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UK Muslims 'outraged' when asked to condemn terror British leader called 'ridiculous' for urging 'clearer, stronger language' Posted: November 22, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com A British official has raised the ire of his country's Muslims after urging them to follow the "British way" of political dialogue and reject Islamist terrorism. Denis MacShane, Britian's minister for Europe, was speaking to his Rotherham, UK, constituency after the bombings in Istanbul when he likened the terrorists to Nazis and urged British Muslim leaders to use "clearer, stronger language" to speak out against them, the Guardian of London reported. The paper...

Nov. 21, 2003 British Minister compares terrorism to Nazim, tyranny By DOUGLAS DAVIS LONDON British Muslims are outraged at a challenge by Foreign Office Minister Denis MacShane to choose between the "British way" of political dialogue and Islamic terrorism. In the aftermath of the bombing of British interests in Istanbul Thursday, which claimed 27 lives, including British Consul-General Roger Short, MacShane likened the terrorists to the Nazis. In a speech on Friday, he called on imams and other Muslim leaders to use "clearer, stronger language" to denounce Islamic extremists. "It is time for the elected and community leaders of British...