 Muslims opposed to the British way of life should leave the country, even if they are UK citizens, a senior main opposition Conservative MP said Wednesday.
| "Pack your turban and get the hell out!" |
Conservative Shadow Defence Minister Gerald Howarth told The Scotsman newspaper that extremists who saw the Iraq war as a conflict against Islam should be considered as treacherous as Soviet sympathisers were during the Cold War. Howarth also criticised remarks by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and his own Conservative colleague Dominic Grieve, the Shadow Attorney General. Howarth said the majority of Muslims adhered to British values and he described how the British flag had been flown at a meeting he had with Muslims over last weekend. But the MP compared those who despised the British way of life with the traitors who spied for the USSR.
| Same principle, isn't it? Treason is treason, no matter what flavor it is... |
| Those critical of him are left defending the idea that people hostile to Britain should be allowed to stay ... |
"If they don't like our way of life, there is a simple remedy, go to another country, get out," Howarth said. Asked what if those people were born in Britain, he replied "Tough. If you don't give allegiance to this country, then leave. There are plenty of other countries whose way of life would appear to be more conducive to what they aspire to....They would be happy and we would be happy."
| Sounds fair to me, but "fair" isn't what you'd call an Islamic ideal... |
Howarth was apparently incensed by suggestions from Straw yesterday that the presence of British troops in Iraq was "part of the problem. And he criticised Grieve, who said yesterday that the London attacks were "explicable" because of the deep sense of anger felt by Muslims in the UK about various issues, including Iraq and the state of the Islamic world.
| No other social groups seem to be capable of anger quite like it presents itself among Muslims, do they? |
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