Sunday, July 08, 2007

I do enjoy reading the comment section of The Times, especially when it comes to people commenting about the Middle East, Arabs or Islam. Here is a real gem by Minette Marrin that follows similar lines to the old "I'm not racist but..." theme:

As for the usual comment that most Muslims are not terrorists, that is true. But the fact is that most terrorists are Muslims. They come from Muslim environments, they attend madrasahs, mosques and Muslim clubs and societies and spend long periods in Muslim countries. And nonMuslims have been waking up to the thought that these Muslim groups could and should do more about the terrorists in their midst.

You see, it is now respectable to write openly racist rubbish like this on national newspapers about Muslims today. Imagine if somebody wrote a similar article but said:

"Most Black people are not criminals, that is true. But the fact is that most criminals are Black people. They come from Black environments..."

or how about:

"And nonBlacks have been waking up to the thought that these Black groups could and should do more about the criminals in their midst."

This is what now passes as thought provoking and insightful in most British news media.

1 comment:

Shady Zayat said...

When put in it's context, the paragraph you mentioned really makes sense, one could argue against it, but this is definitely not "racist rubbish".
And the comparison you made is not really accurate because the Muslim society is much more responsible for the extremist ideas spread among some of its members than black society was/is responsible for bad economic conditions that push some of its members to crime.