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November 05, 2003
The British connection
Disturbing claims from Canon Andrew White, the Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy in the Middle East, who says he ran into three British Muslims in Iraq who had come to fight the coalition forces. Two points he made should cause special concern. The first was that these three were not the normal radical types but apparently solid, respectable people. The second was that there was systematic recruitment going on in Britain to these forces of terror. He said that Muslim clerics in Britain were appalled at militant figures from 'Mujahidin-type organisations' who run what are advertised as prayer groups from private homes but which are in reality recruiting missions. 'The overwhelming majority of Muslim leaders here and in Iraq don’t want foreigners going to Baghdad to fight when they are working for peace,' he said. So it's not just treachery towards Britain and the west. It's also a betrayal of decent, moderate Muslims who are watching powerlessly as this recruitment -- and the further hijacking of their religion -- takes place under their noses. Once again, what on earth is the government doing ignoring all this? It knows perfectly well that Britain has become a major recruiting ground for terror. It must know who these recruiters are -- and if it doesn't, it jolly well should. Yet it continues to let them carry on with their appalling incitement and mass murder production line. Is it through fear, or misguided strategy -- or just plain incompetence? Posted by melanie at November 5, 2003
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"these three were not the normal radical types but apparently solid, respectable people". If you let yourself get recruited into this kind of cause you can't be all that solid and respectable. :) "what on earth is the government doing ignoring all this? It knows perfectly well that Britain has become a major recruiting ground for terror. It must know who these recruiters are -- and if it doesn't, it jolly well should" Do the government agencies have good enough contacts in the Muslim community to tell them who is doing the recruiting? If not, what could be done instead, maybe confiscating passports from suspected recruits to keep them from leaving, as it is done with football hooligans? Posted by: Ralf Goergens at November 5, 2003 12:59 AMThe link provided goes to the Timesonline, for which services one must register and pay. I'd like to read the article, but have no desire to pay for a x-period subscription I simply won't use. Posted by: James Riley at November 5, 2003 05:16 AMIf the moderate Muslim clerics were as "appalled" by this as they say, they would be giving the government the necessary information. Posted by: Ilana at November 5, 2003 07:56 AM"If the moderate Muslim clerics were as "appalled" by this as they say, they would be giving the government the necessary information." Quite so. I am not certain that the British authorities and the British public learned the proper lessons form the two murdering bastards who were British citizens who attacked Mike's Place Bar in Tel Aviv last April. As long as Jews are the victims they do not seem to care too much. Posted by: Travis at November 5, 2003 03:19 PMMuslims are muslims period. They are neither British, American or any other nationality. None of this is a surprise. Ilana got it right, 'moderate muslim clerics appalled' - yeah, my arse (pardon my French). Posted by: Derek at November 6, 2003 02:18 PMModerate muslims! Oh yeah, we've been sending out teams to find them but to no avail; crying out loud for moderate muslims to coeme out of their closett. But they are as hard to find as the Yeti. The real tragedy is that we just dont what to do with the 'moderate' muslims that we have in our midst. Sooner or later these moderates, as their numbers increase, are going to demand sharia. And that will be the end to the country that founded modern Western civilisation. Posted by: DP at November 6, 2003 11:38 PMPlease remember that the labels are your own. Posted by: Taylor Fern at December 11, 2003 04:01 AMIdeas on Earth are badges of friendship or enmity. Posted by: Luckett Tiffanie at December 21, 2003 06:39 AMIt is only the most intelligent and the most stupid who are not susceptible to change. Posted by: Glickman Howard at January 10, 2004 07:18 AM |
