Shafilea Ahmed's parents guilty of murder

[Iani]

Not wanting to cast nasturtiums about the thought process of our beloved political leaders, and the various lobbyists who really control the direction of government, but..........

It's nothing more than coincidence that most muslims here are from one place, and are brown. They came originally from Pakistan, most are muslims.......end of.

However, does anyone think government policy, the reactions of those in power, the headlines in such as the Guardian..............imagine if these people had been white? Imagine if instead of muslims, ,this behaviour had been from some ultra religious group in America who had emigrated here in numbers?

You decide

[CBM]

Not wanting to cast nasturtiums about the thought process of our beloved political leaders, and the various lobbyists who really control the direction of government, but..........

It's nothing more than coincidence that most muslims here are from one place, and are brown. They came originally from Pakistan, most are muslims.......end of.

However, does anyone think government policy, the reactions of those in power, the headlines in such as the Guardian..............imagine if these people had been white? Imagine if instead of muslims, ,this behaviour had been from some ultra religious group in America who had emigrated here in numbers?

You decide

Whilst throwing those nasturtiums... does anyone else get annoyed by the assumption enshrined in the endless racial origin surveys that we all have to complete that "Asian" means Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi? There is a separate category for "Chinese", as if China were not in Asia, and anyone from anywhere else on the world's largest continent goes into the "others" box.

This to my mind illustrates your point only too well.

[imagine]

However, does anyone think government policy, the reactions of those in power, the headlines in such as the Guardian..............imagine if these people had been white? Imagine if instead of muslims, ,this behaviour had been from some ultra religious group in America who had emigrated here in numbers?

You decide

mormons