Cowering under Islam's sway (Europe bedevilled by fears of offending Muslims)

January 27, 2004 | Robin Shepherd

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It is the biggest flap over political correctness Britain has seen in years. It has pitted one man against the BBC - Britain's highbrow, purportedly impartial state TV network - and unleashed a national fracas over what may or may not be said about the hottest topic of the moment: Islam and the West.

Earlier this month, Robert Kilroy-Silk, a one-time Labour MP and for 17 years the host of one of British television's most successful daily talk shows, let loose with a few thoughts about the Arab world. In a column for the mass circulation Sunday Express, under the deliberately provocative headline "We owe Arabs nothing", he opined, in part, as follows:

"Apart from oil - which was discovered, is produced and is paid for by the West - what do (Arab countries) contribute? They should go down on their knees and thank God for the munificence of the United States. What do they think we feel about them? That we admire them for the cold-blooded killings in Mombasa, Yemen and elsewhere? That we admire them for being suicide bombers, limb-amputators, women repressors?"

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Ooops - it's an excerpt from a Washington Post article picked up by the Sydney Morning Herald. Read the rest here:

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/26/1075087954378.html

[Teacher317]

Mark Steyn weighs in on this one...
Mark Steyn: What Have Regulators Got to Do With It? - 1/17/04
Mark Steyn: On Getting Sacked From the BBC - 1/19/04

[mgist]

. . . thank God for the "munificence" of the United States, I'm going to have to look that one up.

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Thanks. I'll check them out.

[mgist]

"munificence" = generosity. I learn something new every day.

[RoseofTexas]

Islam is the MOST EVIL religion on the face of this earth! Their goal is to convert the WORLD, not just one nation, but the world!As an Example... Already in Africa which only had around 4million Muslims has ballooned at an astonishing rate in just under ten years to 300 million muslims. While Christianity has been stifled there by the Muslims. Get in it's way and you'll be killed for it. America is posturing in the same direction as the rest of the nations. P.C is the devils tool! We are toooo damn generous in this country, while these evil people won't even ALLOW people in Muslim countries to meet in their homes for bible studies! Their ULTIMATE goal is to rid this world of Christians and Jews. America has between 3to8 million Muslims alone in our country and it is GROWING at a scary rapid pace! Their intentions are to convert, by force or by the sword Americans into their RELIGION of PIECE! WE MUST STOP IT before we end up in the same situation as France! God help us!

[Rummyfan]

"Apart from oil - which was discovered, is produced and is paid for by the West - what do (Arab countries) contribute? They should go down on their knees and thank God for the munificence of the United States. What do they think we feel about them? That we admire them for the cold-blooded killings in Mombasa, Yemen and elsewhere? That we admire them for being suicide bombers, limb-amputators, women repressors?"

I don't see anything incorrect here. How can simple facts be so offensive to some?

[bereanway]

Mr. Kilroy-Silk obviously hasn't learned what it means to be a good dhimmi, but given a little more time he'll figure it out.

[sheik yerbouty]

Their moral cowardice gives me the urge to Euronate on them, but I won't paeon them.

[BayouCoyote]

I don't see anything incorrect here. How can simple facts be so offensive to some?

Makes you wonder, huh?