23 November 2010

The UK is going backwards on dealing with Islamic extremism

Muslim-run weekend schools in Britain are teaching that Jews descended from pigs and monkeys, while their textbooks demonstrate with the aid of diagrams how to amputate the limbs of a thief. Welcome to the United Kingdom in 2010, as uncovered by a new Policy Exchange report.

It would be easy, but mistaken, to accuse the Saudis of funding this fanaticism, as the teaching is based on their old textbooks. But the Saudis have moved on, albeit very slowly, in a positive direction, ditching those textbooks on the way. Meanwhile, Britain creeps slowly backwards. [Harry’s Place] Read more