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Charm offensive against Muslim extremists [UK]
Reuters ^ | 30 May, 2004 | By Pete Harrison

Posted on 05/30/2004 3:46:50 AM PDT by aculeus

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1 posted on 05/30/2004 3:46:50 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: aculeus

I thought France would be the first country to go under sharia, but maybe I was wrong.

The poor Brits just don't get it. The only thing Muslims would consider "Muslim friendly" is when the whole country is under Islam.


2 posted on 05/30/2004 3:51:28 AM PDT by livius
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""The broader task is to address the roots of the problem, which include discrimination, disadvantage and exclusion suffered by many Muslim communities."

If they buy into this, they are surely doomed. I hope Steyn does a piece on this.


3 posted on 05/30/2004 3:53:48 AM PDT by Bahbah
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To: aculeus

Wasn't it just yesterday when Alqueeda said it didn't want to attack Great Britain's embassy but to rule Great Britain?


4 posted on 05/30/2004 3:57:51 AM PDT by eastforker (The color of justice is green,just ask Johny Cochran!)
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They had better read these:

-Islam, a Religion of Peace®? Some links...--

5 posted on 05/30/2004 4:36:23 AM PDT by backhoe (--30--)
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The government has signalled its commitment to the Muslim community as a leaked document revealed a project to "win the hearts and minds" of Islamic extremists and al Qaeda sympathisers.

Note to Britain: Those aren't the kinda hearts and minds you want to win. Hint: Did you cuddle up to the Nazis?

6 posted on 05/30/2004 4:41:23 AM PDT by mewzilla
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BAD idea!


As many as 10,000? All potential Al Q sympathizers? And that's not counting the "moderate" muslim community?

Brits better get their act together FAST.


7 posted on 05/30/2004 4:47:34 AM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: backhoe
Thank you for the link in #5, backhoe!

mewzilla: Note to Britain: Those aren't the kinda hearts and minds you want to win. Hint: Did you cuddle up to the Nazis?

Well, no, but Britain hadn't allowed millions of Nazis to immigrate prior to WWII. Now they have 'diversified' and the British are swamped with Muslims to muddle through with.

8 posted on 05/30/2004 4:53:07 AM PDT by xJones
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Thanks for looking-
9 posted on 05/30/2004 5:06:04 AM PDT by backhoe (--30--)
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To: aculeus
The aim is to prevent terrorism by tackling its underlying causes...

Muslims.

10 posted on 05/30/2004 5:07:50 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (John Kerry - Not the Swiftest Boat in the Delta.)
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To: aculeus

A warped article from Reuters......what a surprise


11 posted on 05/30/2004 5:08:24 AM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
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To: xJones

Well, not all Muslims are Islamists. And non-Islamist Muslims have almost as much to worry about with regards to the loonies as does the rest of Britain. But cuddling up with Islamists makes about as much sense as cozying up to a rattlesnake. Sheesh.


12 posted on 05/30/2004 5:10:36 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Bahbah

It doesn't matter if the brits get it or not. War is upon them.... whether they wish it or not.


14 posted on 05/30/2004 5:20:01 AM PDT by ImaGraftedBranch (Liberals are evidence that Satan is very active in this world)
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The Brits are a very tolerant people, as we are, but dont underestimate the general population. The friends I have there are getting real short tempered with this Islamagarbage.


15 posted on 05/30/2004 5:24:07 AM PDT by rrrod
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To: aculeus

This is a big mistake on the part of the Brits.


16 posted on 05/30/2004 5:37:30 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: aculeus

Did you note how many are "economically inactive"? Translate-welfare recipients. They are sponging on the Brits while spending their time studying the Koran and figuring out ways to overthrow the govt.

These people are separateand isolated because THEY WANT TO BE. They HATE British culture. Nope, the Brits just don't get it. They need a litmus teat--either commit to the British way of life or go back to Egypt, Saudi, Yemen, etc.

vaudine


17 posted on 05/30/2004 5:48:10 AM PDT by vaudine
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"Muslim-friendly workplaces" could be set up, along with moderate Muslim television and radio stations.

These fools in the government don't get it. The Muslims are already in a free nation, that allows ALL of these things if they simply ask for them or work for them. Nothing prevents you from praying. Nothing prevents you from eating the food you desire, how you raise your family, what church-synagogue-mosque you attend. So why are they still so radical?

18 posted on 05/30/2004 5:55:09 AM PDT by Clock King
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Moderate Muslim preachers would receive state funding under the plan,

Um-hmm. So they'll all say they're moderate, won't they? And they'll keep pressing the limits, and no one will call their hand. Until eventually, Christianity is banned.

The trouble is, I'm not at all sure we won't follow the same foolish path.

19 posted on 05/30/2004 6:01:16 AM PDT by neutrino (Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences. Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: livius

Most Brits don't get it, the ones who do are already packed and ready to leave.

Might be a different story if we had the right to defend ourselves.


20 posted on 05/30/2004 6:23:42 AM PDT by I-spy-guy (Won't someone please vote me off this island?)
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