Posted on 06/30/2007 7:17:12 PM PDT by angelcindy
LONDON (AFP) - London Mayor Ken Livingstone called on Britons Saturday not to demonize Muslims after a double car bomb plot was foiled in the capital, amid fears of a Islamist terror threat.
At the same time he criticized Britain over its ties with Saudi Arabia, which he said had fuelled intolerance in the past through its Wahhabist form of Islam, creating a "major problem."
"In this city, Muslims are more likely to be law-abiding than non-Muslims and less likely to support the use of violence to achieve political ends than non-Muslims," he told BBC Radio.
"They have played a good and active and growing role in creating a multi-cultural society," he added.
He noted that terrorist acts had been carried out in London over the years by various groups including for example far-right groups. For years the British capital was wracked by violence by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
"All I am interested in as mayor is that we try to prevent all acts of violence whether it is by a disaffected young member of the (far-right) BNP (British National Party), whether it is by an Islamist or a Wahhabist supporter," he said.
It was crucial to understand "that that doesn't mean that all white men are potentially a threat to society any more than all Muslims are," he added.
But he said criticized the government's ties with Saudi Arabia, saying it remained unclear if Riyadh had stemmed huge amounts of funding which he said flows from the country.
"We have got to understand that when we talk about the Wahhabi strand of Islam, which is very intolerant, our major problem in dealing with it is that it flows out of Saudi Arabia," he said.
He said Wahhabi was the official religion of the Saudi royal family, and noted that Riyadh was one of the main buyers of British arms.
"For a very long time, politicians at national level were refusing to be sufficiently critical of the fact that the Saudi regime didn't clean up its act," he said.
"Now we are assured that they have, but there's been decades of literally hundreds of millions of pounds flowing out of Saudi Arabia with official backing into the most intolerant strand of Islam, buying influence all over the world for it.
"I think we have to be absolutely clear that that is not still going on. I don't have access to the sort of MI6 briefing to say whether that's come to an end or not," he said.
If and when GWB gets around to bombing the Iranian nuclear sites, he is terrified of the response of the mullahs, (eg. bombing our school children), what little tolerance we have for muslims now, will go out the window.
"Tragically, almost one in four British Muslims believe that last year's 7/7 attacks on London were justified because of British support for the U.S.-led war on terror."
I would like a response from the London Mayor.
“Londonstan” Google it.....
Eurabia
Dude, I’m beginning to believe that it’ll be soccer hooligans in the U.K. and the heavy metal hooligans here who’ll lead the next revolution. And by the way, sign me up, as much as I hate Metallica!
By turning a blind eye to the growing problem of Islamic militancy, the country’s establishment encouraged “Londistan” to develop - the capital of Islamic militancy in Europe which threatens the free world.
Thank you for posting the link to the Pipes article. Similar surveys of Muslim “American” opinion have been done in this country. The West is cutting it’s own throat by welcoming Muslims into it’s societies. Would we have imported Germans who were on the side of Hitler into our country during WW2?
They blame everyone n everything else, cept the real cause...the terrorists
Thanks, I’ll read it too.
Here is the MSM’s headline, ‘Rogue SUV Tries to Blow Up UK Airport.’
Londistan is a must read for all of us who get the nature of radicalized Islamic Terrorism and those who who do not.....
What an ass in denial.
I’m suprised they didn’t blame talk radio..
I will have to get it and read it..
here’s one...
Flaming Car Rams U.K. Airport; 2 Arrests
Yeah, the National Front is doing all sorts of stuff ...
What an ashwipe this guy is.
This is London's mayor, Ken Livingstone.
A little bit of controversy earlier this year from this guy: London's mayor has been suspended from office on full pay for four weeks for comparing a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp guard.news article
The IRA was a far right wing group?
This guy is clueless, no doubt.
But let’s be honest. We have people just like this idiot all over our government. Some of our people even go make nice and have photo ops with known terrorists. Maybe we shouldn’t be throwing stones.
Mayor Ken Livingstone is an ignorant slut along with Pelosi and Boxer and Feinstein... all the rest of those liberal SOB’s
Villar, the mayor of L. A. is a ignorant slut too. while we are at it.
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