Complain about ‘Immigration is a Time Bomb’

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“Many of you may have seen last night’s ‘Immigration is a time bomb’ programme by Rod Liddle…. Islam is caricatured and presented as a homophobic, intolerant faith, that inspires murders of the ‘defenders of freedom of speech’, such as Theo Van Gogh. His death is attributed to the fact that Holland paid the price for ‘allowing immigrants to do what the hell they wanted’. This was accompanied by pictures of Muslim women in hijab, shopping in a market place. This was one of the worse pieces of racist, populist programming that have been broadcast on this issue. Please register a strong complaint to Channel 4.”

National Assembly Against Racism press release, 11 March 2005

BNP welcomes Rod Liddle programme

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Rod Liddle“Once again, Channel 4 has shown a welcome willingness – albeit on still all too rare occasions – to air ‘politically incorrect’ views. Tonight’s anti-immigration polemic by Rod Liddle wasn’t perfect by any means, but by the woeful standards of the self-censoring liberal-left prigs at the BBC it was very much, a breath of fresh air….

“Let’s have another about the clear links between Koranic teachings about the lowly status of women and Kufrs (Unbelievers) and the spreading cancer of male Muslim gangs preying on young teenage white and Sikh girls. Let’s have a third about the shocking level of support for al-Qaeda and other Islamic terrorists among British-born Muslims.”

The BNP welcomes Rod Liddle’s Channel 4 programme ‘Immigration is a Time Bomb’.

BNP news article, 10 March 2005

Labour’s flawed policy on immigration is a time bomb for Britain (Rod Liddle claims)

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“Back in the Fifties and Sixties, it was expected of immigrants to adopt British customs and values: the terrible concept of multiculturalism hadn’t taken root.

“However, today we welcome people who, for example, bring with them a hostile interpretation of Islam and have no real wish to integrate: in many cases, they despise our way of life. Furthermore, even some members of the indigenous Muslim community have been radicalised over the past 15 years.

“Islam is becoming more conservative and less amenable to assimilation. The West is becoming more liberal. We run the risk of becoming a country with a large (and growing) disaffected minority that shares little of our commitment to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, sexual equality and democracy.”

Rod Liddle in the Daily Express, 10 March 2005

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Austrian minister calls for banning hijab

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Liese ProkopIn what some fear could be a curtain raiser for a major policy shift in a country considered somehow tolerant, Austrian Interior Minister Liese Prokop has called for banning hijab-clad Muslim women from teaching at schools.

“I consider now the legality of banning hijab in schools,” Prokop told the state-run Falter Magazine Tuesday, March 8. “But, anyhow, I will throw my weight about the ban.”

She argued that wearing the hijab in schools runs counter to the values of Austrian society.

“Muslim women suffer from oppression and their rights are down-trodden,” the minister claimed, urging for stopping what she called “forcible marriage” and “honor killing” spreading among Muslims.

Islam Online, 9 March 2005

30 Muslim workers fired for praying on job at Dell

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30 Muslim workers fired for praying on job at Dell

Somalis left workstations at sunset; Human Relations Commission tries to mediate case

By Rob Johnson

The Tennessean, 10 March 2005

Work or pray.

Faced with that difficult decision, Abdi H. Nuur removed his employee badge and walked away last month from his forklift driver’s job at Dell Computer’s Nashville plant. He and 29 other Somali Muslims say they were forced to choose between their faith and their employment.

Now the Metro Human Relations Commission is trying to intervene in a confrontation that pits American-style production quotas against Islam’s requirement that its adherents pray daily when the sun sets.

“They told us that we cannot pray at sunset,” Nuur said. “They told us that we would have to wait for our break.”

He said he explained that while some of Islam’s five daily prayer times are somewhat flexible, the sunset prayer is not. Nor does the sun set at the same time every day.

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Anti-Muslim bias ‘spreads’ in EU

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Muslims in Europe have faced increased discrimination since the 11 September attacks, according to a new report. The study by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) covers 11 EU member states. It looks at “widespread” negative attitudes towards Muslims, including unbalanced media reporting which depict Muslims as “an enemy within”.

BBC News Online, 7 March 2005

Express reader denounces ‘jilbab disgrace’

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“Another smack in the face for the indigenous population of Britain – this time by the appeal court ruling that the Islamic jilbab can now be worn in schools by pupils, taking preference over the standard school uniform. This ruling has been given to placate the ethnic minority Muslims. This must surely mean that pupils can now wear any religious garb they care to mention. The French have learned from history by introducing laws stopping any more erosion of their way of life.”

Letter in the Sunday Express, 6 March 2005

So Shabina, what’s the point of Britain? (Rod Liddle wants to know)

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“It is one thing for a rancid, stone-age clique like Hizb ut-Tahrir to insist upon the metaphoric subjugation of women by dressing young girls from top to toe in sackcloth and ashes. It is another thing entirely for a sort of Allah-lite version to have been institutionalised in state schools and for the rest of us to smile indulgently and pretend that it is evidence of ‘tolerance’ and ‘diversity’….

“What we need now is to inculcate a ‘core of Britishness’…. But a state school which kowtows to the un-British (for want of a better phrase) demands of its black and ethnic minority constituency is far more damaging to this national cohesion business than an insignificant little ginger group such as Hizb ut-Tahrir. We cannot force parents to inculcate that core of Britishness in their homes; but we can ensure that it takes place in our schools. The French seem to have grasped this point; it is about time that we did.”

Rod Liddle in the Sunday Times, 6 March 2005