.... Cameron’s speech was an indictment of failed government policies not an attack on all Muslims. He went to great lengths to differentiate Islam the faith and ordinary Muslims from Islamist extremism, just as every politician before him has done so. He continues:
“Those people engaged in terrorism do not represent our community, and the prime minister is deeply irresponsible to try and link extremism, terrorism and our successful multiculturalist society.”
Shafiq must be one of the few people who thinks we live in a ‘successful multiculturalist society’, again I suspect he doesn’t understand the term. He assumes, like the Guardian crowd does, that Multiculturalism merely means the co-existence of different people. No wonder he thinks it should be de-linked from terrorism. [Harry’s Place] Read more
