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Muslims Crowding London's Mosques Say They Fear Backlash in Aftermath of Bombings
AP ^ | Jul 8, 2005 | Jill Lawless

Posted on 07/08/2005 12:59:23 PM PDT by phoenix_004

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To: freedomson

everyone afraid of backlash should be condemning, publicly, the crime committed.


41 posted on 07/08/2005 1:09:23 PM PDT by jw777
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To: Lekker 1

Well said


42 posted on 07/08/2005 1:09:24 PM PDT by DancesWithTrout
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To: Maceman
All they have to do to avoid a backlash is to start turning in the terrorists in their ranks, and to make aggressive public statements and demonstrations of their opposition to terror.

Exactly! But their fear-mongering, propaganda-spreading, lying, cowardly leadership hasn't got the vision to do it.

43 posted on 07/08/2005 1:09:24 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: golfboy

The problem with that sector of the population is lack of education. They have no idea of ethical behavior in the greater society in which they find themselves.


44 posted on 07/08/2005 1:09:53 PM PDT by RightWhale (withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
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To: phoenix_004

"I'm bloody Muslim, and I'm afraid to go into the city"
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Good.

Go on offense.


45 posted on 07/08/2005 1:09:57 PM PDT by Peelod (Decentia est fragilis. Curatoribus validis indiget.)
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To: nuffsenuff

Exactly my sentiments. Unlike the Muslim community in the US after 9/11, the Muslims in Britain now have opportunity to disassociate themselves from jihadi terrorists. They will probably have do bend over backwards a little before their sincerity will be accepted (mainly because they don't have past actions to fall back on....ie: a lousy reputation for being silent). It's funny that the biggest thing they are worrying about is getting their asses whupped.


46 posted on 07/08/2005 1:10:05 PM PDT by brooklyn dave (I got rejected from "Mullah Omar's Eye for the Infidel Guy")
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To: phoenix_004

> "This morning I was driving to work and a woman on the radio said she'd had her headscarf pulled. I was shocked, to be honest," said Ahmed Shafi, 31, a grocery store manager. "In this day and age you don't expect that."

Poor baby. OK. This is just as bad as the bombings were. Lets call it even. (sarcasm off)


47 posted on 07/08/2005 1:10:09 PM PDT by jim_trent
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To: Myrddin

Damn those murdering Baddest monk terrorists!


48 posted on 07/08/2005 1:10:20 PM PDT by Hunble
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To: billybudd

That would be nice, yes. That's EXACTLY what I'm suggesting.

You have a problem with that?


49 posted on 07/08/2005 1:11:10 PM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: thoughtomator

I seem to often see Christians making statements like 'Muslims should be marching in protest' or 'rooting out the terrorists' but they can never tell me where they marched when Christian terrorists were attacking London or what they did to root them out.


50 posted on 07/08/2005 1:11:25 PM PDT by Canard
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To: Maceman

Actions speak louder than words.


51 posted on 07/08/2005 1:11:59 PM PDT by kx9088
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Thousands of Muslims crowded London mosques for Friday prayers, condemning the bombings, but also wary they could be made scapegoats and fearful of reprisals against their growing and vibrant community.
Um, if anyone's a scapegoat, it's the innocents that were killed in London, and for that matter, in Madrid, NYC, DC ... in other words, the innocent victims of Muslim terror.

Muslims are taking a page out of the American left's playbook and attempting to paint themselves as the victims, albeit potential ones. Everyone's down on the poor Muslims. Such bull@#$%.

As ever, if they sought to improve their image, they could start by ponying up with some names. I'm sure Scotland Yard is more receptive than ever to such assistance.

52 posted on 07/08/2005 1:12:11 PM PDT by jayhorn (when i hit the drum, you shake the booty.)
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To: billybudd
You're suggesting the Muslims in London carry out vigilante justice against people whom they believe are jihadists?

No. We're suggesting that they get into the habit of turning over the terrorists in their ranks to the authorities, work with said authorities to help convict such terrorists, and make loud public demonstrations of their opposition and intolerance of Islamic terror.

You're suggesting that's too much to ask? You're suggesting that the appropriate first response of "innocent" Muslims ought simply be to complain about fearing a backlash?

Are you for real?

53 posted on 07/08/2005 1:12:12 PM PDT by Maceman (The Qur'an is Qu'rap)
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To: phoenix_004

Cry me a river.

I am sure there actually are many Muslim immigrants who do think of themselves as Brits first and who are not sympathetic to the terrorists. That said, however, there have been almost no incidents of "retaliatory" attacks on Muslims by non-Muslims, either in the US or Britain, and this is just more of the Islamic/liberal pity-party drivel.


54 posted on 07/08/2005 1:12:23 PM PDT by livius
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To: Hunble
"Britain with its liberal and welcoming approach to people is taking this in its stride. I'm very proud of that."

That there is the problem...

55 posted on 07/08/2005 1:12:24 PM PDT by JerseyRepub (I voted for John Kerry before I voted against him!)
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To: phoenix_004
confident of the city's tolerant traditions

And that, my friends, is the reason they will be attacked again and again. Close the mosques down. Every GD one. NOW!

56 posted on 07/08/2005 1:12:30 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: phoenix_004

I have little sympathy.


57 posted on 07/08/2005 1:13:03 PM PDT by k2blader (Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
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To: phoenix_004

Let them be very afraid!


58 posted on 07/08/2005 1:13:09 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: Maceman

Actually, I meant exactly what he said I was suggesting.


59 posted on 07/08/2005 1:13:24 PM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: kx9088
Actions speak louder than words.

True. But words at least speak louder than silence, which is all we see from Muslims these days (except for the constant whining about backlash).

60 posted on 07/08/2005 1:13:40 PM PDT by Maceman (The Qur'an is Qu'rap)
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