U.K.: DEMONISING MUSLIMS; AN OPEN LETTER from STOP THE WAR COALITION

2006-10-18 | There is an attempt to plunge this country into a racist hysteria of a kind we have not seen for a generation or more - directed against Muslims.

Recent weeks have seen a series of speeches by leading politicians designed to isolate and demonise British Muslims. These have been reflected in spurious news stories and, still more seriously, violence directed against Muslim people and places of worship.

In particular, we deplore the recent remarks by Jack Straw concerning the veil worn in public by some Muslim women. His intervention undoubtedly created the climate in which the racist attack on a Muslim woman in Liverpool took place. Likewise, the bullying attacks of John Reid have served only to spread fear amongst Muslims. Photo: IslamOnline http://www.islamonline.net Please continue ...