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British Muslims feel like "Jews of Europe"
Reuters ^ | 07/04/2008 | Paul Majendie

Posted on 07/04/2008 12:00:29 PM PDT by Republicain

LONDON (Reuters) - Muslims in Britain feel like aliens in their own society and say they are targeted like "the Jews of Europe", the country's first Muslim government minister said.

International Development Minister Shahid Malik painted a bleak picture of the integration of 1.8 million Muslims, three years after Islamist suicide bombers killed 52 people on London's transport system.

The suicide attacks triggered a debate on whether the policy of avoiding imposing a single British identity, and instead promoting a multicultural society, had led to segregation of ethnic minorities.

Malik, who has been the target of race attacks including a firebombing of his family car, said some media coverage "makes Muslims feel like aliens in their own country."

"If you ask Muslims today what do they feel like, they feel like the Jews of Europe," he told a documentary to be shown on Channel 4 television next week, marking the third anniversary of the attacks on July 7, 2005.

"I don't mean to equate that with the Holocaust but in the way that it was legitimate almost -- still is in some parts -- to target Jews. Many Muslims would say that we feel the exact same way."

An ICM survey done for the documentary shows a narrow majority of 51 percent of Britons blame Islam to some degree for the bombings. Eight out of 10 Muslims said they felt there was more religious prejudice against their faith since the bombings.

The issue invariably touches a raw political nerve. In February a leading defence think-tank caused a stir by saying multicultural Britain is an easy target for attacks by militant Islamists because its aims, values and political identity are divided.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; eurabia; europe; fascism; islam; islomonazism; londonistan; muslim; uk; ukmuslims; victimology
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To: Republicain
Why did they leave their 9th Century paradises to live amongst infidels,anyway? If they were to go home all problems would be solved.
21 posted on 07/04/2008 12:24:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: Republicain

Bwa-wa-wa-wah!


22 posted on 07/04/2008 12:26:57 PM PDT by Paperdoll ( on the cutting edge)
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To: Rosemont
London, England:

Paris, France:

Madrid, Spain:

New York, New York

PS... During World War II, the mohammedan b@stards were in bed with the Nazis. The SS Handschar and Skanderbeg Divisions were composed of Muslims who brutally murdered untold numbers of Jewish civilians as part of the Holocaust.

Additional Source:

http://www.themiddleeastnow.com/musnazi.html

23 posted on 07/04/2008 12:27:08 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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To: Republicain
Muslims in Britain feel like aliens in their own society and say they are targeted like "the Jews of Europe"

Except for the pogroms, the mass expulsions, the confiscation of property, the laws prohibiting them from owning land or practicing certain professions, the deportations, and the death camps.

Not to mention that the Jews had no country of their own to escape to, and Muslims have 57 Islamic states.

24 posted on 07/04/2008 12:30:54 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: Republicain
Moslems murder Europeans in England


Europeans murder innocent Jews

Moslems murder Europeans in Spain

Europeans murder innocent Jews





25 posted on 07/04/2008 12:35:10 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Gay State Conservative

They are proselytizers They believe in Dar Islam.

“islam over the earth” the house of islam.


26 posted on 07/04/2008 12:42:30 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Republicain

Idiotic. The Jews of Europe did not try to overrun any country. They were singled out for extermination by people who were filled with jealousy for the Jews’ successes and intelligence. This envy allowed a racist like Hitler use the Jews as scapegoats.

OTOH, the Muslims of England came there voluntarily, and if they would assimilate like others from So. Asia, i.e. the Hindus and Sieks of India, there would be no problem.


27 posted on 07/04/2008 1:03:45 PM PDT by Gumdrop
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To: marron

The Jews of Europe were not trying to undermine European society.


28 posted on 07/04/2008 1:34:48 PM PDT by keats5 (tolerance of intolerant people is cultural suicide)
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To: econjack

I just finished reading another British article, describing the prevalence of knife attacks in a “no-go” area.

The Muslims are taking over Europe, one “no-go” area at a time.


29 posted on 07/04/2008 1:46:22 PM PDT by keats5 (tolerance of intolerant people is cultural suicide)
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To: Republicain

Sorry they feel that way... time for them to go somewhere else then! I hear there is lots of space in Saudi Arabia.


30 posted on 07/04/2008 1:56:11 PM PDT by ikka
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To: Republicain

No sympathy wasted here ...


31 posted on 07/04/2008 3:01:58 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (If you don't like your middle name, that's your problem.)
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To: econjack

Muslims seek colonization not integration.


32 posted on 07/04/2008 3:12:56 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: Republicain

I’m beginning to wish that they were treated as such. I promise to look the other way and play Frenchman.


33 posted on 07/04/2008 4:02:05 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

Just wanted to insure that no one sees this as any sort of insult on Jews. My disdain is solely for the “religeon of peace” and it’s practitioners.


34 posted on 07/04/2008 4:04:08 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Republicain

In listening to any Islamic person, imagine yourself listening to Satan himself. Would you give him the benefit of the doubt, or assume he comes to you in good faith?

Okay, then. They are his children and lie just like their papa does...all day long. Refuse to listen or indulge, so as not to be played for a fool.


35 posted on 07/04/2008 4:57:41 PM PDT by avenir
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To: marron
Better yet, let a Brit walk through a Muslim Neighborhood, and let a White American walkthrough a Jewish Neighbor in New York. See which one feels more comfortable.
36 posted on 07/04/2008 5:06:43 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: Republicain

Yeah, right. So far as I can see all they do is p!ss and moan if a kuffar even looks at them funny, and every single government agency and official does double sommersaults and backflips to accomodate and appease them. Get out of here with your whining, you little crybabies. Let’s talk about what you do to Christians and other religious minorities in your Muslim countries, let’s talk about what the Muslims just did to a bunch of Coptic monks in Egypt...


37 posted on 07/05/2008 10:42:08 AM PDT by Boagenes (I'm your huckleberry, that's just my game.)
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To: Melinda
Maybe they should stop acting like “aliens” to start with.

And perhaps return to their own country...

38 posted on 07/05/2008 5:31:29 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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