More cr*p about 'Islamification'

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In the news today, a Muslim was kidnapped and threatened for using a local hall for Islamic prayer meetings. The Guardian breaks down the events as follows:

27 March 2009
Nine people attend first Muslim prayers at Murray hall, Loughton, Essex, organised by Noor Ramjanally
2 July
Ramjanally receives anonymous hate mail warning his group to stop. The author says they know which school his child goes to, what car he drives. The letter is delivered by hand
3 July
Ramjanally returns to his flat at midday to find the door ablaze after a suspected firebombing attack
23 July
A BNP leaflet appears alleging Murray hall will be turned into a mosque and warning in other parts of east London that "the Islamification process is almost complete". The BNP says: "We'll do all in our power to prevent Islam creeping into our town." BNP group council leader says she approved the leaflet before its release
24 August
Ramjanally abducted by two white men wielding a knife, driven to Epping Forest and again threatened if he does not stop running his prayer group
25 August
Essex police say all incidents are being treated as hate crime, with a possible motive being the use of Murray hall
26 August
At the hall the BNP says is being turned into a mosque, children of all races engage in soft play.

 

Here are some of the BNP comments on the matter of a man being kidnapped and threatened because of his religious affiliation:

Councillor Pat Richardson, leader of the BNP group on the local council, said her party was not behind the attacks on Ramjanally. "Firebombing is not a British method. A brick through the window is a British method, but firebombing is not a way of showing displeasure," she said.

Sorry what? Are you honestly a counciller? Really? And you think that "our supporters normally assault people with bricks, not firebombs" is a good defence? Ugh!

 

She also denied that BNP members were behind any violence. She believes that the weekly Muslim prayer meeting is a prelude to an attempt to encourage more Muslims to move into the area, and thus to vote out the BNP. "I was wondering whether it was a ploy to attract more Muslims to the area to try and vote out the BNP councillors," she said.

Richardson said the Muslim prayer meeting did not fit in with the area's mainly white population: "It's not really natural for the area because there are so few Muslims," she said.

A plot to move more Muslims into the area? Are they serious. Considering the abuses described, I can see why she'd think it strange that any Muslim should decide to live there, but the very idea that they moved there with the sole purpose of voting against the BNP is just plain daft.

And what kind of argument is it that it's "not natural" to have a small group meeting in a local hall when there are very few of them? Especially when their meeting only requires two hours a week.

I know I shouldn't be surprised by this kind of activity from the BNP, but when hear people calling me (of all people, seriously) an enabler for Islam and claims that Islamic ideas are getting a free ride and then I hear about sh*t like this I cannot help but be concerned.