Posted on 06/01/2013 5:30:03 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
Tony Blair today makes his most powerful political intervention since leaving Downing Street by launching an outspoken attack on ‘the problem within Islam’.
The former Prime Minister addresses the shocking killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich by going further than he – or any front-rank British politician – has gone before over the issue of Muslim radicalism.
Writing in today’s Mail on Sunday, he departs from the usual argument that Islam is a peaceful religion that should not be tainted by the actions of a few extremists.
Instead, Mr Blair urges governments to ‘be honest’ and admit that the problem is more widespread.
‘There is a problem within Islam – from the adherents of an ideology which is a strain within Islam,’ he writes.
‘We have to put it on the table and be honest about it. Of course there are Christian extremists and Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu ones. But I am afraid this strain is not the province of a few extremists. It has at its heart a view about religion and about the interaction between religion and politics that is not compatible with pluralistic, liberal, open-minded societies.’
He adds: ‘At the extreme end of the spectrum are terrorists, but the world view goes deeper and wider than it is comfortable for us to admit. So by and large we don’t admit it.’
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The former PM’s remarks come as David Cameron prepares to make a Commons statement about the Woolwich murder tomorrow afternoon.
The statement will come just hours after the first meeting of the Prime Minister’s Tackling Extremism and Radicalisation Task Force (TERFOR) – made up of senior Ministers, MI5, police and moderate religious leaders – tomorrow morning.
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Looks like former prime minister Tony Blair is more conservative than John McCain, Mitt Romney, and they rest of the blood sucking GOP elite on the subject of Islam.
Sorry Tony, the UKIP train has already left the station, and you’re one of the main reasons it exists.
They WILL NEVER trust you.
Say what you like about him, or say what I don’t like about him “new labour” Tony Blair gets it about the jihadis, better than most. in a way he’s like giuliani. this is the most important issue of our day people the world over want to chop our heads off, everything else pales in comparison.
These schumcks are like hitler are we getting it yet?
Do you have that urge to murder you fellow man? Do you have a desire to do anything you want by putting words in God’s mouth?
The way I see it, if you have this urgent desire to kill innocent people like one would pull wings off a fly, then step up to the plate, kiss the Black Stone of Mecca and get a sharp knife. That’s all it takes. Just as easy as a click of the mouse.
Isn’t Islam nice?
Eternity with 72 virgins? No problem! It’s better than winning a loto ticket.
Rape a woman and get to stone her to death? Wow what fun! It’s better than baseball!
Pull the wings off a fly? Hell, you can’t eat flies with wings on them.
I wonder if there was some treason going on...
that wopuld explain Blairs sudden change of heart
hes covering his butt...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3026287/posts
I’m with you. It will be hard to paint him as a right wing extremest. Will be interesting to see the response he gets.
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Yep. That train has left the station.
Agreed.
yep. Check out this scorcher vid from British Freedom Party. Weston calls BLAIR a traitor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG77qpLi4oc&feature=share
If Homeland Security and the lawbreakers at the IRS had their way, Tony would be labeled an extremists and shot.
Luckily for us the MSM is catching on to how extreme Homeland and the IRS have become...
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Instead, Mr Blair urges governments to ‘be honest’ and admit that the problem is more widespread.
‘There is a problem within Islam – from the adherents of an ideology which is a strain within Islam,’ he writes. ‘We have to put it on the table and be honest about it.
Blair's right - problems can't be solved when a culture has their heads stuck in the sand.
“‘We have to put it on the table and be honest about it. Of course there are Christian extremists and Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu ones. But I am afraid this strain is not the province of a few extremists. It has at its heart a view about religion and about the interaction between religion and politics that is not compatible with pluralistic, liberal, open-minded societies.’”
If a normal person made that statement in most of Europe, they could be jailed for a HATE CRIME.
In reality, the problem IS islam.
These “equivalency” comparisons need to be called out every time some moron makes them. Examples need to be demanded until they are supplied (an impossibility although I’m predicting that some will make some vague allusion to the Crusades) or recanted.
Right. And:
The crusades, NOT good enough.
The Catholics went to save the Byzantines because the Muslims were attacking them.
People don’t know history, then they use some version of it in order to change the subject from the fact that no Christian nor Jew was ever incited by religion to go out and spontaneously.
Thanks Tennessee Nana.
And that’s the point that needs to be hammered home over and over until it sticks: Islam is the ONLY religion that inspires and even mandates that others be killed if they cease or refuse to follow its tenets. They are killing for their faith. No other faith to my knowledge does or has done that.
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