In 2006, at the height of the hysteria over the face veil, the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland imagined what it must be like to be a Muslim in Britain. "I wouldn't just feel frightened," he wrote. "I would be looking for my passport."
On Sunday, as the European election results began to flood in, with far-right parties on the march from Scandinavia to the Club Med, I joked with my (American) wife that we might have to start packing our bags and head across the pond.
[A COMMENT] "People fear minorities like us!" Just as a thought, Could it have something to do with the apparent lack of any united condemnation of Stonings, Honour Killings etc etc? The majority of educated Muslims do condemn these actions. But there seems to be no collective voice, No Authority figure saying it's wrong. The only figures of Authority we hear from are the fanatics!
[ANOTHER] Things are unlikely to change while Medhi Hasan and others dismiss all criticism of matters 'islam' as hysteria. The word was plastered over his paper just a few weeks ago when many people were genuinely concerned about having halal foisted upon them without choice.
It appears again in the very first paragraph of this blog. It is not only patronising it is extremely offensive. Medhi, in common with politicians should perhaps listen to people instead of talking down to them. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
