Not the way forward

If you think the tabloid press make a valid contribution to serious debate, have a read of The Sun Says.... (For those of you who know little about globalisation, The Sun is owned by Rupert Murdoch; the same chap owns Fox News. The man is so full of hate - can we have a whip round to get him a massage or something? Better fitting shoes?)

Barbarism of twisted cause

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In the name of New York, Washington, Bali, Nairobi, Madrid and now London, we shall have vengeance and justice.

Britain is crawling with suspected terrorists and those who give them succour. The Government must act without delay, round up this enemy in our midst and lock them in internment camps.

Our safety must not play second fiddle to their supposed “rights.”

Nor must those who preach foul sermons on our streets be allowed to do so any longer.

Free speech is precious, but these wicked men mock our tolerance.

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And The Sun mocks my tolerance. It is idiocy of this nature which gives support, albeit underhand support, to the bigots who do things like this

Mosque blaze is treated as arson

A fire that broke out at a mosque in Wirral is being treated as an arson attack, police have said.

and this

City mosque targeted by arsonists

Police are investigating an arson attack on a mosque in Leeds.

and this

A mosque has been targeted in suspected arson attack, police said.

The blaze started in the front of the mosque in Tan Bank, Wellington, just after midnight on Sunday.

3 arson attacks on 3 mosques in the 36 hours immediately following Thursday's bombs (and two Mosque's in Bristol attacked today). I am pleased that none have occurred in London itself but depressed that one has taken place in Leeds, my home for much of the 90's. Whoever set the bombs last week, for whatever reason, this is their objective, to create tensions, splits and animosity between communities. This reaction shames us all.