The Guardian reports that the parish priest of the church which stands 30 yards away from where the number 30 bus was blown up in London last week said in his sermon yesterday, in which he urged the congregation to rejoice in the capital's rich diversity of cultures, traditions, ethnic groups and faiths:

‘There is one small practical thing that we can all do. We can name the people who did these things as criminals or terrorists. We must not name them as Muslims.’

Would this priest have said of the IRA bombing campaign : There is one small practical thing that we can all do. We can name the people who did these things as criminals or terrorists. We must not name them as Irish’?

Posted by melanie at July 11, 2005