It Seems that the British Intel Has SCREWED Once Again. Or Is It Another
COOKED UP Story Like the 45 Minutes Iraq Dossier. Since 7/7 Britain Has Been
Harping About So Called HOME GROWN Terror. But Now They Are Saying that the
Latest Incident Has INTL Links As If They Want to Cover All the BASES to Ensure
That NO Muslim is Left Out of Their RECKONING. AB
Muslims Must Raise Their Voices in Anger
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 03/07/2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/07/03/dl0301.xml
On the face of it, the most recent wave of terrorist attacks in Britain is
different in nature from the incidents of July 2005. Until the capture of the
seven prime suspects now being held, there was an almost universal assumption
that these latest attempts, like the earlier ones, had been initiated by
disaffected British-born Muslims - most probably the descendants of Asian
immigrants.
So accustomed has public opinion become to the idea that the children of
unassimilated migrants are ready fodder for recruitment to Islamic
fundamentalism that little attention was paid to the possibility of systematic
incursion by foreign jihadis. Now it would seem that none of those under
suspicion is British, and that at least two are nationals of countries closely
involved in the conflicts in the Middle East: Iraq and Jordan.
There is one sense, at least, in which this can be considered good news. If
the indigenous Muslim community had appeared to produce yet another tranche of
would-be mass murderers, the consequences for race relations and the
possibility of ethnic minority integration might well have been disastrous. So
moderate British Muslims may well be feeling relieved, possibly even absolved,
by the revelation that these potential outrages do not seem to have originated
from within their ranks.
A number of Muslim leaders have made clear how shocked and offended their
community has been by these incidents. But given the state of public anger and
alarm over the series of failed attacks, and the sense that it was only the
most extraordinary good fortune that prevented them from ending in carnage, it
may no longer be enough for British Muslims to offer verbal condemnations after
the fact.
In her statement to the House yesterday, the new Home Secretary, Jacqui
Smith, said, "Terrorists are criminals who come from all religious
backgrounds", which, in the present context, is absurd. Obviously, all Muslims
should not be branded as potential terrorists, but, for present purposes, all
terrorists are likely to be Muslims. So the efforts of security services,
police and courageous civilians cannot safeguard innocent life in Britain
without the active co-operation of the Islamic community, not only because its
members are in the best position to be aware of co-religionists behaving
suspiciously, but also because it is they who will have to accept the
infringements of liberty that follow from racial profiling and the targeting of
likely terrorists, which are now necessary for public safety.
Perhaps the many British Muslims who detest terrorist activity might consider
raising their voices against it in public protests, to demonstrate their
understanding of the need for the hard measures to come.
AB [EMAIL PROTECTED]
First They Came for the EXTREMIST, FUNDAMENTALIST & MODERATE Muslims. And I
DIDNT Speak Out Because I Wasn't An Extremist, Fundamentalist or a Moderate
Muslim. Then FINALLY They Came for Me the NON-PRACTICING Muslim And NO Muslims
Were Left to Speak Out for ME.
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