Insulting Saint Stephen

In a country where it often feels as if nothing is sacred any longer, it's good to know that the authorities are on top of the most important issues of the day.

Soldiers may be beheaded in the street whilst the police cower behind their car waiting for back up, allowing ordinary members of the public the vibrant opportunity to be enriched by listening to the verses of the Koran the blood-drenched killers are quoting; young girls may be forcibly hooked on drugs and gang raped by predatory Pakistanis whilst their fathers, banging on the door outside, are arrested for "racially aggravated harassment."

You might look at the above and think that this is a country which has lost its way, in which all aspects of the justice system were a toothless (although doubtless extremely expensive) joke.

Fear not. Forget Muslim morality patrols in Tower Hamlets, decapitated soldiers, calls for further decapitations - the real threat to law and order in London today comes from football fans not being quite complimentary about the importance of the Stephen Lawrence case - and when it comes to the truly important issues of the day, Old Bill and the CPS are still at the top of their game:

A group of seven football fans have received a total of six years in prison and a football ban of 52 years after they were heard singing on a train following their team’s FA Cup match.

The Met and the British Transport Police (BTP) launched an investigation, called Operation Midas, into allegations the men were chanting about Gary Dobson.

The accused were believed to be Charlton fans, and the club worked with officers to identify a number of people in connection with the incident.

Its chief executive Stephen Kavanagh then accompanied them on a series of dawn raids from which nine suspects were arrested.

Today the men, aged between 22 and 31, were found guilty of racially-aggravated chanting at Blackfriars Crown Court.

All but one received custodial sentences, ranging from eight months to 18 months, along with eight-year banning orders from football grounds in Britain.

The other defendant received a six-month suspended sentence, a curfew order for six months between 8pm and 6am and a four-year stadium ban.

Baljit Ubhey, London’s Chief Crown Prosecutor, said: “As the Hate Crime Champion for the CPS I am committed to ensuring that CPS London works with its police partners to tackle this type of behaviour.

“I hope these convictions stand as a warning that racist and abusive behaviour will not be tolerated in our city.” 

Indeed, Baljit - I think we're all beginning to get an idea of just what will be tolerated and what won't in what was formerly "our city," and indeed "our country."

Hate Crime Champion at the CPS? I bet Baljit's services don't come cheap. Still, never mind - it's not as if the country is bankrupt, after all.

And I, for one, will sleep safely in my bed tonight knowing that these men are off the streets. Thought crime will simply not be tolerated in New Britain, and we all need to accept it and get the message.

Now, excuse me while I wait for the 6 am knock.

A Portrait of a U.S. Customs & Border Protection Officer

Michael Ntiamoah, a Ghanan working as a federal law enforcement officer in Atlanta, has been arrested after shooting dead his wife and her new boyfriend:

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Channel 2 Action News has confirmed that a man accused of shooting and killing his estranged wife and her new boyfriend, is a federal law enforcement officer.

A spokeswoman for United States Customs and Border Protection said Michael Ntiamoah, 32, worked as a uniformed officer at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

"I guess people just snap and make horrible decisions," said one neighbor who didn't want to be identified. "I think it's something to be looked into really. I'm shocked that he was that much of a public official. I'm really shocked," she added.

Cobb County police said Ntiamoah showed up on Bexley Place early Saturday morning at the home of his estranged wife, Fatoumata Ntiamoah, and her new boyfriend, Mohamed Zaine.

Neighbors said they heard nearly 30 shots, and watched as Ntiamoah chased his wife down the street shooting at her. She died in a neighbor's driveway. Zaine was found inside their home.

"That feels less scary than a drug deal gone bad," said neighbor Rob Carswell. He was relieved to hear the shootings were a personal matter, but was concerned about Ntiamoah's job.

"What are the standards for becoming a law enforcement federal official? It's kind of scary and are we to the point where we're employing so many that we let standards slip? That's a big question," Carswell told Channel 2 Action News investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer.

The spokeswoman would not disclose Ntiamoah's specific duties or how long he'd been with the federal agency. Cobb police would not confirm whether his service weapon was used in the shootings, saying any description of the gun is considered evidence.

Customs and Border Protection officers are responsible for screening people and their belongings, along with cargo as they enter the country.

The agency would not release any information about whether the officer would be suspended pending his trial.

Ntiamoah is being held without bond at the Cobb County Jail.

Truly frightening.

I must say that the main thing I take away from this case (apart from the obvious) is the question:

Isn't it some sort of conflict of interest for an immigrant, particularly one from a Third World country with high rates of corruption, to serve as a Customs and Border Protection officer?

I assume the job would include interviewing people about their visas and their reasons for entering the U.S. at the airport.

What's worrying is that I'm now so used to news like this, so used to the madness of it all just being taken as normal, that that was genuinely my first question on the matter.

Still, I suppose he'll now be filling a prison cell that an American just wouldn't fill.

As for the question Robert Carswell raises in the article - is it that they're employing so many federal officers these days, or is it more that they have to tick so many boxes about celebrating diversity that the likes of Ntiamoah looks far better to a recruitment officer than he really should?

Hat tip: View from the Right.

Islamic Zikr Inserted into Virginia Glee Club's Christmas Concert

An attempt to be politically correct upset some concert-goers in Virginia (via Weasel Zippers):

My husband and I attended the Virginia Glee Club’s annual Christmas Concert held at the Paramount. We thoroughly enjoyed this concert under the expert direction of Frank Albinder, with one exception.

The program was advertised as a Christmas concert, so we were surprised to see one of his selections, “Zikr.” This song has nothing to do with Christmas. It is a Muslim chant to their God. I think it is disingenuous to insert an Islamic chant, however good and exciting the music, which is the antithesis of Christian music.

Zikr reminds Muslims to remember their God — Allah, who is not the God of the Christians. We celebrate at Christmas the biblical view of God — that he is one in three persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit. To give recognition to the Muslim’s God by putting this devotional chant along side Christian songs is totally inappropriate. Would a Ramadan celebration include a Christmas song?

The God of the Koran does not recognize Jesus Christ as the Son of God the Father who came to earth to save us from our sins. Was this chant included for the purpose of political correctness?

Mr. Albinder does an outstanding job every year as the Glee Club conductor. I just hope he is more sensitive to his audience next year.

Once again, one can imagine what would happen if a traditional Christian hymn was inserted into an Islamic festival.

About the Virginia Glee Club, whose motto is “Virginia’s Messengers of Harmony, Love and Brotherhood Since 1871″ and their concert :

The 70th annual Christmas Concerts by the Virginia Glee Club will be presented at 8 tonight in Cabell Hall Auditorium and 8 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Paramount Theater. The men of UVa’s oldest musical organization will perform Franz Biebl’s “Ave Maria,” a traditional audience favorite, and a variety of carols and compositions from around the world. Expect a few musical surprises.

Musical surprises such as lauding an alien god representing a faith which seems to cause nothing but death and suffering, all in the name of political correctness.

A Politically Correct Lucia in Sweden

In Sweden and other Scandinavian countries, the 13th December is observed as St. Lucy's day (or Lucia for short). It's one of the few Saints' days still observed in northern Europe.

Wikipedia has a section on this tradition:

In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland, Lucy (called Lucia) it is venerated on December 13 in a ceremony where a girl is elected to portray Lucia. Wearing a white gown with a red sash and a crown of candles on her head, she walks at the head of a procession of women, each holding a candle. The candles symbolize the fire that refused to take St. Lucia's life when she was sentenced to be burned. The women sing a Lucia song while entering the room, to the melody of the traditional Neapolitan song Santa Lucia; the Italian lyrics describe the view from Santa Lucia in Naples, the various Scandinavian lyrics are fashioned for the occasion, describing the light with which Lucia overcomes the darkness. Each Scandinavian country has lyrics in their native tongues. After finishing this song, the procession sings Christmas carols or more songs about Lucia. A similar version occurs in Scandinavian communities and churches in the United States.

You'll note that all the girls in the procession are in white; it's part of the tradition.

Not in one Swedish church procession, however:

Those who expected a traditional Lucia procession of white in the Country Church were horribly disappointed that the politically correct-pestilential fog has settled even at this Swedish tradition.

Instead, the kids wore different colours to represent different nationalities and this debacle is said to be a symbol of diversity. [above, photo credit Ulf Johansson.]

Skelleftea district's Lucia Jessica Erickson was dressed in white, but her bridesmaids wore dresses of blue, red, brown, green, yellow and grey.

Behind the initiative lies Anette Novak, editor of Norran, along with Lions "to embrace diversity" - a decision that was taken after the September elections.

Ah yes, altering traditions for absolutely no reason to "embrace diversity" - it all sounds awfully familiar.

Would it be impertinent to ask if there might be one day in Sweden where that country's culture, history and traditions could be "embraced" as opposed to mocked?

It seems even this change wasn't a change far enough for some:

Of course you would think that it would have been better if Lucia candidates were of different nationalities. When the idea came upon us the process of Lucia admissions had already started and when we selected, we estimated ability to sing and then chose the nominees.

- Mats Allansson, Lions [Swedish youth club organisation.]

Why, Mats, would I think that it would have been better if the candidates to take part in a Swedish national tradition in a Swedish church in Sweden were not Swedish?

What normal person could possibly think that, and why?

I suppose people like Mats, of course, look forward to the day when there are a minority of Swedish people in Sweden and everything can be so gloriously diverse - won't that be something to embrace, eh?

Anette Novak, whose scheme this was, chimes in:

The Suicide bomber in Stockholm made this quiet rally for diversity, for love and for all people, scarily topical. We must show that we are united.

United you are Anette - with people like the bomber in wishing to change Sweden beyond recognition, to destroy it in its current form, I would have thought.

What else could be behind such nonsensical zealotry - a taxpayer funded grant, perhaps?

It's sentiments such as the one above which made Sweden vulnerable in the first place - by pretending all people are the same, all cultures are the same, and we are all interchangeable.

How does denying Swedish girls the chance to be in the procession in favour of foreigners next year help with "unity" in any way?

The Swedish people need to wake up to the social engineering, defend their country and defend their traditions.

Hat tip: Politiskt Inkorrekt.

Switzerland Votes to Deport Criminal Foreigners

53% of Swiss voters have backed plans to implement automatic expulsion for criminals who are not Swiss citizens.

The Swiss People's Party (SVP) were behind the proposals, which would see foreign rapists, murderers, drug dealers and benefit fraudsters, amongst other hardened criminals, deported upon completion of their prison sentence.

Of course, such a measure is possible because Switzerland has a genuine measure of democracy; here in Britain, such a proposal would be strangled long before it reached the referendum stage, and in all likelihood it would never be suggested in the first place.

Not everyone is delighted at this news, as the BBC's article on the subject demonstrates:

Fabrice Moscheni, of the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), which drew up the measure, said "people we welcome in Switzerland should respect the rules of this country".

But opponents said it was another example of increasing xenophobia.

The SVP was behind last year's referendum that imposed a ban on the building of Islamic minarets. That decision was condemned by human rights groups and foreign governments.

The SVP says immigrants to Switzerland are disproportionately responsible for crime. It points to the fact that more than 60% of prison inmates do not have Swiss nationality.

Interesting. You'll note how the term right-wing is inserted in its usual context, in place of "evil sods who would like to kill everyone who's not like them" - well, I suppose the BBC must at least attempt to be impartial in these matters.

Also, if more than 60% of prison inmates in Switzerland are not Swiss, isn't that a little more than "the SVP says immigrants are disproportionately responsible for crime"?

It's either an objective fact or it's not, and if it were not presumably the BBC would have refuted it in an attempt to make the SVP and their supporters look like the raving loonies the BBC and the rest of the establishment would like them to be.

Whilst it doesn't surprise me that the opponents of the policy trot out the lazy, tired term "xenophobia," it really couldn't be less appropriate in this context. If you invite someone into your home and they steal from you or attack your wife, are you "antisocial" for throwing them out?

Also, xenophobia means irrational fear; the foreigners we are talking about here are actually criminals, some of them quite violent and unpleasant ones, so what is irrational about being afraid of them and not wanting to set them loose on society once more?

Some Swiss are absolutely convinced this is an attack on foreigners rather than criminals though:

Virginie Studemann voted against the plan. "I think it's sad for our country," she said outside a polling station in the center of Geneva. "It's part of a concerted attack against foreigners."

Which rather begs the question, what would she like to see done with violent foreign criminals who see her as little better than prey, by virtue of being Swiss? Could the fact that 60% of those in Switzerland's prisons are not citizens be used as evidence that there is a concerted attack on the Swiss taking place?

The handwringing hasn't finished yet though; the article continues:

But opponents say the measures go too far. The children of immigrants do not automatically get Swiss citizenship, so the rule would mean sending some people who were born and brought up in Switzerland to countries they know nothing of.

Convicts would serve their sentence in Switzerland first and then be deported without appeal.

The Swiss government believes mandatory deportation could violate Switzerland's obligations under international law not to send people to countries that practise torture or execution.

Shouldn't it really be the place of the individual in question to worry about such matters? If they wish to live in Switzerland they should treat the country and its people with respect and obey the law, then they and their children will continue to be safe from whatever hell-hole they've fled.

Why is that such an unreasonable position? If they're so concerned about their children, they should think about that before doing whatever it is that lands them in prison - and if they're so concerned about human rights, they should think about the person they've victimised, in their own country, whilst living off their hospitality.

We're not finished, however:

The SVP has been accused of using racist posters that depict certain ethnic groups as criminal.

The Swiss political analyst Georg Lutz says the SVP's wider strategy is to capitalise on Swiss worries that the foreign population is too big.

"This vote is not about some complex legal issues about how to deal with certain types of criminal foreigners," he says.

"What most people will want to do in this vote is make a statement against foreigners, and that is the central motivation."

Yet more utter drivel. The SVP's posters are either an attempt to display their message through humour, or an attempt to show just how far-reaching the consequences of mass immigration will be for Switzerland and Europe through allegory, as shown below.

It's a free country, and people are free to feel that the foreign population is too big, just as they're free to disagree.

Also, some ethnic groups are proportionately more prone to criminality than others; I'd imagine that most Swiss people didn't use the vote to make "a statement against foreigners" per se, but to register their dissatisfaction that large numbers of violent, unproductive Third Worlders, largely useless to an advanced economy, are being allowed to change the face of their safe, clean and efficient country.

We also have the underlying liberal assumption that criminality is some sort of compulsion or form of illness, carried out by the oppressed to get attention, rather than a stark choice between making an effort to fit in and behave or cause trouble.

Deporting people who have abused the trust and generosity of the nation they have chosen to settle in in the worst possible ways is hardly Kristallnacht or a blanket condemnation of all foreigners, however it is dressed up.

Perhaps if the likes of Georg Lutz is so ashamed of his country, he should come to Britain - he'd fit in well with our political classes. They too seem to feel that on matters such as these, the plebs just aren't enlightened enough to have a say.

But then, they don't have to deal with the reality of increasing violent crime in a formerly safe country where 60% of prisoners are now foreign citizens. Ordinary people don't have that luxury:

"I'm totally for it," said Emma Link, 86, after voting in Geneva. She blamed foreigners for what she said was rising crime, adding that she had recently been robbed on her way home from a nearby shop.

At least in Switzerland, some politicians are doing their job and looking out for such people. Right-wing or not, that makes the SVP vastly superior to the current traitorous shower we call politicians here.

German Doctor Disciplined for Politically Incorrect "Rules" Notice

As most of my readers will know, the concept of freedom of speech and association are all but dead and buried in many European countries - particularly when it comes to anything that might offend our new culturally enriching colonists or their champions.

The following story comes from Germany:

A German public health agency disciplined a doctor Thursday for hanging a sign in his surgery that demanded Muslim women remove their headscarves.

The sign made headlines in September, at the same time as a bestselling book was attacking German Muslims for their alleged unwillingness to adopt German ways and learn to speak German.

A demerit notice will be attached to the doctor's name for the next five years in the German medical register, said Cornelia Kur, a spokeswoman for the agency that oversees medical practices in the Frankfurt region.

(...)

The "rules" sign in his waiting room had said head-scarves were banned, very large families were not welcome and all patients had to speak German.

He said later he never seriously meant to turn any patients away.

But what if he had? Is he not entitled to be able to communicate with his patients as he sees fit? To run his practice as he sees fit?

If these Muslim women demanded special treatment, for example the right to be examined by a female doctor, would that be discrimination against the male doctor? Or are some people exempt from the rules that govern "causing offence"?

Why should people who can't speak German attend a German medical practice in Germany and then expect special treatment?

If you choose to live in a certain country, you should make an effort to fit in. I don't think this creeping soft-totalitarianism is helping anyone - indeed it only makes differences more pronounced and fuels resentment.

Hat tip: Islam in Europe.

Horrible Histories

The following is a clip from a BBC history programme aimed at children.

It's riddled with factual inaccuracies, but the shrill, hectoring tone and the general anti-British content gives an interesting view of how the BBC views British history - and would like us to.

We actually fund this tripe.

A count of the lies and inaccuracies can be found in the comment section here.

Hat tip: Biased BBC.

Austrian Fined for "Disturbing" Muslim Prayers by Yodelling

The following story demonstrates just how far many European countries, even ones showing signs of life, have sunk in the quagmire of political correctness - and just what power minority groups and their alleged interests now wield over ordinary citizens.

An Austrian pensioner has been fined €800 for yodelling whilst mowing his grass in the town of Graz.

Unfortunately for the elderly Austrian chap, his activities happened to coincide with Friday prayers - his neighbours were trying to listen to the muezzin.

Naturally, instead of simply ignoring him or having a polite word, they called in the police - and the Austrian was dragged off to court.

The Muslim complainants, paranoid to the last, accused him of mocking them by trying to imitate their muezzin (as apparently yodelling sounds similar):

"The complaint boiled down to the fact that my yodeling resembled their muezzin. But it wasn't my intention at all to imitate him," the perplexed man told Australian newspaper Krone Zeitung Saturday.

There is so much wrong here it's hard to know where to start. The fine seems an incredibly hefty amount, even if one agrees with it ending up in court - which of course it should never have done. If my neighbour is whistling and mowing the grass whilst I'm listening to the radio in my garden, am I entitled to call the police? It's simply ludicrous.

The pattern fits; the Austrians have to change their lives and culture to suit the Muslims. What if the elderly man had decided he was disturbed by the muezzin?

Of course that would be a legitimate complaint for many reasons, but if it had been made it would have been dismissed out of hand at best or led to accusations of racism.

The Muslims of Austria are emboldened by such crawling; in August this year, the leader of Austria's Muslims had the following to say:

In an interview with the Austria Press Agency published Sunday, the head of the country's Islamic community, Anas Shakfeh, said he wished to see a mosque with a minaret in each of Austria's nine provincial capitals.

"That's my hope for the future," he said. "In the long term, one cannot prevent people from exercising their true religious freedom, which is protected by the constitution."

Presumably the streets of said cities will have to be cleared at certain times, lest the poor dears be offended by passing infidels as they prostrate themselves before Allah.

The question is, how long will Austrians prostrate themselves before Muslims? Given what's being done to Elsiabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, I'm guessing for a long time yet.

Couple Violently Attacked in London - Children Called "White Devils"

The Croydon Advertiser reports on a shockingly violent crime perpetrated against a young couple (above), in front of their children, in a South Norwood restaurant:

A MOTHER and father left a pub covered in blood after they were attacked in front of their two young children.

The mother was punched in the face and slashed with a broken bottle after an argument at The Harvester, in Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood.

When the father stepped in to protect her, he was smashed over the head with a bottle.

The couple also claim their children, aged just 6 and 9, were racially abused.

The family, whose identity we have agreed to protect, is asking for help to catch their assailants.

"I can't sleep at night because I feel like my children are at risk that these people might come back," said the mother.

"Someone must know who these people are, so I would just plead with them to go to the police with any information they have.

"I just want to know my family is safe."

The family, who are from the Coulsdon area, went into the Harvester pub Beulah Spa at about 6.15pm on November 13.

They had just sat down when a group of five people came in.

The mother said a woman started the confrontation by suggesting she was looking at her.

When the father tried to defuse the situation, the others in the group began hurling racist abuse, even calling the couple's six-year-old a "white devil".

"It all happened really fast," the mother said. We stood up to leave and the woman punched me in the face.

"We were struggling and someone else smashed this bottle over my head from behind, the pain was blinding."

The mother suffered two black eyes and a cut to her head, while the father was treated at Croydon University Hospital for a gash to the back of his head. He has since returned to work, but has suffered concussion, while his partner has been having panic and anxiety attacks.

"I am scared all the time and I can't think of anything else," she added.

"It was one of the worst nights of my life and I just want to put it behind me."

A police spokesman said officers are investigating the attack, but no arrests have been made.

A spokesman for Mitchell and Butlers, which owns Harvester, said: "This was an isolated yet extremely serious incident which occurred between two groups of customers.

"Our staff called the police immediately to deal with the situation, and will do everything they can to assist with any subsequent police investigation."

Anyone with information can contact Croydon Police on 0300 123 1212 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Hmm.

Not one mention of this on the BBC, or in any of the national dailies.

Also, isn't it rather hard for the public to come forward with any information if they don't know what the assailants look like?

Might be a bit of a sensitive subject, I realise, but still.

Can you imagine the outcry if the reverse had happened? Five skin heads, broken bottles, "Black Devil"?

I think cases like this amply demonstrate that the dreaded sin of racism is alive and well in Britain - and those who denounce it the loudest are the most guilty of perpetuating it.

After all, these people don't matter, they're not part of some special interest group - it's not as if society can learn any valuable lessons from this crime, is it?

Actually, perhaps it can - and perhaps that's why the media do their best to avoid stories like this where possible.

The United Kingdom of Dhimmitude

On Saturday the Leicester Mercury reported that Lee Whitby, an English Defence League supporter, was fined £200 by a British magistrate after being found guilty of "using racially aggravated abusive words" at a recent demonstration.

What were these terrible words? Well, we don't actually find out for sure, but the newspaper article is very clear that the man's offence was insulting Allah:

A man has been fined for making offensive comments about Allah during the English Defence League protest in Leicester.

Lee Whitby was found guilty of using racially aggravated abusive words during the protest in the city centre on Saturday, October 9.

During a trial at Leicester Magistrates' Court yesterday, the 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to chanting "threatening, abusive or insulting" words that were likely to cause "harassment, alarm or distress."

Although he admitted making comments, Whitby said he did not believe they would have been heard by anyone other than police officers or fellow EDL supporters.

However, magistrate Rick Moore ruled that officers were likely to have been alarmed by the defendant's words.

Alexandra Blossom, prosecuting, said the comments made were bound to cause harassment, alarm or distress because of Leicester's multicultural society and the fact the words were said in the city centre.

She said: "A number of people present that day were likely to be offended.

"It was a high-profile event and members of the public would have been in the city on a Saturday.

"The remarks are even offensive to police.

"A clear message needs to be sent out about using such behaviour in a multicultural city."

The court heard Whitby had two previous convictions for common assault.

Mr Moore said: "It is a fact you were with others chanting and police were within hearing distance but there is no evidence of non-police officers within hearing distance.

"It is likely that a police officer or officers hearing the words would be likely to be alarmed and for that reason we find you guilty of this offence."

Whitby was fined £200 and ordered to pay a further £200 in costs, as well as a £15 victim surcharge.

Complete and utter madness.

Firstly, in what way is insulting (can you insult something that's not sentient?) a deity one does not believe in a "racially motivated" offence? This is a free country, and people have the right to choose whether or not they bow down before some stone age moon god, or mock those who do.

Secondly, in what way are British police officers likely to be offended or distressed by hearing a chant about Allah?

What if they are? I'd imagine many of the police officers who had to guard the protest by Muslims on Rembrance Day, during which poppies were burned and the traditional two minutes' silence was disrupted by Muslims shouting "British soldiers burn in hell" were quite offended by that behaviour; however, they remained resolute and professional and did what they were told to do.

This is something of a moral minefield, because the CPS and the magistrate seem to be assuming that all right thinking people are disgusted by "offensive" comments about Allah - but does that notion then stretch to other religions? Could Richard Dawkins be prosecuted for making "offensive" remarks about God and Christianity?

However, prostrating themselves before Islam whilst allegedly attempting to defend our multicultural society (the one they created against the will of the majority via stealth, deception, social engineering and outright lies, you'll remember) seems to be coming increasingly common.

Two weeks ago, West Midlands Police (they have quite a lot of form for this kind of thing) arrested a 15 year old girl for burning an English-language copy of the Koran and posting footage of the act on YouTube.

As others have noted, I wasn't aware that burning your own property was a crime in the United Kingdom - but when it comes to things that might offend the followers of the Religion of Peace, all bets are off.

Apparently, teachers have made sure the girl knows what she did is wrong:

It is understood the girl, who lives in the Sandwell Council area, was filmed setting the English language Koran alight while other pupils watched.

"I think this young lady did not realise exactly what she was doing. In fact I know she didn't," said the teacher, who cannot be named.

"Because if she stopped to consider the fallout of doing this kind of thing, and she considered the offence it would cause to people within her own community in the school, I honestly don't believe she would have done it.

"And I also know for a fact that she deeply regrets what she has done."

We also get the standard claptrap - multiculturalism, this has made us stronger, etc etc. The teacher comes frighteningly close to acknowledging reality, however:

"We informed police of the incident, clearly, because of the seriousness of it," said the teacher.

"I'm very concerned over the wider impact of this in terms of people with extreme views may choose to jump on a bandwagon.

"That is my deep-seated fear at this moment in time."

Wider impact? Whatever could he mean?

Surely not... violence? From members of the Religion of Peace? I'm suprised he wasn't arrested for incitement to racial hatred himself for such an outrageous remark!

This is our multicultural paradise, though - arrested for "insulting" an Arab deity and burning an English translation of the 9th Century ramblings of a warlord, slave trader and paedophile.

Let's not forget, also, the possibility of being arrested for speaking out about these issues - or the implicit threat of violence, always present, that helps these people get exactly what they want, whenever they want it, whilst our own values and standards are ignored.

Funny that someone could be so close to the truth as the anonymous West Midlands teacher, and yet still so far away from reality.

Perhaps someone in authority could honestly inform us about the "wider impact" of enforcing Sharia law (for that is what suppressing all criticism of Islam, Allah and safeguarding all physical copies of the Koran amounts to) - or would that be too much to ask?

Death of PC Jon Henry "Could Have Been Prevented"

Back in March 2009 I reported on the events surrounding the death of PC Jon Henry, stabbed to death in 2007 by Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih, a Nigerian "asylum seeker" with indefinate leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

PC Henry was attempting to protect members of the public and fellow officers when he died; Obih (below), a paranoid schizophrenic, went on the rampage in Luton town centre after having a dream in which he could kill a man just by touching him.

Obih's condition was apparently exacerbated by alcohol abuse and cannabis use; he was so terrified of the country he had fled and sought asylum from that in 2006 he returned to Nigeria to visit his father.

This medical expert advised him to stop taking the medication so generously provided by the British taxpayer and use olive oil to control his symptoms instead.

The deterioration of his condition which followed led directly to the events which saw PC Henry murdered.

You'll be delighted to learn, however (and I'm sure the widow and young daughter PC Henry left behind will, too) that this situation could have been prevented.

How? Well, the BBC tells us:

The death of a police officer killed by a man with paranoid schizophrenia could have been prevented if he had been treated suitably, a report found.

NHS East of England commissioned the investigation into the care of Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih, who stabbed Bedfordshire Pc Jon Henry in 2007.

The report said the closure of an early intervention service that Obih had used was the starting point of the case.

Ah, that'll be it then.

I have an alternative range of scenarios, which of course will never even be alluded to on the BBC:

How about parasites like Obih are never allowed into this country in the first place?

How about their "asylum" applications are actually glanced at, and if they pop home to the country they're allegedly fleeing from, they're immediately arrested, charged with making a fraudulent application, deported and banned from ever entering the United Kingdom again?

How about when those who come here choose to live off of us, expecting us to pay for their alcohol and cannabis habits as well as treat their schizophrenia, they are immediately deported and banned from the United Kingdom?

How about we're allowed to (gasp) discriminate, and recognise that immigrants from certain groups tend to fit in, and others don't - after all, who's doing who the favour here?

I think you get the idea with that; it's just a shame that no one in the media or our government can let the actual, legitimate interests of the British people, people like PC Henry and his family and the others who were hurt by Obih, penetrate their ideological blinkers even just for a second.

Cherie Blair Defends Islam (II)

Yesterday I wrote about Cherie Blair's robust defence of Islam, and particularly the role of Muslim women, when questioned by an interviewer about her sister Lauren's conversion.

Some of the comments she made came as she addressed a conference in Madrid to honour the "European Muslim Woman of Influence".

She was particularly adamant that wearing a burqa or any other covering is a woman's choice, and Westerners only disapprove or see it as a threat as a nice way of expressing their latent racism and Islamophobia (well, it can certainly be argued that was the subtext).

In fact, she said that the Burka is "no more of a threat than a nun's habit."

Which is rather strange - because Friday brought us our second European "Burka-clad Muslim woman in the dock" story of this week.

(Actually, I'm wrong; the first woman, Roshanara Choudhry, didn't actually appear in the dock - because she, er, didn't recognise the jurisdiction of the British court as it wasn't operating under Sharia law. Still, details, details).

This second one comes from Germany, and concerns Filiz Gelowicz, the wife of one of the four men convicted in March of plotting to attack US troops and interests, as well as infidels generally, on German soil:

The wife of a German convert to Islam who was convicted of plotting a thwarted attack on U.S. targets in Germany went on trial herself Friday on charges of supporting terrorist organizations.

Filiz Gelowicz, 28, is accused of supporting the Islamic Jihad Union and the German Taliban Mujahideen by helping provide euro3,000 ($4,225) to fund terrorist training camps in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region between 2009 and 2010. She faces up to five years in prison.

One of two male co-defendants, identified only as 21-year-old Alican T., also went on trial in the Berlin state court on suspicion of supporting the same terrorist organizations. The other, Fatih K., 31, is in Turkish custody awaiting extradition to Germany.

When they were charged in August, prosecutors said in addition to raising the money that Alican T. posted 16 radical Islamic videos on the Internet trying to recruit new members for jihad, or holy war, while Filiz G. posted more than 1,000 videos, comments and texts online.

In six contributions, Filiz F. specifically asked Muslims in Germany to join Islamic Jihad Union, the German Taliban Mujahideen and al-Qaida.

How many nuns have appeared in the dock during that time? Or, at all? How many refuse to recognise the judge because Britain isn't a Catholic country?

Not that I'm calling Cherie Blair a delusional fool at best and a useful idiot at worst, you understand.

Hat tip: Weasel Zippers.

Cherie Blair Defends Islam

Mark Richardson over at Oz Conservative recently wrote an excellent post about the conversion of Lauren Booth, the sister-in-law of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, to Islam.

He cites an article written by Peter Hitchens back in 2003, about the prospect of Britons embracing Islam as they realise they need a kind of moral structure, but are so brainwashed against Western society and their own heritage they cannot comprehend turning to Christianity, and as the influence of Christianity wanes and that of Islam grows all around them:

When Christianity was part of our culture and its beliefs were handed down in homes and schools, its familiarity kept it strong. Everyone knew Bible stories, hymns and prayers. Now it is at least as alien to many young people as Islam, if not more so because it does not seem to be interested in them.

But Islam is interested in them. And Islam is growing. More and more British cities have seen the domes and minarets of smart, prominently positioned new mosques rising in their neighbourhoods.

A large and imposing Islamic centre is now nearing completion in Oxford, one of Christian England's holiest places. Imagine what would happen if Anglicans sought to build a Christian centre in Qom, Isfahan, Najaf or anywhere on the soil of Saudi Arabia, and wonder what Muslim leaders think of Christian feebleness on such matters.

Thanks to the immigration of recent decades, Britain has a young, energetic and swelling Muslim population which is increasingly assertive about its faith.

Lauren Booth is basically the new Yvonne Ridley, a Leftist journalist who has dedicated much of her life to Islamic or pseudo-Islamic causes, particularly the struggle of the "Palestinians". Like Ridley, she has also worked for the Iranian-funded television station Press TV.

I can recall an article Booth wrote in The Sun at least 10 years ago in which she lambasted Israeli border security agents for questioning her about a large number of anti-American leaflets and a Yasser Arafat-style headscarf "she just liked to wear sometimes" present in her luggage, as if all normal, self-respecting people travel with such things.

Now she's taken that extra step, and claims to be reading her way through the Koran and considering wearing a burqa "if she feels like it".

Despite the fact that the vast majority of Muslim women are not free to "feel like it", and suffer beatings, acid attacks or worse if they don't comply with the wishes of their men-folk, Booth, like Ridley before her, has pretty much called Islam an enlightened, female-friendly faith - in fact she recently boasted in the Mail on Sunday about propagandising it to her young daughters.

Many have dismissed her as an idiotic attention-seeker, and I'm sure there is a healthy dose of truth in this.

Her sister Cherie "if it's not nailed down it's a freebie" Blair, wife of Tony, has now waded into the row - not to defend her sister, but Islam:

The former Prime Minister's wife also claimed that it was “not true” that women who covered up were oppressed and “incapable” of thinking for themselves. Her comments, in an interview with a Spanish newspaper, follow Lauren Booth's claims that the religion has given her “a new sense of respect”.

“We use the appearance of women as a metaphor of our fear of a supposed Islamic threat,” she told the El Pais newspaper. “There are thousands of Muslims in Europe who participate in our way of life and intend continuing to do so and if they want to dress in a certain way because of their beliefs, we shouldn't feel threatened. It's important to fight against certain stereotypes that affect above all Muslim women. We tend to believe they're oppressed, insecure and incapable of thinking for themselves and that is not true.

“One of the things I try to do is help to explain that Islam is an open religion in which women have influence, whether they hide their hair or not.” Asked about Miss Booth's conversion, she replied: “It's her choice.”

Interesting. This would be the "supposed Islamic threat" that her husband is currently making an awful lot of money speaking about, presumably.

The "supposed Islamic threat" that recently attempted to murder one of his former Parliamentary colleagues, amongst other things.

What particularly strikes me is that Cherie Blair probably knows as much, and cares as much, about the life of an illiterate, covered Pakistani woman in Bradford as she does about the life of normal working English people - i.e. nothing, and not at all if it doesn't benefit her, preferably in monetary terms.

She's hardly a neutral voice, however; back in February, Cherie was working part-time as a judge at Inner London Crown Court. One of the cases that came before her was that of Shamso Miah, 25, who had been charged with breaking the jaw of a fellow customer whilst queuing in a bank.

Miah is a Muslim (as is the victim), and had just left his local mosque before the incident took place.

Here's what took place in court:

The unemployed first-time offender, from Redbridge, north-east London, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Yet despite saying violence on our streets 'has to be taken seriously' Mrs Blair, a QC who professionally uses her maiden name Cherie Booth, let him walk free from court.

She told him: 'I am going to suspend this sentence for the period of two years based on the fact you are a religious person and have not been in trouble before.

'You caused a mild fracture to the jaw of a member of the public standing in a queue at Lloyds Bank.

'You are a religious man and you know this is not acceptable behaviour.'

Miah was sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for two years, and was ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service.

Can you seriously imagine her treating a Christian so leniently simply on account of the fact he was religious? Frankly, I can't.

The National Secular Society lodged an official complaint about her conduct, outraged by the idea that all offenders are apparently not equal before her and religious belief could apparently bring about a lighter sentence.

Of course, Cherie came up smelling of roses:

An investigation found her decision to give a lenient punishment to a 'religious person' did not amount to misconduct.

Yesterday the Office for Judicial Complaints said 'no disciplinary action is necessary'.

Nope, no disciplinary action necessary - because this perfectly sums up the mindset of the liberal elite. Non-Western good, Western bad.

Context, circumstances, actual facts - they simply don't matter.

That's why Cherie should stand by her sister - the kind of cognitive dissonance whereby someone is horrified to find themselves in a Roman Catholic Church because of the "atrocities" committed in the name of that creed, but will happily not only join one of the most aggressive, bloodthirsty, totalitarian and misogynistic ideologies humanity has ever know, but also boast about it and shill for it to her daughters cannot be found often.

Perhaps it's a family trait?

The Worst Moment of George W. Bush's Presidency

What was the worst moment of George W. Bush's presidency?

There's a question that can easily inflame people on both sides of the political fence, and those who sit quite squarely on that fence.

But what would you guess?

The 9/11 attacks which killed over 3,000 innocent people?

Launching a largely pointless war in Iraq, leading to the deaths of thousands of American and hundreds of British troops, plus resulting in an insurgency which left an unknown number of civilians dead and strengthened Iranian influence in Iraq and the entire region?

Not finding and bringing to justice Osama bin Laden, ostensibly the reason for which a (now) largely pointless war is being fought in Afghanistan, in which thousands of American and hundreds of British troops, not to mention scores of Dutch, French and German troops, have died?

Not seizing the moment adequately and allowing the most poisonous aspects of the Left to set the debate and agenda on events as diverse as Guantanamo Bay and Hurricane Katrina?

You'd think any of those were in with a good chance - but you'd be wrong.

It was when rapper and professional thug Kanye West said on national TV that he didn't think Bush cared about black people!

Of course. That's much worse than anything I mentioned above.

Can this please be the final nail in the coffin of the notion that Bush is in any way conservative?

Hat tip: View from the Right.

What Constitutes Racism in Britain?

Meet John Woodward, pictured above.

He's a veteran of the First Gulf War who now drives a taxi in Cheshire. Being a self-described patriotic Englishman, John got a friend who writes signs to make him one for his cab.

It says "British by birth, English by the grace of God", and is based on several in the same vein he saw being displayed by Welsh lorry drivers whilst on holiday.

John had to remove the sign, however, after two separate members of the public complained to the council claiming it had "racist overtones".

Whilst the council and the taxi licensing body now refuse to rule on whether or not the sign is racist, John has been forced to remove it because he - gasp - didn't get permission from the council to display it on his own vehicle in the first place.

I think John sums up the situation very well:

“There’s nothing racist about this slogan at all. It is just a statement of fact by a patriotic Englishman. We should be proud of our nation, especially in times like these, but for some crazy reason we’re not allowed to display that pride.”

He added: “I have served Queen and country and I’m very proud of my nationality and heritage. I don’t see what is wrong with that. I got the idea when I went to Wales and saw one that said ‘British by birth - Welsh by the grace of God’, so I thought I’d adapt it. My friend is a sign writer and he did it for me.

“To say I’m racist is a massive allegation against someone. The fact is I fought for my country and I’m proud to be British.”

All very interesting. The council have as good as admitted that they see displaying such a sign as wrong:

A spokesman for Cheshire West and Chester Council’s licensing enforcement office said: “The authority has received complaints from two different members of the public who felt that Mr Woodward’s sign was racist. The council has not made any decision on that allegation but it accepts that Mr Woodward did not intend any offence and that he regards his sign only as a reflection of pride.”

He added: “However, as a Hackney cab driver he is not allowed to display a sign without applying for permission and was asked to take it down only on that basis.”

Good of them, I'm sure. However, in my part of the world, it is very common to find Sikh, Hindu and Muslim taxi drivers who display some symbol of their nationality or faith in their vehicles, normally by hanging it from the rear-view mirror.

I wonder if they get permission first?

The story neatly sums up the madness of the times we currently live in, and the culture of denounciation which successive governments, egged on by the people who actually run the country from Brussels, have create with politically correct legislation.

I thought it served more as a useful point of comparison, however.

Back in April, a chap called Tohseef Shah (below) appeared in a British court. He's 21 and was born here.

In December 2009, he decided to spray vile insults all over a Staffordshire war memorial. The graffiti included the line "Islam will dominate the world", as well as glorifying Osama bin Laden and calling for the death of then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

For this act, an outrageous slur on those who have given their lives to defend this country, and a clear attack on its heritage and values, Shah walked free from court with a two year conditional discharge and a £500 fine.

Why did he walk free? Because the CPS decided that his actions did not constitute a "hate crime"; i.e. inciting racial or religious hatred, i.e. our dreaded old foe racism, i.e. the one thing our "justice system" actually considers to be serious. They explained:

The CPS said Shah's offence could not be charged as a hate crime because the law requires that damage must target a particular religious or racial group.

It said: 'While it was appreciated that what was sprayed on the memorial may have been perceived by some to be part of a racial or religious incident, no racial or religious group can be shown to have been targeted.'

Quite. He obviously just did it for a laugh, and it has no connection with his race/religion and his contempt for this country. Nothing to see here, move along.

To add insult to injury, Shah didn't even show any remorse, as his defence counsel helpfully explained:

Defending, Mumtaz Chaudry said Shah did not hold extremist views. 'This is nothing to do with his religious beliefs, his family's beliefs or his cultural beliefs,' he said. 'He is just an ordinary guy.

'He is remorseful, but at the time of his interview he was simply answering questions and didn't realise that was the right time to show remorse.'

Yes, those seem like the actions of an "ordinary guy"; I can't tell you how many people I know who have inadvertanty sprayed "Islam will dominate the world" on something without quite knowing why.

To show what an "ordinary guy" he is, Shah appointed a Muslim spiritual leader called Abdullah Ibn Abbas to speak on his behalf after the court appearance. Abbas had this to say:

'It really doesn't concern us how the British people feel about the graffiti he wrote - the real outrage should be about the thousands of Muslims who are being killed and butchered as a result of British foreign policy.'

Now I see it clearer than ever - absolutely no political message was intended in this man's actions, nor was it in any way an act of racial/religious hatred or contempt for the country he was born in...

It's just worth noting - the great and the good see one of these two individuals as a nuisance who needs to start thinking along the correct lines, and the other as an upstanding citizen who ignorant people are making a fuss about for no good reason.

The only problem is, they've got it completely the wrong way around.

"Global Education"

The British Council aims to establish 4,600 "links" between schools in Britain and the Third World by 2012, in an attempt to educate children about other cultures. Apparently, "government schemes to promote global education" fund such initiatives.

Things aren't quite going to plan so far, however. It seems that certain pupils in Britain have come away from these lessons with the idea that Third World countries are failed states rife with poverty and corruption.

Could this be because teachers spend so much time telling them that Third Worlders are victims of Western evil, incapable of helping themselves without vast sums of our money?

The article doesn't speculate - but it does tell us that some of these accurate perceptions are simply racist and neocolonialist and must be altered by a "different way of thinking."

Presumably that would be a different way of thinking whereby these Third World countries must be given our help in every conceivable sense, but are immune from our criticism lest the magic "R" word be used.

Of course, many of these statements are also the confused ideas of children - but to the Leftist ideologue, there are no children, just mini-adults and potential future racists whose way of thinking must be altered at all costs.

From The Evening Standard:

School links between the UK and the developing world can leave children with “racist” views of other cultures, research has found.

British pupils believe that their peers there are covered in flies and all wear straw skirts as lessons focus too much on poverty, the study said.

Academics warned that badly trained teachers in subjects such as geography were fuelling “neocolonialist” views.

Growing numbers of state schools have formed partnerships around the world under government schemes to promote global education.

The British Council aims to establish 4,600 links by 2012.

Researchers asked English children about their Gambian peers.

The pupils said: “They don't wear much clothes, they wear straw. The boys wear skirts too.”

Other responses, reported in The Times Educational Supplement, included: “Gross things like flies go in their mouths. Because their mouths are brown and the flies think their mouths are made of mud.”

Dr Fran Martin, from Exeter University, who led the study, said: “There needs to be a different way of thinking to avoid partnerships having these neocolonialist or racist undertones.”

The way I look at it is that facts are facts. Ideology can hide reality up to a point, but not very well and certainly not forever.

If you teach British children about the Third World, they're going to learn about the Third World, no matter what spin is put on it.

To use the example from the article, either Gambia is a thriving, successful modern nation, or it is not.

Clearly, it is not, and the reasons for that are clear to all but die hard Leftists, and thus this brainwashing might have the opposite effect to that intended - it might wake up future generations to the fact that all cultures are not equal. At all.

Dutch Mayor Demands Action Against Criminal Moroccans

Albert van den Bosch, the VVD Mayor of Zaltbommel, has spoken out against a hardcore of around 50 criminal Moroccans who are terrorising his town.

Typically, he is now being criticised for his candour after calling these violent thugs and pimps "the enemy within", and questioning why the Dutch government has money to spend on fighter jets for questionable, distant wars when it has no money nor the will to employ the police adequately in many Dutch towns and cities.

NIS News describes the man's honesty and attempts to do his job, i.e. uphold the law and protect the citizens who employ him as "a spicy political statement":

ZALTBOMMEL, 27/02/10 - Mayors are not expected to make spice political statements, but Albert van den Bosch broke with this doctrine Friday. The conservative (VVD) mayor characterised Moroccan criminals as the "internal enemy".

The VVD mayor urged special legislation to put a stop to intimidation by Moroccan youths. "The people are fed up. Do something about it as government!" he said in the civil servants' journal Binnenlands Bestuur.

"I am fed up with how Iraq and Afghanistan have been discussed for months, while nothing is done about a much bigger problem. (...) I do not understand that so many billions are being put into purchasing JSF fighter aircraft if you could also have very many extra police officers for this money. Who is our enemy? Do we need an expensive airforce for vague wars in far places, or is the enemy within, in the Netherlands?"

Van den Bosch is mayor of Zaltbommel. Some 1,000 Moroccans live in this municipality, of which 50 are regular offenders. "Twenty form the hard core and there are 30 copying them. There are no problems with the other thousand Moroccans."

But the mayor can do nothing against the trouble-makers, he says. "Intimidation, violence, serious trouble-making; much more is going on than just calling women 'whore'. We also have some lover-boys (pimps press-ganging girls into prostitution), nearly all of Moroccan origin. I hear rumours that these are also already surfacing in the primary schools."

So here we have a mayor admitting publicly that Moroccans are forcing young girls (who despite the omission in the article will be almost exclusively Dutch) into prostitution, and that such behaviour can even be seen emerging in some primary schools.

In return, all he gets is abuse and sarcastic comments from the great and the good, who would rather ignore these problems and leave the victims to their fate in the enriched, diverse New Holland.

Hopefully, when Mr Geert Wilders is elected Prime Minister of The Netherlands, such men will be rewarded for their foresight and commitment to the Dutch people rather than scorned.

Entire Streets Controlled by Muslim Gangs in Dewsbury

Police in Dewsbury continue to insist that parts of the town are not "no-go zones" for white people controlled by aggressive Muslim gangs.

The evidence to the contrary is mounting up, yet the authorities seem very reluctant to accept that they have a problem on their hands - after all, they are far too busy celebrating diversity and persecuting decent people for heinous offences such as standing up for themselves if attacked or feeding the ducks.

I can't say I'm hugely surprised - Dewsbury was the home town of a Muslim who escaped jail for sexually assaulting a young woman he met on a bus "because he was sexually inexperienced", an excuse the judge found perfectly reasonable.

The main problem seems to be in Savile Town. In August, The Lambeth Walk reported two very serious incidents from this area which were ignored by the national press - a large Muslim gang stoning a bus on at least two occasions, and three white boys being attacked by a gang for daring to walk through Savile Town.

Now, we have two more incidents which emanate from that area:

POLICE have insisted that Savile Town is not a “no-go area” despite two more reported attacks over the weekend.

On Saturday night a white teenage boy was attacked and beaten by a gang of Asians, some wearing masks.

The victim, thought to be about 18, was walking in Savile Road, near the old cricket ground, when he was followed by a gang of about 10 Asian youths, all wearing hoodies.

A couple driving past saw the gang following the boy and became suspicious.

By the time they had turned round the victim had been knocked to the ground and was being kicked.

The woman, aged 41, and her partner, who is 44, forced the attackers to run off.

The victim, who was bleeding from the nose, didn’t want to report the attack but the couple insisted on calling police. Officers arrived quickly and took the boy home.

The woman, who lives in Thornhill Lees, said the boy told them the gang had followed him and told him to “run”.

When he tried to ignore them they came after him and one said: “No one walks through Savile Town.”

The woman said: “If we hadn’t stopped I don’t know what would have happened.

“We wanted to make sure it was reported to the police and put down as a racist attack because that was what it was.”

That attack happened at 9.10pm on Saturday and at 4.10pm on Sunday police were called to reports of Asian youths throwing stones at passing cars in Savile Road.

Andy Cutler, 36, of Thornhill, told how his car was targeted by the yobs. He pulled up and phoned police.

While he did so another driver, also white, stopped and said the same had happened to him.

“They were just targeting white drivers,” said Mr Cutler. “As far as I’m concerned it’s racist and it needs to be reported.”

Indeed, Mr Cutler. After all, what's good for the goose...

The week before these two incidents, a 45 year old man called Robert Dyson was beaten and left nrusing cuts and bruises by a "gang of Asian youths" in Savile Town.

Before that, 14 year old Joseph Haigh was attacked with a brick and a screwdriver by a large "Asian" gang screaming racial abuse about white people, before being left for dead. Naturally, the police didn't think there was a racial motive:

A TEENAGE boy was knocked unconscious with a house brick, stabbed with a screwdriver and “left for dead” in a vicious race attack.

Joseph Haigh, 14, was savagely beaten by the gang of up to 15 Asian youths in Thornhill on Friday night.

The gang hurled racist abuse at him, constantly referring to the colour of his skin, yet police refused to classify the attack as racially-motivated.

Joseph’s dad Jonathan, 42, of Thornhill, said: “It was a racist attack.

“They were calling him ‘white trash’ and white this, that and the other.

“This is why people are angry about what is happening in this country.

“If it had been an attack by whites on an Asian lad it would have been a definite race attack. When it’s the other way round they don’t want to know.”

Joseph was out with his friends at around 9pm on Friday near Thornhill’s Rectory Park when the gang of Asians, said to be aged 18-20, came at them.

Joseph’s friends scattered and Joseph tried to make off on his bike, only to be confronted by one of the thugs who smashed him in the head with half a brick.

Mr Haigh, a lorry driver, told how that blow knocked his son unconscious and he instinctively put his hands over his face to protect himself.

Another youth lunged at him with a screwdriver while others kicked and punched him about the head.

Mr Haigh said: “They went to stab him in the face and it was only because he had his hands up that they missed.

“He was stabbed in one hand, his other hand was broken and a cut on his forehead was down to the bone.

“If they had hit him a bit harder with the house brick they could have killed him.

“They just left him for dead.”

Joseph’s teeth were also badly damaged and he may lose a tooth. His teeth were wired and he needed specialist treatment at the trauma unit at Leeds General Infirmary.

One of Joseph’s friends raised the alarm and when Mr Haigh arrived his son was laid out in a bus shelter covered in blood.

Joseph’s bike was also missing and was believed to have been stolen by the gang.

Joseph was off school all week and tensions were said to be running high at Thornhill Community Science College.

“It’s shocking what’s happened,” said Mr Haigh. “I have lived in Thornhill all my life and there were fights between whites and Asians 20 years ago. But this wasn’t braying someone and giving them a black eye, it was a vicious attack.

“You don’t go out with a house brick and a screwdriver if you’re not going to seriously hurt someone.”

Mr Haigh, who has a wife Stacey, 40, and another son James, 19, said he wanted out of Dewsbury.

“It used to be a good, thriving town but Dewsbury has got nothing to offer us anymore.”

A police spokesman said the initial police report had not classified the attack as racially-motivated but inquiries were continuing.

Well, the police have now gone to the "Asian community" and asked for assistance (whilst demonstrating who actually controls large parts of the town) - and they were obviously pleased when their actions paid dividends, and they were able to make five arrests.

So pleased, in fact, that they immediately released three of the suspects on bail!

Two of the men were charged with being involved in the attack on Robert Dyson, and appeared in court - only to be released on bail again, despite refusing to enter pleas:

Sohail Hussain, 18, and 20-year-old Ali Mushtaq both appeared from custody at Batley and Dewsbury Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

They were charged with a racially-aggravated assault on Robert Dyson in Savile Road, Savile Town, on Friday October 23.

Hussain, of Headfield Road, Savile Town, was also charged with carrying a knuckle duster. No pleas were entered.

Mushtaq, of Deighton, Huddersfield, and Hussain were both released on conditional bail until a committal hearing on December 30.

So, despite the reassurances of Dewsbury police, it probably is best to avoid these areas if at all possible - we all know that even if caught and convicted, the culprits will not be punished, and the national media don't care about these incidents either - because the are the wrong sort of racist.

Caribbean Cafe is Not Diverse Enough

From The Islington Gazette:

A ROW has erupted after Islington Council ordered the closure of a popular Caribbean café in a youth centre because "it was not diverse enough".

Paul's Café, at the White Lion Youth Centre in White Lion Street, Islington, is being forced to serve its last portion of stewed chicken next month - despite a petition signed by more than 200 customers.

Work on a £3million refurbishment of the centre is due to start in September, but Islington Council has told café manager Paul Thomas his food "only appeals to a specific group of young people".

Citing the results of a consultation evening held in May, council leader Terry Stacy said: "It's vital we make sure what's offered is bang up-to-date and reflects the diversity this borough is famous for."

In a survey, 35 youngsters were asked what facilities they currently used at the centre. Around a third said Paul's Café, while 14 gave no answer at all.

Mr Thomas, 48, who has run the café for four years, said: "I've got over 200 signatures from all nationalities and backgrounds - Asian, Caucasian, Trinidadian, all over Africa. There are a lot of disgruntled people who are not happy at what the leader of the council said.

"I'm trying not to get into saying its racial but some people have said that. It's a lie to say we only cater for a certain group of people. If people ask for it, I do them white food, but everyone comes here because they want Caribbean food.

"White kids from the estates on Cally Road come here for it, people from Chapel Market come here - you don't have to be Caribbean to enjoy Caribbean food."

Of the 35 youngsters consulted just nine came from a Caribbean background. Others gave their ethnicity as British, Irish, Bangladeshi, Portuguese, Nigerian, Eritrean, Morrocan, Congolese, Kenyan and Somali.

The consultation report states: "A high proportion of individuals were buying food from the café. The young men in particular who were consulted valued the gym and café."

Michael Potten, 20, of Old Street, a youth worker and former head of EC1 Youth Forum, said: "I use it all the time. It gets a diverse range of people not just in terms of ethnicity but age as well.

"Everyone comes to Paul's from various different backgrounds - white, Turkish, Asian. It's quite upsetting because it's been there a long time, so why change it? How many people have Chinese food that aren't Chinese? Any background can enjoy food."

Centre user Natalie Harrison, 19, added: "I've done dance classes, DJ-ing and MC-ing here since I was a kid - the café is all part of that."

Councillor Terry Stacy, Leader of Islington Council, said: "The views of users and non-users were fully taken into account in coming to a decision. I understand some people will be sad to see Paul's café move out but the timeframe will allow him to relocate.

"We're taking a look at what facilities should be provided - not just refreshments but training opportunities for young people.

It's a Caribbean cafe - what are people to go there and expect?

This country is becoming a mental asylum.