Jihadi threat requires move into 'private space' of UK Muslims, says police chief

The Guardian and Observer ^ | May 24, 2015 | Vikram Dodd, Crime correspondent

[2ndDivisionVet]

Exclusive: Britain’s most senior Muslim officer says potency of Islamist propaganda means some five-year-olds believe Christmas is forbidden.

Islamist propaganda is so potent it is influencing children as young as five and should be countered with intensified monitoring to detect the earliest signs of anti-western sentiment, Britain’s most senior Muslim police chief has warned.

Scotland Yard commander Mak Chishty said children aged five had voiced opposition to marking Christmas, branding it as “haram” – forbidden by Islam. He also warned that there was no end in sight to the parade of British Muslims, some 700 so far, being lured from their bedrooms to Syria by Islamic State (Isis) propaganda.

In an interview with the Guardian, Chishty said there was now a need for “a move into the private space” of Muslims to spot views that could show the beginning of radicalisation far earlier. He said this could be shown by subtle changes in behaviour, such as shunning certain shops, citing the example of Marks & Spencer, which could be because the store is sometimes mistakenly perceived to be Jewish-owned....

[Cowboy Bob]

You could replace “muslim” with “progressive” and the story would read the same.

[Gene Eric]

Islam is a war plan.

Yes, my beleaguered friends across the pond, it is indeed true.

Without a stake in the ground, the Kingdom drifts...

[HiTech RedNeck]

Those stakes are up to us.

It’s funny that the concern about Islamism has gotten Britain to do a full turn and warm up to the idea of a Merry Christmas again.

[Gene Eric]

>> Those stakes are up to us.

The U.K. must come to terms with reality...

[PIF]

Good luck. Churchill is gone.

[JamesA]

Let rats in your house you have a rat problem and soon it will lead to an infestation then you’ll have a huge problem to deal with.

[elcid1970]

Was the Muslim problem this acute when Margaret Thatcher was PM?

[PIF]

No, but then the memory of Churchill was still strong ... the Asian problem or wogs were under the radar, but building up to the take over of the UK - largely aided and abetted by the upper class types like Prince Charles and later by Princess Diana.

[elcid1970]

Never have understood the liberal death wish of the upper classes, either in U.K. or here.

In America a typical defender of Western & Christian values as well as free enterprise, is far likelier to be a Tea Partyer of modest means than a member of the country club set.

[BobL]

If they need a ‘private space’ free of whites, how about sending them to one of the 120 or so countries that doesn’t have whites? On a one-way ticket, of course.

[lowbridge]

“there was no end in sight to the parade of British Muslims, some 700 so far, being lured from their bedrooms to Syria”

Well, good. Let them go. Just dont let them come back.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Britain’s most senior Muslim police chief has warned.””

Is he genuine or masquerading as one with one foot in the door - soon in the whole house? Pretty difficult to trust any of them and we can’t be blamed for that. We make our judgments on people’s behavior....

[JoeFromSidney]

During the Christmas season of 1998, when I was a visiting professor in Istanbul, I was walking down the street one day and was absolutely flabbergasted to see a man in a Santa Claus suit walking toward me. This, in a Muslim country? But yes, some Muslim parents wanted their children to get presents.