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snooper2

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7. Bingo, And the fucking fundies aren't helping anything - Xtians and Muslims alike
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 01:29 PM
Sep 2014

Over the last year a quasi-religious turf war has sprung up on the streets of London. Young radicalised Muslim patrols are enforcing Shariah law in the capital. In reaction, far right Christian Patrols are also taking the law into their own hands.

Since the Woolwich killing, anti-Muslim rhetoric as been at an all time high, and the right-wing Christian Patrols are only exacerbating the rising tensions.

These two marginalised but potentially dangerous London subcultures believe that society has failed their communities enough that they are now taking to the streets to implement or defend their ways of life, according to their opposing politicised and religious ideologies.

The irony being that while their shared aggressive approach has resulted in media coverage and media panic, they ultimately are responsible for and justify each other's existence.

Alex Miller meets the leaders and footsoldiers in Britain's holy street patrols, the Anjem Choudary's followers Muslim Patrol and Paul Golding of Britain First's Christian Patrol, in the same area he lives and works, to find out just how effective their operations are, and how genuine their belief is in the battle for East London's streets.






Anjem Choudary wants to turn Buckingham Palace into a mosque, impose Sharia law in the UK, and destroy the porn, gambling, and alcohol industries.




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Because House of Roberts Sep 2014 #1
run rabbit run Skittles Sep 2014 #14
Labour is finished if Yes wins today LittleBlue Sep 2014 #2
Thatcherism-lite combined with truckling to The Little Chimp. hifiguy Sep 2014 #8
Yep. Which is depressing LittleBlue Sep 2014 #13
No, UKIP will not be the party in power muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #16
They won't, but will be different from that whatthehey Sep 2014 #34
They may get some seats (they'll get the Clacton by-election next month, almost certainly) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #36
Thatcher. mmonk Sep 2014 #3
Immigration Peregrine Sep 2014 #4
Bingo, And the fucking fundies aren't helping anything - Xtians and Muslims alike snooper2 Sep 2014 #7
If that's what you want hifiguy Sep 2014 #9
IMO the divisions are deliberately nurtured. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #15
In much of Europe, it's like that DFW Sep 2014 #23
Worth pointing out that no-one is 'enforcing Shariah law in the capital' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #19
The English countryside needs immigrants and development. Dawson Leery Sep 2014 #10
"Civilize them?" KamaAina Sep 2014 #18
I believe the same phenomenon is occurring in Australia. A lot of racism agianst Asians there. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #21
+1 Quayblue Sep 2014 #41
Triangulation. sibelian Sep 2014 #5
The UK is governed by a coalition of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #6
it moving so far to the right is good for American democrats its good enuff for the brits nt msongs Sep 2014 #11
Same as we did? War without end? Iggo Sep 2014 #12
... n2doc Sep 2014 #17
Hah - Murdoch supports Scottish independence muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #22
Divide and Conquer n/t n2doc Sep 2014 #24
I'm sure there is something in it for him. Cleita Sep 2014 #25
It would give the Tories control for decades. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #28
But why would Murdoch care about Tories? Cleita Sep 2014 #33
He wants global domination by the right. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #35
Rupert Murdoch? Cleita Sep 2014 #20
If you think it's bad now, wait and see what happens if Scotland votes for independence! MohRokTah Sep 2014 #26
for the same reason as this country, racism. nt La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #27
Two words -- Tony Blair Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #29
The reason for england being right wing 4 words intaglio Sep 2014 #30
you think Gordon Brown was like the DLC ? JI7 Sep 2014 #31
Republicans in the US would get more support if they were more like the Tories JI7 Sep 2014 #32
They're our colony Feral Child Sep 2014 #37
Thatcher. Blair. Murdoch. mr blur Sep 2014 #38
Thatcher and Reagan sadoldgirl Sep 2014 #39
"moved" implies it didn't used to be right-leany DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #40
maybe we can ask all the people from all those countries they owned JI7 Sep 2014 #43
The same way the US did. The 1% bought the media and the government. nt Zorra Sep 2014 #42
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