.... I think I can safely speak for the majority of the community when I say that the government is guilty of double standards and an inability to tackle the issue appropriately.
On the one hand we have politicians frequently scapegoating Muslims when they need to distract the public from their own failures, and on the other they think we should be grateful for the fact that they have provided us with a helpline to monitor the consequences of their actions.
If there is too be any real change in attitudes then Sayeeda and her peers need to get to the root of the problem, which is, the ongoing wars in Muslim countries and the resulting demonisation of Muslims living in Britain.
Until then, Muslims will remain the primary targets of hate crime. The next time someone is brutally attacked on the street, I don't think they will find solace in the fact that the government has allowed them the privilege of Telling MAMA all about it.
[COMMENT] Islam IS incompatible with the west. Read the Quran. A Warlord and professional slaver who claimed conference with his creator who is nothing more than a terrorist cast into the heavens who will burn you forever if you refuse to 'believe' in him. Islam is incapable of reform. Everyone else has to 'reform' around it. [The Huffington Post] Read more