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Brit Muslims call for moderation...
As the country comes to term with the shock and reality of the first suicide Brit bombers on home soil, the pressure is mounting on the Muslim community to explain why four young “normal” Brits of Pakistani descent in the prime of their life succumbed to this ideology and acts of suicide and murder. Shahid Malik, MP for Dewsbury, the hometown of Mohammed Sadique Khan, warned that British Muslims can no longer live in a state of denial and stressed that Muslims must drive out the extremists from their midst. “The Muslim community must be and is prepared to confront this evil head on. We have got to accept that there is evil and extremism. It is there and in the most wicked fashion it manifested itself on Thursday. This is a defining moment for this country,” he said.

The cathartic outpouring continues as stunned Muslim leaders line up to condemn unequivocally the acts of their young coreligionists. In Leeds, faith leaders have been tirelessly working to put up a united front and to stem any attempts to divide the communities. A spokesman for the Leeds Muslim Community stressed that “now is the time for moderation, unity and sensitivity on all sides. We are shocked and saddened that the chief suspects in the London bombings were from West Yorkshire. We send our condolences to the families of those who have died.”

This is all very fine, but the Khilafa crowd and Omar Bakri and Captain Hook are all pushing for more Islamic separatism, trying to keep Muslims from being assimilated into British society. I'm wondering if the sentiments are genuine, or if it's a cry to Brits not to treat them as they'd be treating, say, Ahmadis in Pakistan in similar circumstances. My attention span stretches at least as far back as the last booming of an imambargah in Pakland, and to the riots that followed it. Luckily for them, London's not Gilgit.

Posted by: Fred 2005-07-14
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