All the young Asians(Pakistanis) I meet, know and work with are Muslims with an extremely knowlegable grasp of World politics. They assimilate mostly into British life, and bizarrely embrace US rap/Jamaican cultural refences as their own identity is fragile. The Islam thread is the tangible lifeline for them.
They are all smouldering, incensed at the treatment of their Muslim ’brothers’ in the occupied Palestinian territories, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and Bhagram airbase. Up until Blair decided to poodle along with Bush, these young Muslims reserved their hatred for US foreign policies. Obviously this now includes Britain.
Until this identity crisis is resolved, and until the British government responds to these young men, rather than refusing to acknowledge that their occupation, rape and slaughter in Iraq is responsible for inflaming so many people, there will be a permanent and real possibilty of further attacks.
All the young Asians(Pakistanis) I meet, know and work with are Muslims with an extremely knowlegable grasp of World politics. They assimilate mostly into British life, and bizarrely embrace US rap/Jamaican cultural refences as their own identity is fragile. The Islam thread is the tangible lifeline for them.
They are all smouldering, incensed at the treatment of their Muslim ’brothers’ in the occupied Palestinian territories, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and Bhagram airbase. Up until Blair decided to poodle along with Bush, these young Muslims reserved their hatred for US foreign policies. Obviously this now includes Britain.
Until this identity crisis is resolved, and until the British government responds to these young men, rather than refusing to acknowledge that their occupation, rape and slaughter in Iraq is responsible for inflaming so many people, there will be a permanent and real possibilty of further attacks.