‘Kill all Pakis’ slogan appears on Glasgow walls (UK)

The International News of pakistan ^ | 7/1/07 | Rauf Klasra

[voletti]

LONDON: Some 35,000 Pakistanis living in Glasgow face a threat of a violent backlash from the white British community amid overnight wall-chalking urging people to “kill all the Pakis”, after two apparently Asian men tried to blow up the city airport on Saturday.

This is the first time that any such terrorist activity has taken place in Glasgow where around 50,000 Muslims, including 35,000 Pakistanis, live. The Pakistanis now feeling under siege after this incident.

The first minister of the British government was rushing to Glasgow to hold urgent meetings with intelligence agencies, police departments and the local community leaders to stop violent reaction against the Pakistanis. Efforts were under way to defuse the tension amid the renewed fears of racial riots.

Meanwhile, police have started searching the houses of the Asians, mostly Pakistanis, after getting some clues that the terrorists who tried to blow the airport were from the same community.

Member of House of Commons Mohammad Sarwar from Glasgow confirmed to The News that slogans like “Kill all the Pakis” had started appearing on the walls and roads of the city after this terrorist activity. Mohammad Sarwar was concerned about the possibility of racial attacks and said Pakistanis were scared since it was announced that the attackers were “Asian-looking” men.

“Although, so far, the identity of attackers who tried to blow up the airport has not been made public, we apprehend that they would turn out to be Muslims,” Sarwar said. Earlier, the situation in Glasgow had started to deteriorate after reports that two Asian looking young men had tried to blow up the city airport by ramming their burning vehicle full of explosives into the terminal. Both were overpowered by the police with the help of passengers.

But, the following morning, thousands of scared Pakistanis woke up to find the walls of the city splashed with slogans like ìkill all the Pakisî. Mohammad Sarwar, MP, who enjoys a lot of respect in the local community is trying hard to bring peace among the communities.

Sarwar was instrumental in getting three Pakistani youths extradited from Islamabad where they had fled after killing a 12-year-old white boy in a racial attack. Last week, Mohammad Sarwar announced that he was retiring from politics after facing threats from the heirs of the extradited boys who were later sentenced to jails for the rest of their lives. But, the extradition of the Pakistani killers followed by their sentence had helped maintain racial harmony between the Pakistanis and the white population.

[Chickensoup]

Someone chalked a kill all...sign on the wall and this is considered a backlash.

Showing up in Paki neighborhoods with torchs, ropes and pikes would be considered backlash.

[muawiyah]

You mean like this typical street scene from somewhere in Scotland during Hogmany?

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/PADavidCheskin_hogmanay460.jpg

[2ndDivisionVet]

Someone fax me a crying towel at 1-800-WHO-CARES?

This “victim mentality” that justifies ANYTHING in the name of The Religion of Peace (TROP) will get us all killed! Like this article: http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2727864.ece

[RGPII]

I know what officials in England don’t want to see is the potential for the kind of widespread violence and acts of vengeance that are in (where else) India. How ironic, England has many people from India and Pakistan there; and the violence that is over there in the subcontinent, is somewhat importd to England and needless to say, not by the people from India as a general statement (many Moslems live in India as well though).

[USF]

The Pakistanis now feeling under siege after this incident.

What, like the rest of the civilized world has not tasted this because of the behavior of their brethren?

It would not surprize me at all if some RoPers had written this slogan themselves so they can start a new whineathon about "victimhood" all over again, and ultimately see if they can get any more special "rights" thrown in with the deal.

[buccaneer81]

Some 35,000 Pakistanis living in Glasgow face a threat of a violent backlash from the white British community

Aww...my heart bleeds. Screw 'em.

[ran20]

Our intellectuals have a hard time understanding why when you invite millions of people from Pakistan to your nation you get the same problems Pakistan has. Like terrorism, honor killings, slums, etc.. Especially when they are encouraging the immigrants to keep their culture and religion.

Of course I believe our elites and intellectuals know exactly what the results will be, and are using it as a mechanism to divide and control.

[Biggirl]

...And that will come if there are any more car bomb threats, I predict.

[AmericaUnited]

“Give up the terrorists in your midsts or face the heat. It’s that simple”