Posted on 10/07/2008 12:24:36 PM PDT by forkinsocket
A group of young British Muslims are being named as advisers to ministers as part of a drive against extremism.
The move comes as part of fresh plans to prevent radicalisation and address community concerns.
The 22 Muslims aged 16-25 will hold regular meetings with key ministers and civil servants.
Muslims called for a voice for youngsters in an official plan after the 2005 London suicide bombings which killed 52 people.
The advisory group comes as the government is rethinking how to prevent violent extremism, a key element of counter-terrorism strategy.
Officials have acknowledged more work needs to be done to reach out into Muslim communities.
The youth advisers are similar to another initiative which has seen Muslim women directly advise ministers.
In contrast, the largest Muslim umbrella body in the UK remains on the sidelines amid continuing rows with government.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and Schools Secretary Ed Balls are unveiling 22 youth advisers who officials say have been drawn from a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds.
They will be asked to give direct views to ministers on key issues including extremism, discrimination, citizenship and how they see Islam fitting into British society.
In turn, officials hope they will take the dialogue with government back into communities. The 22 have been partly chosen because of their track-records of community action and volunteering.
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Stage 1:
Start immigrating - move into a country quietly
Stage 2:
Begin starting churches: “learning centers”
community helps: food etc.
Stage 3:
Political activism: demanding rights, denounce
derogatory comments/press etc.
Stage 4:
Get elected, pass laws favoring rights etc. move toward
political majority
Stage 5:
Political control, Sharia Law
islam is basically the only religion with any political power now in the UK.
Sad, isn’t it.
How many Christian youths are advising those who are running these mosques?
(s) Maybe the Christians could teach the muzzies how to assimilate and peacefull. (/s)
Who will greet them? Surely not St. Peter.
Capital punishment and gun ownership are two things that immediately come tom mind...
There. I fixed it.
All the groveling by the phony “ministers” in a post CHrisitan west is a sickening spectacle.
It certainly is.
Grand isnt it? Members of a community that makes up, what 3% of the population? get to meet with the powers that be, advise them, exert influence, be listened to and kowtowed to.
Baptists make up 3% of the population and no one listens to their concerns. Perhaps they ought to do a few riots, picket a few newspaper proprieters, threaten those who declare “Jesus was just a man” with instant death. They could insist on their own courts, spit on people who do infant baptism,...hey it could work!
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