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as-salaamu 'alaykum
everyone,
Many of our readers will be familiar with
the regular anti-Muslim rants delivered by Melanie
Phillips (Mel P: 'Very Scary Spice' as we call her at UNSPUN).
Mel P is a prolific writer and a zealous supporter of
Israel. She has regular columns in the Daily Mail and the Jewish
Chronicle. She also maintains a verbose online diary at her
website:
Melanie Phillips was also cited in the
recent Islamophobia report for a particularly vile and inflammatory post 9/11
piece she wrote for the Sunday Times in which she
said:
“The attitude of many
British Muslims should cause the greatest possible alarm that we have a fifth
column in our midst...Thousands of alienated young Muslims, most of them born
and bred here but who regard themselves as an army within, are waiting for an
opportunity to help to destroy the society that sustains them. We now stare into
the abyss, aghast.” (Sunday Times, Nov 4, 2001)
Well, on Jan 4 2005, Melanie Phillips'
diary entry - called 'Dhimmi Britain' made very interesting reading. It seems
that Mel P has become a regular reader of the Muslim Weekly (www.themuslimweekly.com). She is not
very happy though. Oh no! She is particularly angry
that a government minister, Mike O'Brien, took the time to write a comment piece
for the Muslim Weekly in which - according to Mel P - Mike O'Brien 'bent over backwards to appease Muslim sentiment.'
Especially as there is 'relatively little genuine prejudice against Muslims'
according to Mel P: an impartial
observer if ever there was one!
But wait. That is not the worst of it.
Mike O'Brien committed one of Melanie's cardinal sins - he had the temerity to
mention Israel in a less than beautiful light. Mel P says:
"One of the most
disgraceful and disquieting passages is about Israel."
In fact, all O'Brien had
said was:
"The reality is that the only way a Palestinian state will be
created is if Israel is prepared to concede land it currently occupies on the
West Bank and Gaza. "
Your UNSPUN Moderators have
learned that the Jewish Chronicle and the Daily
Mail are both planning to run big stories tomorrow (Friday 7th January
2005) attacking Mike O'Brien for allegedly 'pandering to the Muslim
vote'.
We at UNSPUN hold no brief for the Labour
Party or its cowardly leadership which followed George Bush into a dishonest and
disgraceful war against Iraq.
However,
the pro-Israel lobby is clearly out to hammer a government minister
who has been a good friend of British Muslims. O'Brien has met
Muslim groups around the country to hear their concerns and was instrumental in
getting the Labour Party to put forward proposals to Outlaw Incitement to
Religious Hatred and Religious Discrimination - two key demands of British
Muslims.
We at UNSPUN urge
you all to email Mike O'Brien at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and call upon him
to remain firm despite the huge pressure that will tomorrow be brought to bear
on him by the Zionists. Don't forget to act - you can be sure that the Zionists
will not forget.
salaams,
Moderators,
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