Posted on 07/16/2005 6:56:59 PM PDT by Wil H
THis is the kind of brain Numbing stupidity we have to combat...
THE uncle of suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer last night told the News of the World the 22-year-old's murderous act did not make him a terrorist.
In a searingly frank and shocking exclusive interview, Bashir Ahmed claimed Tanweer was a "desperate" young man "driven" to commit the atrocity by the West's treatment of Muslims.
And he BLAMED Tony Blair and George Bush for the July 7 bombings, warning: "There will be more."
"These (suicide bombers) are desperate people," said Ahmed. "They can see that their brothers are not getting their rights, so they take extreme action."
The businessman was pictured on TV worldwide last week talking with dignity of his family's shock at the news that Tanweer had detonated the Aldgate Tube bomb, killing himself and six others.
Outrage
But face to face with our Investigations Editor Mazher Mahmood—a Muslim himself—he revealed the deepest feelings he hid from the cameras.
Ahmed—who was attacked and punched in the street by a skinhead on Friday—has lived for 44 years in Britain, a country he loves.
He feels the REAL reasons why his nephew and three other young Islamic terrorists killed 55 people are being ignored.
Some of his claims will outrage readers. But we publish them because we believe—like the Prime Minister—that his views should be dealt with head-on rather than brushed under the carpet.
Ahmed chillingly PREDICTED more bloodshed from young British Muslims, because they regard others of the faith as brothers and sisters. "They want to be accepted as part of this community," he said. "But when their brothers and sisters are being abused by this government, that's where they get hurt. They say what we are taught and preached in the schools, colleges and universities, are human rights, human rights protection.
"(But these leaders) don't put into practice themselves. And that is going to drive them (young Muslims) to do...they will be driven to sacrifice their lives.
"Anyone can be driven to doing that. Every person who has a feeling for their brothers and sisters can be driven to that if they see they are tortured, or humiliated or insulted."
Ahmed PRAISED Tanweer—who came to his unsuspecting uncle's kebab shop in Leeds to say goodbye the night before the bombings—as a caring person "regardless of race or colour". He said his nephew was "looking for justice for human beings".
"I would not say that he (Tanweer) was a terrorist," said Ahmed.
"He was driven to this. He was desperate. He was driven to that by desperation because he couldn't find justice anywhere. This lad has made a name for himself in the world. Muslims call it a sacrifice, the Europeans call him a terrorist."
Cigar-smoking dad-of-four Ahmed describes the 55 lives taken by his nephew and his murderous pals as "a few".
"I'm sad about our child. At his hands a few people of this country have suffered. It's sad. We didn't want it," said Ahmed.
He laid the blame for the terror attacks firmly at the door of Tony Blair and George Bush, SLAMMING them for sparking the suicide bombings by "trampling over our human rights" and urging them to APOLOGISE for it.
"Britain and America are saying they will defeat terrorism. I am saying that terrorism can be finished in one second," said Ahmed.
"Why can't Blair and Bush apologise for the way they have abused the human rights of Muslims?"
Abusing
He said America should stop plundering oil in Iraq and the Middle East and the "abuse" of suspected Islamic terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 9/11.
"What is happening in Iraq. It is piracy of oil, piracy," said Ahmed. "And the way prisoners have been treated—the countries responsible for that say they do everything for human rights.
"How can they say that, when they are abusing our human rights."
Tanweer's parents are currently under police protection in Bradford. "I think they will almost certainly have to move. Even a move back to Pakistan is a possibility," he added.
"We, as British Muslims want to play a part where all of us can live in peace and we expect our government to play a part. And I mean we do want to live in peace."
So glad the problem is confined to just "a few extremists who've hijacked the religion." / sarc.
Oh...Well...all's forgiven then. Poor boy suffered so.
That's a damn shame.
Wow...isn't this the guy whose family said was brainwashed by Muslim extremists? This is quite a different story.
Hmmm... unless Captain Hook is the head of Halliburton, and is hoarding all the oil for himself I sure haven't seen any.
Trampling on the human rights of Muslims?
A so called religion which demeans the human rights of it's own followers? The women in their culture? All other religions on the planet? Keep up the B.S. Islam and you may just find a MOAB in downtown Mecca one of these days.
Exactly how is the West mistreating these poor Muslims? At least here in the US, we seem to be bending over backwards to accommodate these practitioners of the "religion of peace"!
Then I guess it's fairly clear that he wouldn't think a person, that shot him for saying that, was a murderer. Cool.
The only positive note in this article is that some skinhead boxed his ears.
I lay a lot of the blame on the MSM for whipping up fury in the mooslime world re: alleged "abuse" at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib.
By blowing them up?
too tired to even comment....bttt
I was thinking the same thing. Want to do a "root cause" analysis of why some of these people hate us? They've been watching CNN for a few years and think that we are monsters and we deserve to die for the terrible things we do. Thanks MSM. In years to come, they will be compared to Lord Haw-Haw and Tokyo Rose.
"we seem to be bending over backwards to accommodate these practitioners of the 'religion of peace'!"
It's more like we are bending over forward, taking it doggie style and saying "Please give me more".
The Rats and the media are whipping up the ignorant masses. It is inexcusable.
Remember, it's OK for them to lie to the infidels.
Do it and take your disaffected youth with you.
By blowing them up?
Non-Muslims are not human beings, apparently.
""I would not say that he (Tanweer) was a terrorist," said Ahmed.
Neither would the BBC, but I would. They all were.
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