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The Fifth Column in Luton


There is a disturbing piece in today's on-line Weekly Standard on the wages of multi-culturalism in England. Apparently, there has been an ongoing underground radical Islamic movement going on there.

...When I ask about the influence of Islamist radicalism, Brad says many Muslim leaders have spoken out against it, but the few recruits tend to be young and educated--"the young professionals, the computer guys." Already two volunteers from Luton have been killed in Afghanistan.

Says Masih, "We've been aware of the radicals for maybe ten years, and the last few years even more." When he worked at Luton University, he encountered "verbal and even physical harassment of Jewish students" by Muslims. He takes a dim view of Britain's "softy-softy" policy of allowing the radicals to operate here without restriction...

...As we finish our afternoon tea, Masih makes a portentous comment. New mosques here are being built with sturdy cellars, he says. And their members are taking self-defense courses. He quotes a friend in Oxford, another Pakistani pastor, as saying, "You will see things--this is only the beginning."

Apparently, though it's not mentioned in this particular story, some of the idiots who went off to Pakistan and Afghanistan (the ones who unfortunately survived) expect to return to England without "being hassled" (i.e., tried and convicted for sedition and treason). If Mr. Blair is so supportive of this war, I wonder when he's going to start tending to matters on the home front?

Posted by Rand Simberg at November 28, 2001 08:17 AM
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