.... The rationale behind those who would claim the Will Crooks estate for their worldview is Balkanisation. They are not alone. Others in recent memory have proclaimed where they live to be “gay-free zones”.
There are zealots who have taken it upon themselves to harass people drinking alcohol, or women they see as immodestly dressed. This displays a baleful mindset, a complete misunderstanding of how we lived in shared space. We should leave no room for doubt: we are intolerant of such intolerance.
[A TOP COMMENT] Were they white Christians they would have no problem identifying them for the most conservative, neo-fascist, reactionary and barbaric forces imaginable.
[ANOTHER] No one will say it but Islam is inherently intolerant, hateful towards difference and others and incites violence. I was raised in the faith and I know.
[ANOTHER] Islam does not do 'shared space' or 'tolerance'. As a non- believer you have already sinned against God and only when you 'revert' (take note of that term) to the natural order of Islam will you be saved.
Saying there are 'mdoerate' Muslims is like saying there are moderate 'fascists' or moderate BNP supporters and no doubt there are but the ideology tends to tip over into intolerance and fear of others, of difference and yes, violence too. [Guardian Cif] Read more
