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Originally Posted by kirklancaster
Whilst I see repeated condemnation on this forum for anyone who is even (wrongly) perceived to be tarring "all Muslims with the extremist brush", I do not witness the same principle being applied to the poor innocent Jewish people throughout the world who are now suffering verbal and physical violence at the hands of anti-Semitic thugs and cretins, who are blaming them for the actions of Israel.
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As the far right grows across Europe, unfortunately we are going to see more and more of this. Jews, Muslims, blacks and Asians will all be targeted. I was talking about Muslims here because this is what this thread is about.
what I was referring to in my last post was about British Muslims taking more responsibility for what is happening in Syria. Muslims have spoken out but for some here its not enough, they want to see more. My initial argument was and still is; no main stream media will give these people prime time tv spots or tabloid space. When I recently mentioned a Muslim cleric at Speakers Corner, it was scrutinized and condemned as irrelevant. If the media won't give these people the space for expression, what are they to do?
Lets not name deaths by a persons religious following but by the word "human" many thousands of humans have been killed at the hands of ISIS and Boko Harem rebels. Both ISIS and BH are evil terrorists who need to be stopped. Religion doesn't put more value on a life; murder is murder...life is life.
All of us who live in a democracy are fortunate but some of us are more fortunate than others during this conflict in Africa and the Middle East. As unrest in the west escalates we will undoubtedly witness more anti-Islam attitudes. As a none Muslim I don't wake up in the morning worrying if my family are safe back in Syria or Nigeria; nor do I wonder if I can ever go back to the country I or my mother was born in. I would have to accept an amount of hatred towards me if I was a Muslim or a Jew living in Europe.
If you google papers written on the sudden growth of far right Britain, there is plenty of documentation regarding fear of Muslims and fear from Muslims living here.