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Britain
Brit Muslims call for moderation...
2005-07-14
As the country comes to term with the shock and reality of the first suicide Brit bombers on home soil, the pressure is mounting on the Muslim community to explain why four young “normal” Brits of Pakistani descent in the prime of their life succumbed to this ideology and acts of suicide and murder. Shahid Malik, MP for Dewsbury, the hometown of Mohammed Sadique Khan, warned that British Muslims can no longer live in a state of denial and stressed that Muslims must drive out the extremists from their midst. “The Muslim community must be and is prepared to confront this evil head on. We have got to accept that there is evil and extremism. It is there and in the most wicked fashion it manifested itself on Thursday. This is a defining moment for this country,” he said.

The cathartic outpouring continues as stunned Muslim leaders line up to condemn unequivocally the acts of their young coreligionists. In Leeds, faith leaders have been tirelessly working to put up a united front and to stem any attempts to divide the communities. A spokesman for the Leeds Muslim Community stressed that “now is the time for moderation, unity and sensitivity on all sides. We are shocked and saddened that the chief suspects in the London bombings were from West Yorkshire. We send our condolences to the families of those who have died.”

This is all very fine, but the Khilafa crowd and Omar Bakri and Captain Hook are all pushing for more Islamic separatism, trying to keep Muslims from being assimilated into British society. I'm wondering if the sentiments are genuine, or if it's a cry to Brits not to treat them as they'd be treating, say, Ahmadis in Pakistan in similar circumstances. My attention span stretches at least as far back as the last booming of an imambargah in Pakland, and to the riots that followed it. Luckily for them, London's not Gilgit.
Posted by:Fred

#9  The response to Dihmi calls for moderation has been to slaughter commuters, workers, and kids.

Hmm, so we should respond to Muslim calls for moderation by... hmmm... I wonder if there are THAT many virgins up ther?
Posted by: Hyper   2005-07-14 18:46  

#8  Right Kalle - we must not forget that in Islam it is perfectly alright to flat out lie and cheat as long as it advances Islam......
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-07-14 17:59  

#7  A spokesman for the Leeds Muslim Community stressed that “now is the time for moderation, unity and sensitivity on all sides. We are shocked and saddened that the chief suspects in the London bombings were from West Yorkshire..."

But NOT shocked and saddened that the ACTUAL bombers were MOSLEM?

All of the Moslem declarations are mere lies to appease us (taqiya) UNLESS they immediately denounce and deliver the jihadists in their communities, and explicitly commit to life without taqiya, jihad, and sharia. Anything less tends towards treason.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2005-07-14 17:13  

#6  

Cover of London Daily Mirror, HT Drudge...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-07-14 11:21  

#5  Oops, make that West Yorkshire!
Posted by: BA   2005-07-14 08:55  

#4  Note the spokesman from Leeds says NOTHING of his co-religionists. Just that he's sorry they're from Leeds. So, if Pakis came from Paki-Wakiland, or, heck, from Birmingham, it'd be o.k.?
Posted by: BA   2005-07-14 08:54  

#3  "The Muslim community must be and is prepared to confront this evil head on"

ok. it's easy. start with your own backyard. begin by mounting vigils and protests and screaming matches against the likes of

" . . .the Khilafa crowd and Omar Bakri and Captain Hook [who] are all pushing for more Islamic separatism . . .

two questions:

1. what took you so long?

2. what are you gonna do besides make a speech every once in a while?
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-07-14 07:17  

#2  a moderate muslim is a muslim who has run out of explosives.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-07-14 07:11  

#1  now is the time for moderation, unity and sensitivity on all sides

No. Now is the time for one side to decide whether they are citizens of the UK, or inhabitants.
Posted by: Pappy   2005-07-14 01:37  

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