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Muslims' fury as they are told to keep watch on their kids Last updated at 16:41pm on 20th September 2006 Muslims' fury as they are told to keep watch on their kids The Home Secretary has urged Muslim parents to watch out for signs that their children are being groomed to become suicide bombers. John Reid told them they must regard their youngsters as potential recruits for firebrand preachers. His extraordinary comments came in a speech to a specially invited Muslim audience at an east London location which was kept secret for security reasons. "There is no nice way of saying this," he said in a passage warning about the danger from extremist clerics. "These fanatics are looking to groom and brainwash children for suicide bombing, to kill themselves in order to murder others. Look for the tell-tale signs now and talk to them before their hatred grows and you risk losing them forever. In protecting our families we are protecting our community." More here... Radical shouts down Reid on Muslim 'brainwashing' <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_articl\ e_id=406110&in_page_id=1770> His remarks were condemned by some Muslim leaders, who accused him of wanting parents to spy on their sons. Ahmed Versi, editor of the Muslim News, criticised Mr Reid, saying he was asking parents to inform on their children and implying that all Muslims were potential terrorists. It would generate a "new climate of fear" against Muslims, he said. But meeting a 60-strong audience, hand-picked from London's Pakistani, Bangladeshi and north African communities, Mr Reid will suggest that some Muslim families turn a blind eye to danger signs. "I know it's not easy," he said. "I'm a parent of two boys and I know how hard it is to raise children and to know everything about them. "And I know how hard it is, sometimes, to see what is in front of our eyes - particularly when it is something that we do not agree with. "But there are some circumstances when we need to intervene; when we need to challenge or confront their behaviour in order to protect them from others and to protect them from harm." His comments would have been unthinkable before last year's London bombings, carried out by four British Muslims, in which 52 commuters were murdered and more than 700 injured. But he said Muslim communities needed to be at the forefront of the fight to prevent such horrors. He argued that the battle was not between Islam and "infidels" but to save shared British values of tolerance and respect."Our fight is with those who do not share our values and who use terror to try to force us to accept theirs," he said. "The principles of devotion to family and society, to faith and to good deeds are not ones that are restricted to Islam alone; they are the values of Britain." He urged: "That is why I am asking you to be part of that fight for our common values. For this is the real conflict." Mr Reid was expected to face tough questioning from the gathering, both on his recent record as Home Secretary responsible for community relations and as defence secretary who oversaw operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the 7 July bombings, the Government and police have set up several projects to try to improve links with the Muslim community. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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