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One city, two worlds Muslims in Leeds don't integrate into English society
MSNBC ^ | July 16, 2005 | Staff

Posted on 07/16/2005 7:02:38 PM PDT by jeepgal

LEEDS, England - Young men wear tight jeans and T-shirts, their black hair gelled. The heavy and distinct Yorkshire accent — gruff with flat vowels — may be just as deceiving.

Despite their outward Western appearance, the second and third generation Muslim Asian community in this northern town has barely integrated into British society — although many have never visited their ancestral homes of Pakistan, Bangladesh or Kashmir either.

The working-class neighborhood of Beeston, which came to world attention after at least two of its sons were involved in the July 7 suicide bombings in London, is one of many districts here where Asians from the Indian subcontinent have settled in the past 40 years.

While young men have largely chosen Western attire over traditional clothes, most young women prefer to wear shalwar kameez — loose trousers and a tunic — and hide their hair under loose thin scarves.

But it’s not only the clothing, the complexion or the food, language or even religion that separates Beeston’s Muslim Asian community from its English and black counterparts. It is their distinct Islamic values and shared homeland ties that they cherish so much and fear losing.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: leeds; ukmuslims
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1 posted on 07/16/2005 7:02:50 PM PDT by jeepgal
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To: jeepgal

Parts of Detroit are becoming very much like that.


2 posted on 07/16/2005 7:07:14 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If a democrats lips are moving, they're lying.)
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To: jeepgal
They had wanted her to marry a cousin, a tradition in her community.

That would explain a lot ...

3 posted on 07/16/2005 7:07:28 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Iraq is the bug light for terrorists" (Mike McConnell 7/2/05))
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To: NonValueAdded

How do you say "You shore got a purty mouth" in farsi?


4 posted on 07/16/2005 7:10:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If a democrats lips are moving, they're lying.)
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"How do you say "You shore got a purty mouth" in farsi?"

*KABOOM!*

5 posted on 07/16/2005 7:18:14 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: jeepgal
Can anyone name a place or time - when Muslims INTEGRATED into their host society - without attempting to rule, convert, maim, cheat, go on the dole, enslave or kill?

Semper Fi
6 posted on 07/16/2005 7:22:24 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat

I can't think of any.


7 posted on 07/16/2005 7:36:29 PM PDT by mlc9852
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To: NonValueAdded

read my tagline its true!!


8 posted on 07/16/2005 7:36:45 PM PDT by Luigi Vasellini (60% of Saudis, 58%of Iraqis, 55%of Kuwaitis,50% of Jordanians married 1st or 2nd cousins. LOL!!!)
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To: river rat
Seems to me that for thousands of years the Jews largely refused to assimilate into a host society. They took an attitude of "Leave us alone, we don't mean any harm." And the Jews have been hated and persecuted for thousands of years.

For thousands of years the Muslims have refused to assimilate into a host society. They took an attitude of "We will kill you, you cursed dogs." And the Muslims have largely been left alone.

What's up with that??

9 posted on 07/16/2005 7:38:53 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: river rat

No, I certainly can't. But I can't tell you that the 15 major violent conflicts in the world all involve muslims.

They have no desire to assimilate, but they have made known their intentions to islamisize the world.


10 posted on 07/16/2005 7:42:29 PM PDT by milford421
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To: cripplecreek

As are parts of Brooklyn, Queens and Jersey City...


11 posted on 07/16/2005 7:43:03 PM PDT by milford421
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To: cripplecreek
MEIN KAMPF = MEIN KORAN

ALLAHU AKBAR! = HEIL HITLER!

12 posted on 07/16/2005 8:19:00 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: river rat

Nowhere, never.
Only bad muslim "backsliders" assimilate, and even they are always liable to "rediscover their faith" and go Jihad at any time.
Often, this is after they have moled their way into the FBI, etc.


13 posted on 07/16/2005 8:20:25 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: milford421

Not just those fifteen, but about 95% of all shooting wars on the planet involve Muslims.


14 posted on 07/16/2005 8:29:14 PM PDT by SALChamps03
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To: Travis McGee

Not only the FBI, but also the Ports, Aviation, Emergency Services, etc.

Of course, let us not overlook the State Department, etc.


15 posted on 07/16/2005 8:39:04 PM PDT by milford421
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To: milford421

Yep. We have made a classic error, absorbing thousands of potential moles into all of our security infrastructure. Today's "arabic translator" will be a high DHS bureaucrat in 20 years.


16 posted on 07/16/2005 8:58:19 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Travis McGee

Or sooner, perhaps.


17 posted on 07/16/2005 10:16:06 PM PDT by milford421
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To: milford421

True.


18 posted on 07/16/2005 10:48:39 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Travis McGee; jeepgal; All
The first mistake was letting them in the door.
The second mistake was allowing this "unassimilated" nonsense- if you want to retain your native culture? Stay home.

My vest-pocket take is this:

To put it very bluntly--

I have long ceased having a care about what these creatures think, feel, fear, or care about anymore:

Islam, The Alleged Religion of Peace® ( TARP™ )? Click this picture:

No, I am not exaggerating. Click the pic, go to "last," and read backwards.
If you are not informed about this stuff, you will be made sick. If you are informed, you will be made mad, all over again.


...and then, there's this little matter still on the books, waiting to be accounted for:

Where It's 9-11 All the Time...

Click the picture...

19 posted on 07/17/2005 3:19:01 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trakball into the Dawn of Information...)
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To: Travis McGee

You would be VERY interested in this:

SperryFiles.com


20 posted on 07/17/2005 11:04:37 AM PDT by milford421
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