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Muslim leaders join condemnation
BBC ^ | 7/7/05 | U

Posted on 07/07/2005 6:34:53 AM PDT by GPBurdell

BBC NEWS

Muslim leaders join condemnation

Muslim leaders have condemned the attacks on London and said they fear their communities could now fall prey to vigilante attacks.

Muslim Association of Britain president Ahmed Sheikh said the attacks would make the Muslim community less safe.

He said women in headscarves might be in particular danger and warned all Muslims to be especially vigilant.

Muslim News editor Ahmed Versi noted one of London's biggest Muslim areas, around Aldgate East, had been targeted.

Mr Sheikh said the unique good relationship Muslims had with the government and society was threatened.

"The person who did this was targeting along with wider British society the Muslim community, ruining the good relationship we have."

"Muslims have to be vigilant now, especially the mosques, and I hope the police will increase security" Ahmed Versi Muslim News

He said the police should consider extra protection for mosques and Islamic schools and said Muslims, particularly women in headscarves, should be vigilant and avoid unnecessary journeys.

"It is scary. A tiny element of the community will make use of this. It is a blow to us, to all of us. It is a moment of sadness and we send our condolences to the families of those who have been killed or injured."

Mr Versi said he had already received one threatening e-mail about the blasts.

"There might be some increase in attacks on the Muslim community especially visible aspects of Islam like mosques, community centres and women with headscarves.

"Recently there have been a lot of attacks on Muslim women on buses in London, it has increased during the last few months."

But he said the immediate Muslim revulsion at the attacks could help calm the situation.

"I don't think there'll be as high a number of attacks as after 11 September because Muslims have come out very strongly, especially Muslim leaders, condemning the attacks.

"I'm sure many Muslims will have been injured as well... one of the bombs - at Aldgate - was near to the east London mosque, it's a very heavy Muslim area.

"Muslims have to be vigilant now, especially the mosques, and I hope the police will increase security on mosques and Islamic centres."

Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4660411.stm

Published: 2005/07/07 13:03:31 GMT

© BBC MMV


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; koranimals; london; muslim; muslims; rop; taquiyya; terrorism; trop; ukmuslims; whiningmuslims
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To: GPBurdell

**cough** BULL$#!% **cough**


21 posted on 07/07/2005 6:39:43 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: GPBurdell

Scumbag muslims are always claiming that "violence isn't the way of islam". In fact, as we all know, violence is what islam is ALL about.

The anti-islam blog The Flanstein will, I'm sure, have some comments....

http://flanstein.blogspot.com


22 posted on 07/07/2005 6:39:45 AM PDT by Dr. Luv
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To: GPBurdell
Muslim Association of Britain president Ahmed Sheikh said the attacks would make the Muslim community less safe.

I hope so.

23 posted on 07/07/2005 6:39:49 AM PDT by airborne
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To: GPBurdell
they fear their communities could now fall prey to vigilante attacks

I understand their fear, but I have yet to see any of these groups actually get involved in the pursuit of these criminals. If they want people to believe them join the fight to stop this barbarism.

24 posted on 07/07/2005 6:40:13 AM PDT by kempster
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To: GPBurdell
Muslim leaders have condemned the attacks on London and said they fear their communities could now fall prey to vigilante attacks.

Be thankful you are still being allowed to breath air, you muslim pukes. What actions have your 'peaceful' muslim bretheren taken in response to muslim atrocities in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Spain, Bali and elsewhere?? Hmmm??
25 posted on 07/07/2005 6:40:33 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (The theory of evolution is the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century - Michael Denton)
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To: RexBeach

They should deport them so they ( the Muslums) are safe...:-)


26 posted on 07/07/2005 6:40:35 AM PDT by stockpirate (We can fight them in Iraq! Or we can fight them outback! Which do you prefer?)
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To: Methos8

No, but words have meaning, and like Dick Durbin's, their meaning is not satisfactory.


27 posted on 07/07/2005 6:40:45 AM PDT by battlecry
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To: airborne

If he feels unsafe why not return to where he came from and leave the UK? Whining maggots.


28 posted on 07/07/2005 6:41:02 AM PDT by RexBeach (Pardon me, but is that a malaise sandwich in your pocket or are you just glad to be in a funk?)
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To: Brad Cloven
"Muslim leaders have condemned the attacks on London and said they fear their communities could now fall prey to vigilante attacks."

TRANSLATION

Muslim leaders have condemned the attacks on London BECAUSE they fear their terrorist cells could now fall prey to vigilante attacks.
29 posted on 07/07/2005 6:41:16 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: GPBurdell
Muslim leaders join condemnation

Join the battle, or STFU.

30 posted on 07/07/2005 6:41:16 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: theDentist
I don't believe them

Nor do I.

Doesn't the koran teach/tell them to lie at all costs wherever possible, to the infidels?

31 posted on 07/07/2005 6:41:29 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: GPBurdell
If muslims cannot—or will not—control their own radical elements, others will do it. One way or the other, it will be done.
32 posted on 07/07/2005 6:41:43 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: GPBurdell
Post prayers and messages here for our law-abiding friends in London
33 posted on 07/07/2005 6:41:49 AM PDT by summer
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To: All
So NOW they are speaking out? There was at worst celebration and at best silence since 911. I guess when they bomb a country that will reciprocate they feel they need to do the PR speak to save their own butts. Perhaps the English will treat them like the savage barbarians that they are.
34 posted on 07/07/2005 6:42:15 AM PDT by texan75010 (You lost - MoveOn...to France, or Canada, or New Zealand, or Germany...take your pick.)
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To: GPBurdell

Then they ought to cough up the perpatrators, since some of them know who they are; being such a tight community and all that..


35 posted on 07/07/2005 6:42:25 AM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: GPBurdell

I imagine they are celebrating in private. Talk is cheap.


36 posted on 07/07/2005 6:42:28 AM PDT by tkathy (Tyranny breeds terrorism. Freedom breeds peace.)
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To: GPBurdell

Bull shit!

That is for the public.

If they had not privately consented to and probably ordered them, the attacks would not have occurred.


37 posted on 07/07/2005 6:42:47 AM PDT by sport
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To: GPBurdell

Nuke the cube in medina.


38 posted on 07/07/2005 6:43:49 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: GPBurdell

condemnation is a really pretty word but it doesn't mean a thing. It's time for them to step up to the plate and start killing the terrorist animals among them.


39 posted on 07/07/2005 6:44:05 AM PDT by cripplecreek (I zot trolls for fun and profit.)
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To: GPBurdell
They're more concerned about being "discriminated against"

I wonder if the Brits will fold up like a house of cards under threat from these losers.

40 posted on 07/07/2005 6:44:13 AM PDT by Nov3 ("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
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