Posted on 10/02/2006 1:03:08 PM PDT by Republicain
A teenager was stabbed when hundreds of people became involved in a battle on the streets of Preston. Trouble centred on the Jamea Masjid mosque in Clarendon Street, Avenham, for more than four hours last night (Sunday) and led to a massive policing operation.
Preston's police chief said the problems were triggered by local youths throwing stones at cars belonging to people attending the mosque.
This sparked a response from around 200 people inside the mosque who came out to defend those under attack.
It resulted in one 16-year-old Asian youth being stabbed in the arm, but ambulance crews were turned back as the police felt it was too dangerous for them to enter the scene.
Fighting continued into the early hours and led to police requiring back-up from officers as far away as Lancaster and Burnley.
Chief Supt Mike Barton, divisional commander for the area, said more than 100 officers were deployed and he was treating the incident as race-related.
He said: "Some people I spoke to at the mosque insisted it wasn't racial but I think some people at the mosque believe it was.
"Until we actually find the offenders and speak to them, and because some people believe it to be racial, then that's how we'll treat it."
Insp Simon Hayes, force incident manager for Lancashire Police, described the incident as "community tension" with youths on the streets in a "confrontational mood".
He said: "As a result of that, there was a high-level policing operation to reassure the public and disperse these groups.
"There was no major disorder or serious incident."
Ilyas Desail, of the Jamea mosque on Clarendon Street, said: "It is not a mosque issue, it is a community issue.
"It is the month of Ramadan and that is the only reason the mosque has been brought into this.
"We are all upset by this, everyone is upset. No one is going to be happy with the tarnishing of such great efforts we have made in Preston in the past 40 years."
A mother-of-three, 33, from Clarendon Street, said: "It's getting ridiculous and for the past two nights there's been fighting."
Sadly, the police did very little, having released the little tick a few days ago. Deporting is too good for him.
You're right, I am always getting them mixed up.
Sorry to hear about the outcome. What kind of message does that send? Argh.
WHO is the hell are you to insist that Brits, in their own papers, use terms that YOU would use and understand? You've been given the explanation, yet that isn't good enough somehow because the whole of England is wrong and you are right!
Geez, after this thread, I don't think *I* even like Americans amymore.
Well *I* still love y'all.
:-)
A sign of the Apocalypse?
No, I'll have to ask my son. I'm kinda surprised it wasn't an Irish pub...
As to the message it sends ... it is the wrong one. But things are changing, and it is about time.
I was on a bus going directly in front of the Danish Embassy in February, I had to put up with a rabble of muslim boys spouting off what their imam had been preaching about the forthcoming protest, and even after they had left, I drove directly in front of that rally.
I am one woman, I am not stupid enough to take on a busload of radicals but after the event, I will do what I can.
And as an aside, if there was ever any doubt, all those signs calling for the death of the west were real. all those signs are real
Do you think I don't know an attack when I see one?
You'd have to be blind not to see it.
Or a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
;-)
Now we just need our leaders to do what even France is doing.
Deport them to the Islamic country of their choice.
What they are doing, calling for the overthrow of a lawful government, is treason and sedition.
I wish Gens. Pershing and Patton were still around.
Here's a reference to it:
Regards, Ivan
Whoops, Film Actors Guild.
Thanks. I appreciate the info. I'm between being incredulous and ROFLMAO. Surely, this is a joke? How does anyone put up with this nonsense? Glad I live in the U.S. I have scant patience for officious petty officials.
I grew up in Southern California, and have lived in Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire. I love Kentucky and plan to never leave.
Speaking of stereotypes, during my first trip to Ohio, I met a girl who was (quite obviously) from the hills. I had honestly thought the hillbilly accent I heard on tv was an exaggeration. OMG! I don't think I understood half of the words out of her mouth and all I could think was, "I can't wait to get back home and tell my roommates that the real thing is much worse!"
Or perhaps it was one of us American girls who are offended by your portrayal of us?
50,000 Aussie troops served in Vietnam during our conflict with 542 killed there. Pretty impressive for a country with their population.
Subject: COWBOY LOGIC
Three strangers strike up a conversation in the airport passenger lounge in
Bozeman, Montana, awaiting their flights.
One is an American Indian passing through from Lame Deer. Another is a
Cowboy on his way to Billings for a livestock show, and the third passenger
is a fundamentalist Arab student, newly arrived at Montana State University
from the Middle East.
Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners
learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls
into an uneasy lull. The wind outside is blowing tumbleweeds around and the old windsock is
flapping; but still no plane comes. The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face.
Finally, the American Indian clears his throat and softly he speaks, "At one
time here, my people were many, but sadly, now we are few."
The Muslim student raises an eyebrow and leans forward, "Once my people were few," he sneers, "and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is?"
The Montana cowboy shifts his toothpick to one side of his mouth and from
the darkness beneath his Stetson says in a drawl, "That's 'cause we ain't
played Cowboys and Muslims yet, but I do believe it's a comin'..."
American toddlers don't play with their own feces, Ivan. They have binkies, play dough and toys. Discussing your own behavior in regard to poo-poo as an infant might not be all that appropriate here . . . but, don't be ashamed of your babyhood fetishes. . unless, of course, you haven't outgrown them. If not, we can send you a big pack of Play Dough in a rainbow of colors as a constructive substitute . . .
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