Birmingham Muslims Should Be Ashamed

... it's Muslims the length and breadth of the UK that are sleepwalking into disaster.

We are blessed in this country to have an opporunity to make a meaningful and positive difference to the lives of Muslims and non-Muslims alike, yet we don't take full advantage.

This article highlights the apathy, selflishness and ignorance of many Muslims. Please, MPAC, keep doing this until we're woken from our slumber.

"Oh yes, Salman Rushdie taught us wicked Muslims that we shouldn’t shout too much when people right things that we do not like, because they all have a right to freedom of speech – well why is this any different?"
What an appalling distortion of events.
For those old enough to accurately remember the issues will know that it was the call to murder Salman Rushdie for writing a book that offended Muslims that was the issue, not that Muslim expressed their views about the book. This was compounded by images of UK Muslims burning books and effigies, which highlighted the cultural disconnect between them and the majority population.
Salman Rushdie wrote a novel of no political content and certainly did not promote any ideas of violent revolution or the legitimisation of violence. The only violence associated with the Satanic Verses was from individuals and groups who arrogantly claimed to speak on behalf of Muslims and incited violence and crime. While one may disagree with Mr. Rushdie's views, it does not legitimise murder.
If anything the UK Muslim response to this rather boring novel did more to damage relations between Muslims and non-Muslims and set the scene for growing Islamophobia than any other incident I can recall. The profoundly introspective and self-obsessed Muslim leadership could not see beyond their own limited perspectives and realise the damage they were doing to Islam in UK.

Q the Zionist deviant why do you pretend to be a muslim when you are a zionist deviant full of hate for muslims, is it the motto through deceit we shall wage war, that takes over.
You from your comments are a certified kaffir who hates muslims to his very core.
As for Muslim in Birmingham not doing enough to stand with those being harassed ,it is not singular muslims who can make a direct difference ,it is so called muslims groups like MAB-MCB and countless others including Mpac who need to highlight these matters when they occur.
personally i have to say that the most useless people are the democratically elected Muslim councillors and Mps whose job it is to safeguard and look out for welfare their voters.
the masjids are led by old fogeys who do not have the capacity to deal with such issues ,they are old school and are into running and building masjids, it is the generation on from them who need to guide them.
i have mentioned before if mpac is serious about guiding masjids committees in the right direction,the you should do a information pack,as to what the masjids Can do when certain events occur or scenarios arise, just criticising for the sake of criticizing will not help.

Funny how the real extremists and hatemongers are free to spout their incitement against Muslims like the EDL, BNP, Zionist hatemongers like M Philips etc yet a book freely available on Amazon.

Are they going to close down Amazon too.

It just goes to show that freedom of speech is not really allowed in its entirety and is selective against Muslims.

Which muslim organisation or people are calling for violent revolt of the muslims communtity? either ur doing typo-ing or just sproating more sillness! =S

As for salman rushdie, in all case, it is the responsiblity of the people to tackle falsehood and establish what is actually the case in reality, from who ever decides to make that falsehood, authority or not, even if that authority isonly mimicked. This is called the people looking after thier own democracy, just a person would look after thier own well-being.

What they have done is informed ie raised awareness.

Part of the path to changing injustice is first to make people conscious of a problem.

So in your estimation nothing maybe.

The author of the article drew an erroneous comparison between the furore about the book the Satanic Verses and various Muslim reactions, and the claim that someone had been arrested for selling a book titled Milestones. The novel Satanic Verses may be regarded as sacreligious by Muslims but that does not justify the proposed violence against the author.
By introducing these claims into what would otherwise be a call for greater activism in Birmingham it allows the surreptious propogation of untruth, which if unchallenged could become accepted as true.

To quote BBC "A 30-year-old man has appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London charged with 30 terror offences. Ahmed Faraz faces 19 counts of distributing terrorist publications and 11 counts of possessing material likely to be of use to a terrorist. Mr Faraz, of Esme Road, Birmingham, was arrested on 26 January at his home by officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit. He denies the charges and was remanded in custody until a hearing on 2 March." I do not know what specifically he is alleged to have distributed and I seriously doubt the author does either. yet the author dismisses the serious nature of these charges.

While Mr. Rushdie may have offended many Muslims he did not distribute or author material that in any way could be described as useful for terrorists. The furore in the West was not about Muslims objection to Satanic Verses but the demand that he be killed (murdered).
If the demand that Mr. Rushdie should be killed for offending Islam then how much more would a non-Muslim demand for violence against Mr. Faraz for distributing the works of Sayyid Qutb be justified, given the nature of some of Mr. Qutb writings?
Of course attacks upon Mr. Faraz would be criminal acts and anyone calling for them should be charged with incitement.

Shaan: Strangely the Copts, Bahais, Mandeans, Jews etc say exactly the same thing about the various "Muslim" states. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
When you say "As for the real terrorists who kill and maim millions they are wined and dined" you are correct. But this applies as much in UK as it does in Gaza. How strange it is that the Palestinian widow with a family of small children struggles on a hand full of shekels and aid packages, while the ignorant and lazy neighbourhood bully receives $15,000 p.a. simply for wearing a Hamas uniform and carrying a gun.
The widow tries hard each day to bring the children up properly and ensure they have an education and future. Every day is a battle against so many forces.
The Hamas "fighter" lolls around on a plastic chair all day at some junction and collects "taxes". Occassionally he attends a funeral and blasts off into the air 30 rounds of 7.62x39mm, the cost of which would have fed the widow's family for a fortnight. Yet despite his swaggering bravado as soon as the IDF turn up he fires his gun aimlessly and then disappears into the alleys to hide, having changed into civilian clothes and hidden the gun.
oddly those who claim to be defending or fighting for our futures too frequently find ways to extend the wars. They know that were peace to breakout then they would fall to the bottom of the pile and go hungry.

Please Shaan, have pity for the palestinian victims but for goodness sake look beyond the stupid gestures.
The "fighters" you seem to laud bring nothing but catastrophe and poverty. What can you say to the mother who starves herself so that he children may eat when she sees the "fighters" stroll past in the cool of the evening, their bellies full and their lips still greasy.
Let everyone share the burden according to their needs. But this is not such, it is the mighty stealing from the weak. It is the thug who punches his way through the mass to grab another slice.

It is disgusting and unjust that they arrested this person for selling a book while ignoring others who write inflammatory books which are responsible for inciting hate attacks against the Muslim community such as melanie philips 'londonistan'.

If a person can be arrested for selling a book.....god knows what else they can be arrested for next....selling shoes perhaps (in case someone tries to throw them)? Why not ban harry potter as people were doing all sorts of crazy thing after reading that such as ramming themselves into non-existent platforms. It is utterly ridiculous.

Q the Zionist deviant part was confirmed before now you have confirmed the shameless part as well.
i would have thought you would have felt some shame before writing i have nothing tangible to say about resolving the Palestinian issue except where there is wil there is a way ,as a zionist deviant maybe it's your job to lie and decive but at least have some shame when lying through your teeth.
this is the same type of deceitful liars that british muslims are being harassed by ,the labour government is led by lairs and deceivers ,who use the media to vilify and demonise muslims ,to pass laws that otherwise could not be.

Q the zionist shameless deviant you have proved all the words by your actions.
You are deviant as you attempt to portray yourself as a muslim and twist blogs into Muslim are this or that.
you are a zionist as you attempt to justify the occupation of Palestine by zionist jews by blaming the Palestinians for the crimes of Zionists.
You are shameless as you have asked the question of me how would one nation work ,you were informed by me in previous blogs, but being a shameless zionist deviant you think by feigning ignorance what you say is credible.
your comments are nothing but full of hot air ,with one main aim to blame the victims for being victimised and justify the occuaption and oppression in palestine.

DBoloney are you q as well or do zionists work in groups helping one another.
i have never justified i have shown what Saddam did was called war crimes and he was lynched and i showed a Zionist deviant like you if he could be lynched for war crimes then so should bush and bliar but being a zionist deviant you chose to make excuses for the war criminals bush and bliar.
Just as the people of Pakistan thank the Indians for having destroyed one half of Pakistan's for them to wake up and acquire nuclear power.
I personally would like to thank Zionists in britain for making us wake up from our intellectual inaction and the time when justice shall be carried out on the occupiers and oppressors is not far.

DBoloney take a gun and shoot in the direction of people on purpose and then claim in court i did not intend to kill anyone.
see how quickly you get sent down for premeditated murder, your hatred for humanity is shown every word you use to play down the murder and maiming of millions of Iraqis.
As for Saddam he was executed for war crimes for maintaining security in his own nation ,yet bush and blair two war criminals attacked a nation thousands of miles away using WMDs killing and maiming millions, yet they were not lynched but wined and dined.
I have met people like you they were good at giving but cried out when it was given back,so as i said before what goes around comes round, its gone around long enough ,the time for comes around is not far.

DBoloney try what i suggested and the tell the judge, you don't know th complexity of the matter at hand.
lets apply your reasoning if there is a gunman you take a gun and attempt to shoot him but end up killing others ,first of all the judge will ask who told you to take the law in your own hand, you will state i did It save them from being hurt or killed as there was no other way,so the judge will ask why did you travel a hundred miles to attack this gunman when there were gunman near to your home doing the same ,why did you not stop them if you were so upset about a gunman,so whats your answer.
As for Saddam amount of deceiving will help as my comments can be checked by all, i hate Saddam was lynched for manitaining security in his own nation yet bush and blair travelled thousands of miles killing and maiming millions yet they are wind and dined, i represented a fact for you, you can twist and turn as much as you like but cannot turn a fact into support.
you may check all the blogs i do not support dictators be they elected-selected or otherwise, i hate hypocrites who excuse the crimes of one party and play up the crimes of others,whereas you support the killing maiming of millions as a side issue,what amount of murder or suffering is acceptable to you as you do not like excess murder or suffering.

DBoloney try that in a Court of law and see how quickly the judge send you down in britain and execution chamber in america.
Cutting and pasting is zionist deviants speciality but the facts are Saddam was lynched for mantining security in his own nation ,bush and blair traveled thousands miles to attack Iraq killing and maiming millions a supreme war crime ,they are not lynched but wined and dined ,you being a supporter of these mass murderers.
If you wish use the logic of killing a million is ok in the long run as lives are saved, then the same logic can be applied in Saddam's case,under saddam's rule due to health-education and better standards of living on of the best in the middle east Iraq population increased.so using your logic Saddam ws justified in keeping security in his own nation for the betterment of his own people.
the government of Iran is a democratically elected ,unlike the court appointed mas murderer Bush who committed the supreme war crime by attacking iraq.
As someone who supports war criminals woud think that supporting freedom fighters is supporting dictators, i support the people of afghanistan in their fight to liberate their lands of foreign occupation.
so what amount of deaths is acceptable for you when committing the supreme war crime.