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  • British Muslims Angered by Police Chief’s Remarks

    03/04/2005 6:50:00 PM PST · by Land_of_Lincoln_John · 10 replies · 456+ views
    Islam Online ^ | March 4, 2005 | Mustafa Abdel-Halim
    CAIRO, March 4 (IslamOnline.net) – British Muslims angrily reacted after the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has backed a minister’s controversial comments that Muslims should accept that they would be targeted by police under anti-terrorism laws. “The comments are astounding and not helpful in the least, as they could increase anti-Muslim sentiments in the country,” Inayat Bunglawala, the spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain, told IslamOnline.net on Friday, March 4. The council is the largest group representing the country's 1.6 million-strong Muslim community. Bunglawala was speaking after Sir Ian Blair said he supported Home Office Minister Hazel Blears’ statements...