Jihad in an English churchyard

Steve

Have you no tolerance. Churchyards are offensive to our multicultural friends. So the Canon brought it upon himself. The Archbishop will explain it all to him.

Barry

"three Asian youths?" O really? Chinese? Vietnamese? Hindu? Or is this a euphemism, weasel words, for members of the "Religion of Peace" that the media are too cowardly, too PC (the same thing)to name directly?directly?

Commondog

Three young Asian men and a baseball bat versus one 57 year old vicar.
The RAF dictated to regarding where they can wear their uniform. (By 'members of the public' as reported by the BBC)
Aah the sweet fruits of mulitculturalism or should it be transculturalism?

Alex Bensky

"Asian youths?" Those damn Buddhists.

Roy

It was from random attacks like this that people used to carry swords, hidden pistols etc. Perhaps the time has come when at least a knobbly stick would be a good defence. Carried or hidden at strategic parts of a Canon's walk. Personally, with a suitable stick I would be looking forward to an attack.

A.Carter

Yes, you're right, blink and one would have missed it. Just as I had to go to Sky to find out the ethnicity of the 19year old killed in London this weekend, bringing it to nine this year - what was it last year, 20, 25? It certainly didn't allude to the victims ethnicity on the BBC website (but there again it wouldn't would it - everything must be rosy in the garden mustn't it), and even on Sky it simply said 'officers from Operation Trident, which investigates black on black crime, are investigating'. Press self censorship really has hit new Stalinist heights.

stanley Jerusalem

Not the England I grew up in and loved. God help you all - no-one else is listening.

Water

To hell with that Asian or not such behaviour cannot be tolerated. As an damn proud British Asian I can tell you with absolute certainty this is in no way indicative of the Asian community. Barry has hit the nail on the head.

Antoine

Without justifying this incident one jot - I do hope that the author is equally concerned by the attack on an Immam in Falkirk a year or two ago, + by the various other indiscriminate attacks on Muslims that have occurred in recent times...

Roy

The Imams of Falkirk or anywhere else in Britain should feel themselves very lucky the British people are as tolerant as they are, and would be well advised not to press their luck.

A Chaffey

So the article didn't say what the religion of the perpetrators was. Could it be, just maybe, that the writer of the article didn't know? And could it also be that, not knowing, they are the Telegraph were right not to identify them as coming from any particular religious group? I can't help thinking that if they didn't know, then this was the only sensible approach to take. Is MP saying she would have taken a different approach?

Helen Oster

Well, what a surprise.............I spend about 1 -2 hours each day, responding to hate-filled diatribes on "Yahoo Answers", from people who apparently believe that ALL the problems in the Middle East are caused by Israel & the Jewish presence. I try in vain to disseminate the facts - that the "Palestinians" as a nation of Moslems, were a creation of Egyptian-born Yasser Arafat, in 1964, with the main goal of destroying the Jewish people living in the Land of Israel. - still the defined goal of Hamas, Hezbollah & the government of Iran today. I offer facts & figures that detail how many disputed pieces of land which are claimed by the "Palestinian" Moslems, were in many cases not owned, but rented from absentee Arab landlords. The land was then purchased by Jewish philanthropists & charitable organisations, piece by piece from these absentee Arab landlords. I try to raise awareness of how the Jewish effort in the 1800s to revitalise the land attracted a large immigration of Arabs from neighbouring areas who were drawn by employment opportunities and healthier living conditions. There was never any attempt to "rid" the area of the few Arabs that there were, or of those Arabs that immigrated into this area along with the Jews. I focus upon how this contrasts with the actions of the governments of Morocco, Egypt, Iran (then Persia), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon Syria & Yemen, who caused thousands of Jewish people to flee the homes that had been owned & lived in by their families for generations. They ended up in pre-State 'Palestine'. (Even a cursory glance at the general Jewish population of Israel today, reveals a majority of dark-skinned Israelis, bearing testimony to their Middle-Eastern roots). Nevertheless, I continue to read the same messages of hate, every single day. Not just from "Palestinians", but from people who ally themselves with the "Palestinian" cause. In Jerusalem, out walking with my children aged 8 & 10, I've had stones thrown at me by Arab youths, but we've come to not only expect that here, but to expect the face of the civilised world to turn against us. The writing is on the wall for Britain, too. By 2010, if current census predictions are accurate, there will be more Moslems in Birmingham - the UK's second city - than non-Moslems. Maybe in 3 or 4 generations, when ordinary Britons are being accused of having "stolen" a Moslem country, those who are currently blind supporters of Islam & detractors of Israel, will recall how it all began.

A Chaffey

"Was Canon Ainsworth actually targeted for attack?" Well not, Melanie, if you believe the report in your own newspaper, the Daily Mail - more a case it seems of mindless individuals under the influence of drink and drugs, attacking someone who confronted them for rowdy behaviour. But hey sow the seed, won't you? Suggest there are organised groups of muslims out there targeting Anglican clergymen "for attack", why not? Of course don't actually say so; you don't have any evidence for it. But hey, sow the seed, eh? eh? This is nasty and invidious stuff.

stanley Jerusalem

Helen Oster- well said. It was however Ahmed Shukairy, an Egyptian and Arafat's predecessor, who used the expression "Palestinian people" for the first time in 1964.Before that they were all Arab refugees left to 'rot' by the surrounding Arab nations who had attacked Israel in 1948 and thereby brought about their migration to areas not subsequently under Israeli control.They remain to this day a scar on the face of mostly Arab mankind who steadfastly desist from helping them [ apart from suppling their militant leaders with armaments.]

Ann

The word you are looking for is not militant but terrorist, Stanley. 'Militant' is a cowardly cop-out by disgraceful appeasers like Al Beeb and its ilk, straight out of the Ministry of Truth.

stanley Jerusalem

Ann, you are quite right. i was using pre-PC English for which I feel thoroughly ashamed- and youare still right.Perhaps we should all repeat the Mantra - "When they love their kids more than they hate us there will be peace"

Ann

Right you are, Stanley ;-) (not sure if smileys come out here, but we'll see). --- While I'm at it: how does get hard line breaks to work? Mine don't.

Parasite

Three Muslims beat up a Christian clergyman. Well done Melanie on spotting a global jihadi conspiracy, eh? Because similarly every time a gang of white lads boozed up decide to indulge in a bit of "P*ki-bashing", that is also part of a wider crusade on the part of the entire white population. What utter rot. And as for Stepney being a "no go" area I invite you out to the East End so you can see for yourself what tripe that is too. Perhaps though you're too paranoid about the colour of other people's skins to come.