'My life is threatened - there is no hope here'

BBC ^ | Aug 5 | BBC

[RandFan]

"It's not easy to stay here—more for my life and my safety; I can't try over and over again with the same result."

Mohammed Idris, who owns Bash café, in south Belfast, says he will not reopen after his business was set alight during violent protests.

Disorder broke out after an anti-immigration protest in the city on Saturday.

Mr Idris has told BBC News NI his businesses have been targeted before, saying his shop on Sandy Row was targeted last year.

"My computer shop was completely damaged just like this café. This café was a hope, a place for a community - there is no hope here now."

Recounting the night his cafe was attacked he says a group of people "shouted my name, 'Where is Mohammed?', then they smashed all windows on the ground floor."

However, he told BBC News NI that the worst came overnight when his business was set on fire.

"For me it’s not easy - it is so difficult when they know your name. It’s scary - my life threatened. A group of people coming - shouting my name, just people who came from different areas."

[Jamestown1630]

I think a lot of Irish - refugees from the Potato Famine - were told similar by Americans who hated them for their nationality and religion; but I guess you’d tell them to just accept the hatred and destruction, or go back:

https://www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis

[pierrem15]

Perhaps the Protestants and the Catholics can join forces, instead of trying to destroy each other.

That's actually what they've now done-- to put a stop to the flood of unwanted migrants.

[Georgia Girl 2]

They don’t want you Mohammad. Go home!

[Georgia Girl 2]

Islam is incompatible with Christianity.

[SuperLuminal]

Ditto!

[NorthMountain]

Good news!

[Bigg Red]

See the Belfast Catholics and Protestants marching together right here:

https://x.com/search?q=catholics%20and%20protestants%20join%20forces%20in%20belfast%20while%20demonstrating&src=typed_query

[Bigg Red]

See the Belfast Catholics and Protestants marching together right here:

https://x.com/search?q=catholics%20and%20protestants%20join%20forces%20in%20belfast%20while%20demonstrating&src=typed_query

[Bigg Red]

Very sad. Prayers for the UK.

[Bigg Red]

See the Belfast Catholics and Protestants marching together right here:

https://x.com/search?q=catholics%20and%20protestants%20join%20forces%20in%20belfast%20while%20demonstrating&src=typed_query

[bk1000]

Message received, I guess.

[Kudsman]

Thanks and stay safe.

[wildcard_redneck]

Europe for the Europeans! The people of Europe. Ever voted for their own genocide.

[HombreSecreto]

I wonder how many “good people” operate businesses that are used to fund the “not good people?”

[dragnet2]

It’s not the Muslims who are a threat to the UK. It’s the people running the UK who are a threat to Britain by forcing hundreds of thousands of Muslims into their towns and cities.

[wildcard_redneck]

I hope the Brits burn down every office of oppression that abuses them.

[Nateman]

...Perhaps the Protestants and the Catholics can join forces...

They have, which is why I believe it is going to be tough for the regime to crush this.

[RandFan]

He’s not getting much sympathy on FR is he ...

[null and void]

Some of them are mine, but unlike muslims, they weren't trying to impose their culture and religion at the edge of a scimitar.

I'm pretty tolerant, I've had roommates from Germany, Ethiopia and even Pakistan, I was the best man at an Asian Indian's wedding.

Anyone who is legally in this country and wants to attain US citizenship and be a contributing part of our culture and our economy is welcome in my house.

[NorthMountain]

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