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There are fascinating developments in England in the wake of Jack Straw's laudable request for Islamic women to stop wearing the veil that separates Muslims from the rest of society. The message is getting to some in the British Islamic community that they must assimilate or leave:
Senior MPs and peers signalled their alarm at the furore triggered 10 days ago by Jack Straw's call for women to reconsider wearing face veils. They said the Muslim community felt under siege following a succession of recent headlines generated by the Government.
...The Labour peer Baroness Uddin pleaded with the Government to work to help women lead the fight against extremism. She said: "We have attacked those who would be our greatest allies in meeting the current challenges of terrorism and radicalisation." She warned that the row over veils had caused "havoc" in the Muslim community and created "a feeling of vulnerability and demonisation of Muslim women".
Lord Ahmed, another Labour peer, said members of the Muslim community were considering leaving Britain because of the row. "People are asking: 'What is our future here, do you think we should be taking our money and going somewhere else because this country has so much Islamophobia?'"
One Islamic response was to issue a veiled (no pun intended) threat:
But Khalid Mahmood, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, warned: "There's been a huge hype over a small number of people and the only thing this has led to is Muslim-bashing. The only people this will benefit are the far-right BNP. It will also encourage extremists from the Muslim community who will say: 'We told you so."'
This is the response we see so often from Islamic leaders - 'You are saying you don't want our terrorists to attack you? You'd better not, because that will only encourage our terrorists to attack you even more.' Notice that he's threatening physical attacks ( "it will also encourage extremists from the Muslim community" ) in response to a use of free speech. Here again we see an Islamist using a threat of physical violence to restrict Western free speech. This is the message of the dictator and the oppressor. It's got no place in a free Western society.
Also notable is the cumulative effect of a series of statements from those who defend the free world:
The Labour MP John Denham, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, warned: "I'm worried there has been a series of pronouncements by government ministers, each one of which is individually unexceptional, but put them together it does look like a barrage of general criticism."
This is how we, who insist on protecting our free Western society and culture, gain power from standing together. We all seek to make reasonable statements, and the cumulative effect is very powerful.
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what more do we need from islamists to get it. they are saying if we don't be quiet they will kill us. these people do not belong in western society. if allowed to remain the violence will continue and esculate. it is as plain as the crooked noses on their faces. it is time to criminalize their hate speech. and figure out some way to ship them off somewhere the can kill each other. although they don't need the practice. try to remember just sixty or so years ago britian was a big help in saving the free world and proud of it. take back that pride. take britian back from these pagans, i refer to allah, the moon god.