
As opposed to standing up and be counted in the fight against black supremacism and Islamic fascist racism and sexism?

What a shallow, imbalanced, demented old husk of a hag you really are.

And yes, when it comes to hideous and self-deluded Anglo-Saxon bashers like you, I am more than prepared to stand up, be counted, make it personal and meet both you, and the sad leeches on England's resources that you so vehemently represent, head on.

You would be surprised at the depth of feeling in this country against your sort, though even faced with proof you would deny the truth.

Just because you and the vocal minority shout the loudest doesn't mean that the sleeping giant of English nationalism doesn't exist.

Count the days to the awakening, you poisonous turncoat.

bcfc1903 says...
12:49am Thu 1 Apr 10

ms walker wrote:
thecitygent wrote: The wonderful MsWalker is back. Yawn, the record is stuck. Rather than blame institutional racism you may care to consider the statistics for educational attainment by the Pak and Bengladeshi communities - little wonder that they don't fare too well in the jobs market. The best work ethic in respect of unskilled labour comes from the Poles/east Europeans as mployers will testify. You seem to think that our muslim friends are blameless and have no responsibility for their state of affairs. Blame the indigenous population and its institutions. They were not so unattractive to immigrants in the first place were they?
I have never said they were 'blameless'. We should all take responsibility. Even you. . What I AM trying to do is redress the balance and encourage everyone - including myself - to find out more about why such situations may have arisen. You don't like that, but that's because you're too scared to confront your own fixed values and ideas. Your assumptions about me prove that. . Would you like me to pen you another poem while you try to think of something intelligent to respond with? I could write a new 'Ulysses' while I wait.
Do you play the fiddle Ms Walker because Rome's burning,i get the impression that the UK is being colonized by an alien culture.Yes there are many law abiding people in our country which includes the vast majority of those that come from the Indian subcontinent,but their culture doesn't fit with western values and it's culture.In my opinion the disharmony that manifests it's self now is nothing compared to what's brewing in the non too distant future.I hope i'm wrong about this but i do worry what sort of country the my kids will be living in in 30 years time.

albion says...
6:47am Thu 1 Apr 10

"The military campaign in Afghanistan was not specifically mandated by the UN, but was widely (although not universally) perceived to be a legitimate form of self-defence under the UN Charter. The ISAF force, of which British forces in Afghanistan form a part, is fully mandated by the UN."
Like most religious or political writings, its all in the interpretation.
The above is from House of Commons files.

reportmeagain says...
8:46am Thu 1 Apr 10

Stan Dandyliver wrote:
ms walker wrote:
eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote: The EDL are a completely different issue, eccy.
Really? It seems to me, these people will accept government money, to supposedly facilitate their stemming the tide of radicalisation. But they will not actually stand up and be counted, on the streets, against it! Whether the EDL are present or not, why will they not do this?
If the EDL were present I certainly wouldn't stand alongside a load of ex-football hooligans hiding their nagenda behind middle-england's flag, eccy. But read the article, it says why they find it difficult to accept. "it’s stigmatising the image of the Muslim community and a lot of people were concerned that the Government’s blanket naming of the Muslim community was not a good thing". As was pointed out earlier, terrorism is not the sole preserve of fundamentalist Islam - the nail bombs in Brixton preceded the attacks on the World Trade Centre. So perhaps the question you might like to answer is, are you prepared to stand up and be counted in the fight against white supremacism and racism?
As opposed to standing up and be counted in the fight against black supremacism and Islamic fascist racism and sexism? What a shallow, imbalanced, demented old husk of a hag you really are. And yes, when it comes to hideous and self-deluded Anglo-Saxon bashers like you, I am more than prepared to stand up, be counted, make it personal and meet both you, and the sad leeches on England's resources that you so vehemently represent, head on. You would be surprised at the depth of feeling in this country against your sort, though even faced with proof you would deny the truth. Just because you and the vocal minority shout the loudest doesn't mean that the sleeping giant of English nationalism doesn't exist. Count the days to the awakening, you poisonous turncoat.
You are so right,cant fault a single thing you've posted but you will probably be removed for posting it,keep the faith.

dan155 says...
8:58am Thu 1 Apr 10

albion wrote:
"The military campaign in Afghanistan was not specifically mandated by the UN, but was widely (although not universally) perceived to be a legitimate form of self-defence under the UN Charter. The ISAF force, of which British forces in Afghanistan form a part, is fully mandated by the UN."
Like most religious or political writings, its all in the interpretation.
The above is from House of Commons files.
Ditto, there was no major objection to the invasion from the U.N, unlike Iraq. On top of this the Taliban were never recognised by the UN as the legitimate leaders of Afghanistan, only a small handful of countries including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia acknowledged their government.

eccythump says...
10:54am Thu 1 Apr 10

reportmeagain wrote:
Stan Dandyliver wrote:
ms walker wrote:
eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote: The EDL are a completely different issue, eccy.
Really? It seems to me, these people will accept government money, to supposedly facilitate their stemming the tide of radicalisation. But they will not actually stand up and be counted, on the streets, against it! Whether the EDL are present or not, why will they not do this?
If the EDL were present I certainly wouldn't stand alongside a load of ex-football hooligans hiding their nagenda behind middle-england's flag, eccy. But read the article, it says why they find it difficult to accept. "it’s stigmatising the image of the Muslim community and a lot of people were concerned that the Government’s blanket naming of the Muslim community was not a good thing". As was pointed out earlier, terrorism is not the sole preserve of fundamentalist Islam - the nail bombs in Brixton preceded the attacks on the World Trade Centre. So perhaps the question you might like to answer is, are you prepared to stand up and be counted in the fight against white supremacism and racism?
As opposed to standing up and be counted in the fight against black supremacism and Islamic fascist racism and sexism? What a shallow, imbalanced, demented old husk of a hag you really are. And yes, when it comes to hideous and self-deluded Anglo-Saxon bashers like you, I am more than prepared to stand up, be counted, make it personal and meet both you, and the sad leeches on England's resources that you so vehemently represent, head on. You would be surprised at the depth of feeling in this country against your sort, though even faced with proof you would deny the truth. Just because you and the vocal minority shout the loudest doesn't mean that the sleeping giant of English nationalism doesn't exist. Count the days to the awakening, you poisonous turncoat.
You are so right,cant fault a single thing you've posted but you will probably be removed for posting it,keep the faith.
Well said Stan' I think Ms Walker should get herself off to specsavers and bin those rose coloured glasses she has been sporting. As for calling the EDL merely a load of ex-football hooligans, and intimating a racist agenda (or are we supposed to say xenophobic now, Mr Brown) on all their recent marches, the EDL have been bull-penned by the police, given short shrift, and put back on coaches, trains etc. While the real fascists, the UAF (united against freedom) have run rampant with hatred and violence. Recently one of them wounded a BNP member with a dart, all caught clearly on camera, yet he escaped prosecution! BTW Ms Walker, football hooligans used to take darts to matches, when they were filmed in the crowds, they were arrested, and prosecuted, so UAF football type hooligans, it seems are let immune!

lonniejockstrap says...
2:55pm Thu 1 Apr 10

dan155 wrote:
albion wrote:
"The military campaign in Afghanistan was not specifically mandated by the UN, but was widely (although not universally) perceived to be a legitimate form of self-defence under the UN Charter. The ISAF force, of which British forces in Afghanistan form a part, is fully mandated by the UN."
Like most religious or political writings, its all in the interpretation.
The above is from House of Commons files.
Ditto, there was no major objection to the invasion from the U.N, unlike Iraq. On top of this the Taliban were never recognised by the UN as the legitimate leaders of Afghanistan, only a small handful of countries including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia acknowledged their government.
I take it then -as regards Historical accuracy- that we three are agreeing that the UN did not sanction the invasion of Afghanistan. It has been argued that the US were worried about a Veto from either China or Russia had they gone to the UN to obtain a specific mandate. And don't forget the quote from former US Permanent Representative to the UN John Bolton: 'When the United States leads, the United Nations will follow. When it suits our interest to do so, we will do so. When it does not suit our interests we will not'.

nevisthecat says...
3:59pm Thu 1 Apr 10

Firstly, all those citing the attack on the pregnant lady by an Asian seem to omit the attack on the Asian taxi driver by 3 whites. A sense of balance please.

Secondly, Ms Walker raises a good point. We in the UK have little or no understanding of the history of the middle east. The US/ UK did support the over throw of a denmocratic government in Iran to secure their oil interests. Imagine if the UK government was systematically undermined and then usurped by a foreign government. I can imagie the EDL and their moronic chums would have a few things to say about that.

This is a highly complex geo-political situation, it is not a case of muslims v the world. Gretaer understnaing of the situation would be a benefit to all side.

As for he EDL / BNP - pray tell what is an "Anglo-Saxon", what is "Englishness"? We are a mongrel race. Since 1006 we have been ruled by the French, Scots, Dutch and Germans. The thing that makes England and the UK special, is the fact that it does take in the oppressed. We have not had a pogrom since the middle ages, unlike Europe. We have risen above most of the other countries in the world in the way we treat those who come to us for refuge, and that makes me proud to be "English". That is why I did my time in the armed forces, not because of some massively erroneous idea of "white Englishness" but becasue we stand up to bullies and oppression, and we grant freedom. The EDL and the BNP are bullies and they attract those who are quite frankly, thick as **** with all the political and historical knowledge of a tapeworm.

albion says...
4:05pm Thu 1 Apr 10

nevisthecat wrote:
Firstly, all those citing the attack on the pregnant lady by an Asian seem to omit the attack on the Asian taxi driver by 3 whites. A sense of balance please.

Secondly, Ms Walker raises a good point. We in the UK have little or no understanding of the history of the middle east. The US/ UK did support the over throw of a denmocratic government in Iran to secure their oil interests. Imagine if the UK government was systematically undermined and then usurped by a foreign government. I can imagie the EDL and their moronic chums would have a few things to say about that.

This is a highly complex geo-political situation, it is not a case of muslims v the world. Gretaer understnaing of the situation would be a benefit to all side.

As for he EDL / BNP - pray tell what is an "Anglo-Saxon", what is "Englishness"? We are a mongrel race. Since 1006 we have been ruled by the French, Scots, Dutch and Germans. The thing that makes England and the UK special, is the fact that it does take in the oppressed. We have not had a pogrom since the middle ages, unlike Europe. We have risen above most of the other countries in the world in the way we treat those who come to us for refuge, and that makes me proud to be "English". That is why I did my time in the armed forces, not because of some massively erroneous idea of "white Englishness" but becasue we stand up to bullies and oppression, and we grant freedom. The EDL and the BNP are bullies and they attract those who are quite frankly, thick as **** with all the political and historical knowledge of a tapeworm.
A good deal of the history of the middle east involves this country, whether that was always advisable is probably an unfathomable question.

nevisthecat says...
4:10pm Thu 1 Apr 10

in response to Stan Dandliversalts: A sleeping giant my pink liberal arse. You are regarded the same as Moseley - a bunch of cranks who will be widely derided as such. I am sure you sit there plotting the overthrow of the Leftist government, while drinking your White Lightning, sctratching your teeny tiny ****, in your teeny tiny nylon undercrackers in your skingy skanky nylon trackie bottoms, in your crappy dog **** ridden flats. In the meantime, anyone with an intellect higher than an amoeba just gets on with life and shakes their head at your deranged, beligerant ramblings. .. love and hugs, Nev

ms walker says...
8:41pm Thu 1 Apr 10

Stan, you need to take your finger off the 'submit' button faster next time - you really didn't need to post that message THREE times.
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Now I WON'T make it personal, because I don't need to. It isn't, you see, it's just opinion. And my opinion, as I pointed out right at the beginning of this thread is "We should ALL take responsibility. Even you".
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And try as I might I can't see anything wrong with that.
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I'm sorry your head and heart are so full of blinding hatred that you can't see the person because you're so busy looking at the skin-colour and the religion. There are some lovely people out there and the woes of the world have a lot more chance of being healed through love, respect and communication than through hatred and violence, wouldn't you agree?

eccythump says...
8:48pm Thu 1 Apr 10

nevisthecat wrote:
Firstly, all those citing the attack on the pregnant lady by an Asian seem to omit the attack on the Asian taxi driver by 3 whites

This was indeed an awful attack, and should not have happened, for as long as there have been taxi drivers, working late at night, carrying home drunks, at the same time as money from all their nights fares, they have been vulnerable to this kind of disgusting attack. The differences between these attacks though should be obvious, the lady who was attacked was pregnant and with her toddler, the motive was not money, and these kind of attacks on lone females, young men, and old folk are becoming more and more frequent, and they are perpetrated by Asians on whites, this Asian man would never have punched a pregnant Asian lady, and the youths who chased and beat the elderly couple, would not have done it to elders of their community. yet the newspaper story in the taxi driver case states "A cabbie has demanded the racist thugs who beat up and robbed him be brought to justice". Demanded, no less...Yet in the ladies case she just expressed disappointment, when the police fobbed her off by saying, "well there are an awful lot of people who fit your description in Bradford"! Great ,well that's OK then, don't bother even trying to do your job! Also in the case of the cabbie, He claimed to have his full weeks takings on him! I smell an insurance fiddle, no cabbie does that! Also, you may consider yourself a 'mongrel' nevis, I think you may be right in your assumption, but I do not, and I'm sure, neither do many of my countrymen, and people like you, will never ever stop us from feeling proud to be British! How sad you must be, to hate what you are, and from whence you evolved.

ms walker says...
9:20pm Thu 1 Apr 10

Rubbish, eccy, only a couple of weeks ago this newspaper carried a story of homes of British Asians being targeted by young men of their community in order to steal their jewellery in a spate of particularly nasty attacks. But that doesn't quite fit in with your assumptions, does it...
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Nevis doesn't seem to hate what he is, in fact he seemed very proud of it in his post, and rightfully so:
"We have risen above most of the other countries in the world in the way we treat those who come to us for refuge, and that makes me proud to be "English". That is why I did my time in the armed forces, not because of some massively erroneous idea of "white Englishness" but becasue we stand up to bullies and oppression, and we grant freedom".
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Eccy, you're as much a mongrel as the rest of us. Get used to it.

eccythump says...
9:36pm Thu 1 Apr 10

Ms Walker proudly quoting nevis:-

"We have risen above most of the other countries in the world in the way we treat those who come to us for refuge, and that makes me proud to be "English".

Yes, and what a lot of good this has done us, hasn't it? We are not seen as freedom fighters and a benevolent, charitable, caring people. Don't make me laugh! We are seen as a laughing stock, and an easy mark, even those who have lived here for generations, despise us for our foreign policies, we are expected to bow and scrape, and beg forgiveness for the indiscretions of our empirical past. Why should my generation have to do this? hundreds if not thousands, are plotting as we speak to destroy us from within. I may be a mongrel, but I would not bite the hand that feeds me, that is the job of a snake, nay a viper in our bosom.

bredandbuttered says...
11:08pm Thu 1 Apr 10

All I can say is I think I am of Norman blood, therefore French, and my mates are Vikings and German Celts, Asians and Australians, probably all of us from Africa. Whoopee lets make a flag.

ms walker says...
11:13pm Thu 1 Apr 10

eccythump wrote:
Ms Walker proudly quoting nevis:-

"We have risen above most of the other countries in the world in the way we treat those who come to us for refuge, and that makes me proud to be "English".

Yes, and what a lot of good this has done us, hasn't it? We are not seen as freedom fighters and a benevolent, charitable, caring people. Don't make me laugh! We are seen as a laughing stock, and an easy mark, even those who have lived here for generations, despise us for our foreign policies, we are expected to bow and scrape, and beg forgiveness for the indiscretions of our empirical past. Why should my generation have to do this? hundreds if not thousands, are plotting as we speak to destroy us from within. I may be a mongrel, but I would not bite the hand that feeds me, that is the job of a snake, nay a viper in our bosom.
We're getting somewhere Eccy... you're admitting to being a mongrel now. And one with a bosom too! That's a promising start ;-)

eccythump says...
12:05am Fri 2 Apr 10

Not quite an admission Walky lol. Merely a hypothesis, and yes I have a quite ample bosom.

ms walker says...
2:03am Fri 2 Apr 10

"hundreds if not thousands, are plotting as we speak to destroy us from within."
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So as well as islamic fundamentalists, this would presumably include terrorist plotters such as
Tony Lecomber
Ian Davison
Nicky Davison
Neil Lewington
Terence Gavan
Robert Cottage
Allen Boyce
Terry Collins
Mark Bullman
David Copeland

All of whom I understand have links to the BNP.

They are all the same, these misguided people who use violence to spread hatred, fear and dissent.
Do you see that?

albion says...
6:41am Fri 2 Apr 10

ms walker wrote:
"hundreds if not thousands, are plotting as we speak to destroy us from within."
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So as well as islamic fundamentalists, this would presumably include terrorist plotters such as
Tony Lecomber
Ian Davison
Nicky Davison
Neil Lewington
Terence Gavan
Robert Cottage
Allen Boyce
Terry Collins
Mark Bullman
David Copeland

All of whom I understand have links to the BNP.

They are all the same, these misguided people who use violence to spread hatred, fear and dissent.
Do you see that?
The difference is that they are not members of any world domination organisation which openly instructs them to carry out such atrocities in its name.

eccythump says...
1:25pm Fri 2 Apr 10

.....and they probably don't live here in England, accept our benefits, and pretend all is well, while their church leaders whisper discontent into their ears at every opportunity, from childhood. They have probably not been promised martyrdom in return for killing anyone not a member of their church, or who is gay, or who is a woman who wants to marry outside her faith, or who has an affair or generally disobeys or disrespects her husband etc etc etc..

ms walker says...
1:33pm Fri 2 Apr 10

@ Albion and Eccy:
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So that makes it acceptable does it?
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We can plot to blow people up, and shoot them, and poison them, but just as long as we're part of a half-baked quasi-political party, don't claim benefits and don't go to church? Just as long as it's because we hate brown people who wear different clothes and worship God in a different way, that makes it ok?!
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Do you two ever THINK about what kind of message you're sending out??!
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albion says...
2:05pm Fri 2 Apr 10

ms walker wrote:
@ Albion and Eccy:
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So that makes it acceptable does it?
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We can plot to blow people up, and shoot them, and poison them, but just as long as we're part of a half-baked quasi-political party, don't claim benefits and don't go to church? Just as long as it's because we hate brown people who wear different clothes and worship God in a different way, that makes it ok?!
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Do you two ever THINK about what kind of message you're sending out??!
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Nothing makes it "acceptable" but the people you listed are in the main crackpot loners and there has always been such characters throughout history.
Samples of Imams and their equivalents preaching hate and death to unbelievers are easily found online as are passages from Islamic text saying similar things, some claim that they are taken out of context when they are printed on forums but some terrorists claiming to act in the name of their religion interpret them in the same manner.
I would wish you a happy Easter but I have no time for that lot either, but greetings anyway.

eccythump says...
2:35pm Fri 2 Apr 10

ms walker wrote:
@ Albion and Eccy: ! So that makes it acceptable does it? . We can plot to blow people up, and shoot them, and poison them, but just as long as we're part of a half-baked quasi-political party, don't claim benefits and don't go to church? Just as long as it's because we hate brown people who wear different clothes and worship God in a different way, that makes it ok?! . Do you two ever THINK about what kind of message you're sending out??! .
Are you deliberately mis-representing what I have said, or just stupid, how dare you! Show me, quote where I even intimated, that terrorism is in any way acceptable! My abhorrence of it, is the main reason I began commenting on here in the first place. Fool!

ms walker says...
3:12pm Fri 2 Apr 10

albion wrote:
ms walker wrote:
@ Albion and Eccy:
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So that makes it acceptable does it?
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We can plot to blow people up, and shoot them, and poison them, but just as long as we're part of a half-baked quasi-political party, don't claim benefits and don't go to church? Just as long as it's because we hate brown people who wear different clothes and worship God in a different way, that makes it ok?!
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Do you two ever THINK about what kind of message you're sending out??!
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Nothing makes it "acceptable" but the people you listed are in the main crackpot loners and there has always been such characters throughout history.
Samples of Imams and their equivalents preaching hate and death to unbelievers are easily found online as are passages from Islamic text saying similar things, some claim that they are taken out of context when they are printed on forums but some terrorists claiming to act in the name of their religion interpret them in the same manner.
I would wish you a happy Easter but I have no time for that lot either, but greetings anyway.
Seems odd that the 'crackpot loners' are all linked to the BNP...!
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There was an interesting discussion on the BNP site that you used to be able to get to without being a member which exhorted people to stockpile arms, but I guess that wouldn't count, would it.
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Samples of muslims preaching peace and charity are also easily found online, but that doesn't seem to weigh with any of you...

albion says...
3:14pm Fri 2 Apr 10

Peaceful terrorists! NICE.

ms walker says...
3:15pm Fri 2 Apr 10

eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote:
@ Albion and Eccy: ! So that makes it acceptable does it? . We can plot to blow people up, and shoot them, and poison them, but just as long as we're part of a half-baked quasi-political party, don't claim benefits and don't go to church? Just as long as it's because we hate brown people who wear different clothes and worship God in a different way, that makes it ok?! . Do you two ever THINK about what kind of message you're sending out??! .
Are you deliberately mis-representing what I have said, or just stupid, how dare you! Show me, quote where I even intimated, that terrorism is in any way acceptable! My abhorrence of it, is the main reason I began commenting on here in the first place. Fool!
You have only indicated your abhorrence of Islam so far, Eccy. Do we take this as tacit abhorrence of white supremacists too? :-)
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Are you in fact a Liberal, like me??
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You have a great disguise Sir, I'd never have guessed!

ms walker says...
3:19pm Fri 2 Apr 10

albion wrote:
Peaceful terrorists! NICE.
No, peaceful muslims. There are millions of them.

eccythump says...
4:14pm Fri 2 Apr 10

ms walker wrote:
eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote: @ Albion and Eccy: ! So that makes it acceptable does it? . We can plot to blow people up, and shoot them, and poison them, but just as long as we're part of a half-baked quasi-political party, don't claim benefits and don't go to church? Just as long as it's because we hate brown people who wear different clothes and worship God in a different way, that makes it ok?! . Do you two ever THINK about what kind of message you're sending out??! .
Are you deliberately mis-representing what I have said, or just stupid, how dare you! Show me, quote where I even intimated, that terrorism is in any way acceptable! My abhorrence of it, is the main reason I began commenting on here in the first place. Fool!
You have only indicated your abhorrence of Islam so far, Eccy. Do we take this as tacit abhorrence of white supremacists too? :-) . Are you in fact a Liberal, like me?? . You have a great disguise Sir, I'd never have guessed!
The thread is about Muslim leaders in Bradford, (remember) ergo that is the jist of my comments, and I think I have indicated my abhorrence of terrorism in any way shape or form in my very last post! I also stated earlier that I have an ample bosom, so the title "sir" does not apply.

ms walker says...
4:30pm Fri 2 Apr 10

eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote:
eccythump wrote:
ms walker wrote: @ Albion and Eccy: ! So that makes it acceptable does it? . We can plot to blow people up, and shoot them, and poison them, but just as long as we're part of a half-baked quasi-political party, don't claim benefits and don't go to church? Just as long as it's because we hate brown people who wear different clothes and worship God in a different way, that makes it ok?! . Do you two ever THINK about what kind of message you're sending out??! .
Are you deliberately mis-representing what I have said, or just stupid, how dare you! Show me, quote where I even intimated, that terrorism is in any way acceptable! My abhorrence of it, is the main reason I began commenting on here in the first place. Fool!
You have only indicated your abhorrence of Islam so far, Eccy. Do we take this as tacit abhorrence of white supremacists too? :-) . Are you in fact a Liberal, like me?? . You have a great disguise Sir, I'd never have guessed!
The thread is about Muslim leaders in Bradford, (remember) ergo that is the jist of my comments, and I think I have indicated my abhorrence of terrorism in any way shape or form in my very last post! I also stated earlier that I have an ample bosom, so the title "sir" does not apply.
Plenty of Sirs with ample bosoms in this town if you hadn't noticed, sorry ma'am, though I did think you were unusual to admit to it.. ;-)
But as to your avowed abhorrence of any form of terrorism, I can only say that it's a shame you left it 'to your very last post' to make that clear.
Your previous posts came across as decidedly anti-muslim, rather than anti-terrorist, particularly when you support the hate-filled ramblings of someone like Stan...
Just an observation.

eccythump says...
8:48pm Sat 3 Apr 10

Yes I have noticed a rise in the 'moob' department :) As I said the article was about Muslims, so it seems pretty obvious that is what I was talking about really. Isn't that the point in commenting on an article.

interpretation says...
8:55pm Mon 5 Apr 10

"As far as Islam is concerned, it categorically rejects and condemns every form of terrorism. It does not provide any cover or justification for any act of violence, be it committed by an individual, a group or a government"

It is unfortunate that Islam, the religion of peace, hope, harmony, goodwill and brotherhood had been badly tarnished by the perpetrators of various terrorists acts and barbarism.

Goverments need to concentrate their efforts for the sake of national security on all terrorist organisations. In this case the terrorist are using the face of religion as a mask to their plots.

The UK government supports worship and encourages worshippers in their religous obligations. As Muslims, we support the government in capturing the cause to terrorists.

bredandbuttered says...
9:54pm Mon 5 Apr 10

interpretation wrote:
"As far as Islam is concerned, it categorically rejects and condemns every form of terrorism. It does not provide any cover or justification for any act of violence, be it committed by an individual, a group or a government" It is unfortunate that Islam, the religion of peace, hope, harmony, goodwill and brotherhood had been badly tarnished by the perpetrators of various terrorists acts and barbarism. Goverments need to concentrate their efforts for the sake of national security on all terrorist organisations. In this case the terrorist are using the face of religion as a mask to their plots. The UK government supports worship and encourages worshippers in their religous obligations. As Muslims, we support the government in capturing the cause to terrorists.
Thank you for the voice of reason, and of the truth.
I hope all those on here who do not recognise this unasssailable fact as true, wander off to pester some other low-lifes with their sad supremacist theories.
I do not support or follow religion(s) myself, but cannot feel threatened by beliefs of any form, as long as they are cerebral, individual, and do not come with either a two virgins for one price promise or an offer of instant gratification if you trade in your old belief for a new one.
Shove it down my throat and I will gag with the rest of you.
Can we have less posturing please I'm getting bored.

albion says...
6:41am Tue 6 Apr 10

interpretation wrote:
"As far as Islam is concerned, it categorically rejects and condemns every form of terrorism. It does not provide any cover or justification for any act of violence, be it committed by an individual, a group or a government"

It is unfortunate that Islam, the religion of peace, hope, harmony, goodwill and brotherhood had been badly tarnished by the perpetrators of various terrorists acts and barbarism.

Goverments need to concentrate their efforts for the sake of national security on all terrorist organisations. In this case the terrorist are using the face of religion as a mask to their plots.

The UK government supports worship and encourages worshippers in their religous obligations. As Muslims, we support the government in capturing the cause to terrorists.
"Goverments need to concentrate their efforts for the sake of national security on all terrorist organisations. In this case the terrorist are using the face of religion as a mask to their plots"
And make up 99% of active terrorists.

lonniejockstrap says...
10:20pm Tue 6 Apr 10

albion wrote:
interpretation wrote:
"As far as Islam is concerned, it categorically rejects and condemns every form of terrorism. It does not provide any cover or justification for any act of violence, be it committed by an individual, a group or a government"

It is unfortunate that Islam, the religion of peace, hope, harmony, goodwill and brotherhood had been badly tarnished by the perpetrators of various terrorists acts and barbarism.

Goverments need to concentrate their efforts for the sake of national security on all terrorist organisations. In this case the terrorist are using the face of religion as a mask to their plots.

The UK government supports worship and encourages worshippers in their religous obligations. As Muslims, we support the government in capturing the cause to terrorists.
"Goverments need to concentrate their efforts for the sake of national security on all terrorist organisations. In this case the terrorist are using the face of religion as a mask to their plots"
And make up 99% of active terrorists.
Not even near the TRUTH. Official FBI records show that only 6% of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from 1980 to 2005 were carried out by Islamic extremists. The remaining 94% were from other groups (42% from Latinos, 24% from extreme left wing groups, 7% from extremist Jews, 5% from communists, and 16% from all other groups).

A report from Europol shows that:99.6% of terrorist attacks in Europe were by non-Muslim groups; 84.8% of attacks were from separatist groups completely unrelated to Islam. Leftist groups accounted for over sixteen times as much terrorism as radical Islamic groups. Only 0.4% of terrorist attacks from 2007 to 2009 could be attributed to extremist Muslims.

So sad that you have to resort to spreading misinformation. There are people of all Races, Nationalities, Religions etc. who are trying to move forward together and don't appreciate deliberate attempts being made to undermine the trust and friendship they have for each other.

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