Welcome to the new, proud, brilliant multicultural Britain. The driver's behavior in this case is perfectly in accord with the Islamic supremacist notion that Islam is the plain truth, and everyone sees that, and thus those who don't believe are perverse and rebellious against God, and have no rights that need be respected. "Muslim bus driver locks passengers aboard as he stops to pray," by Heidi Blake for the Telegraph, February 8 (thanks to Hussein):
A Muslim bus driver knelt in the aisle to pray for five minutes leaving bemused and anxious passengers trapped in ther [sic] seats.The driver pulled over without warning and rolled out a high-visibility jacket as a makeshift prayer mat before removing his shoes, turning to face Mecca and starting to chant in Arabic.
Passengers said they looked on in stunned silence, fearing the driver may be preparing for a terrorist attack on the bus. No one was able to get on or off the vehicle during the five-minute prayer session.
Gayle Griffiths, 33, complained to Transport for London (TfL) about the incident on the number 24 bus in Gospel Oak, north London, last week.
The mother-of-one from Camden, north west London, who had boarded the bus minutes earlier on her way home from work, said: "Everyone was looking round in a mix of shock and amazement.
"When he had finished, he just got back up and set off again - all without any explanation or apology. It was truly bizarre, ludicrous and aggravating."
"We are delayed often enough as it is in London. We live in a multicultural society but there is a time and a place for prayer and the middle of a journey with a busload of passengers is not it."
The NHS administrator added: "It even went through my mind that this might be some sort of terrorist attack with the bus blown up because I had heard that suicide bombers prayed before attacks."
TfL has apologised to all the passengers for the delay to their journey and the driver has been reprimanded....
UPDATE: Pamela makes an important point: why did everyone just sit there and not take action -- especially if they were afraid that he was about to launch a jihad terror attack?
"the driver has been reprimanded."
Reprimanded???? Well, I guess it avoids the inevitable unfair dismissal law suit.
"You can leave the bus only if you become a Muslim, pay the jizya or become a dhimmi."
Lots of choices in Islam.
But...Mr Tariq Ramadan insists islam is a "European" religion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWw5x_MB3lI
(Taquiya warning)
Another instance of the Muslim tactic of aggressive domination of public space in the lands of the kuffar: http://crombouke.blogspot.com/2010/01/muslim-domination-of-public-space.html
"Reprimanded"?
How about being FIRED?
Obviously derelict in his duty...both to the passengers and to the transportation company for leaving the bus in a situation where an angry (rightly so) passenger might have vandalized the bus, or worse, simply driven it away.
The transportation company should immediately notify all drivers that such an action calls for immediate dismissal.
No excuses...the driver has been hired to drive a bus, not to pray! Let him pray on his own time. If he can't hack it, then boot him!
This kind of thing has happened before, and will happen again, no doubt many times, unless the drivers involved are told that they will be fired for any such infraction, and are indeed fired.
Here's an example, from 2008, where the bus driver didn't lock the passengers in but made them get off the bus while he prayed:and they, made fearful by his behavior, refused to re-board the bus:
Get off my bus, I need to pray
An exclusive from The Sun
MUSLIM bus driver told stunned passengers to get off so he could PRAY.
The white Islamic convert rolled out his prayer mat in the aisle and knelt on the floor facing Mecca.
Passengers watched in amazement as he held out his palms towards the sky, bowed his head and began to chant.
One, who filmed the man on his mobile phone, said: “He was clearly praying and chanting in Arabic. We thought it was a wind-up at first, like Jeremy Beadle.”
After a few minutes the driver calmly got up, opened the doors and asked everyone back on board.
But they saw a rucksack lying on the floor of the red single-decker and feared he might be a fanatic. So they all refused.
The passenger added: “After seeing that no-one wanted to get on he drove off and we all waited until the next bus came about 20 minutes later.
The bizarre event unfolded on the number 81 in Langley, Berkshire, at around 1.30pm on Thursday.
The passenger said he rang the bus firm to complain but claimed it did not believe him. He said: “They asked me, ‘Are you sure?’. Then they said they would get back to me, but they weren’t taking me seriously at all.”
Yesterday the driver, who said his name was Hrun, told The Sun: “I asked everyone to get off because I needed to pray. I was running late and Route to Mecca ... he kneels on prayer mat placed at front of the bushad not had time. I pray five times a day as a Muslim — but I don’t normally ask people to get off the bus to do it.”
A spokesperson for bus company London United said: “We are aware of a reported incident involving our route 81. We are currently undertaking a full investigation into the matter.”
I would suggest that future passengers on this route take some form of loud music-playing device with them in future, so that they can disrupt the prayer. It is a tactic which I have used with success before when disrupting Muslim prayer in public.
Muslims - either you adopt the British way of life when in the UK, or you get the f*ck out.
This is of a piece with a recent story about a wild pheasant "wreaking havoc in a peaceful town forcing residents to take cover indoors" in northern England:
http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/stalker-pheasant-terrorises-english-village/story-e6frflri-1225826902913
Within living memory these people held dominion over palm and pine -- now they get bullied in their own country by Muslims and game birds.
Again? We had an almost identical story last year from I believe the UK.
What are the transit authorities guidelines on this?
fluffy that's an excellent idea, also, people might want to consider starting to carry a powerful cattle prod with them at all times...........
A small vial of dog piss would help matters greatly...
When the Muslim bus driver stops for his prayer break, pour the liquid onto the driver's seat...if any questions are asked afterwards, just say "It's only Holy Water. I was just trying to help him with his prayer."
"these people held dominion over palm and pine" - from a posting above
Others may want, as I did, the full text of the poem from which that memorable line was taken, It's Kipling's "Recessional," written for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee:
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine -
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The Captains and the Kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!
Amen.
Why are so many people just timid sheep? If I was on that bus I would have delighted, with giddy glee, smashing, in the most violent way out of that bus, thereby highlighting the Moslem's actions.
fluffy, I like the idea of playing music to disrupt his "prayer". I suggest, as most appropriate, the opening baritone solo in the 4th movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony:
"Freunde, nicht diese Tone! sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen und freudenvollere."
"Friends, not these sounds! but let us sing others, more pleasing and joyful."
Also, have a nice sharp pin to stick in his butt when he raises it to Allah. That, too, would produce a more pleasing and joyful sound.
And what a vicious 'reprimanding' that must have been.
Always carry pork with you. If it was Transylvania, it would be garlic. But in London, I recommend pork.
Don't worry, this sort of behavior is coming to the colonies as well.
I don't imagine I would have sat there, waiting for this episode to play out. Britain needs to wake up and stand up for themselves. I can't believe all the passengers just say there...the headlines and story would have been different if I had been on that bus.
and the driver has been reprimanded....
I'm not sure how things work in the UK, but on this side of the pond, the driver would threaten to sue for "discrimination", and the cowering dhimmis in charge of the bus line would then remove the reprimand from his record.
We're told that the reason women are rellegated to the back of the mosque,or a completely seperate room is to not distract the menfolk from thier piety.However when they are making demands in the name of islam they seem to be able to pray anywhere,in front of anyone,anytime.
JLP
I agree CR. I probably would have feared for my safety since the scenario described sounds like the prelude to an attack. No way I would have sat still for that.
Personally, as an English ex-pat, ex-military chap of 76 summers, I would have stood up on my hind legs and invited the rest of the passengers to join me in several rousing and very loud choruses of 'Onward Christian Soldiers' and 'Rule Britannia'.
Plus all the other great suggestions of the people here.
I suppose that is one reason I shall stay here in Central Florida and never return to the land of my birth.
I was a small boy in WWII and still have pride in the sacrifices made by our pilots, soldiers and sailors.
We seemed to have higher standards of common courtesy and decent behaviour then and a strong belief in the rich history of our country, We also valued our friends, such as our Commonwealth family and friends, such as America.
I would soon be arrested and thrown into jail in the UK for speaking my mind as a free Englishman, or indeed, standing and singing in that bus.
For Greycap just above, a walk down Memory Lane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wERnKs-Sgq0
"number 24 bus in Gospel Oak, north London"
I think that some British folks with a stiffer upper lip need to ride this bus and make it a bit more difficult for this bus driver to abuse non-Muslims. I'd bring some crispy bacon to toss at him.
There must be emergency exits on London buses, yet no one exited. Even though many of them feared a *Jihad terror attack*, no one exited.
Clearly, this Muslim counted on the cowed passengers just sitting there in "stunned silence". Certainly, he had no fear of the other actions the passengers might have taken, which would have been detaining him for the police, or even kicking his a**.
Wow. "You are old Father William the young man said".
Yup I am old and a Brit. Had this happemed to me my first thought would have been to kick the ignorant supremacist bastard in his upturned arse or his head. But then civility would have prevailed. I would have taken a photo with my phone then interrupted the bastard's "prayers" to his Satanic God and haul him to his feet. I would have given him a choice - resume driving or else.
If he chose "or else" I would have removed the ignition keys and phoned the bus company - after freeing the passengers and slinging the keys.
Later I would have campaigned for the bastard to be be sacked.
The again this is dhimmi England so most likely it would be ME who was arrested.
Thank you Hugh.
A kind thought by you. A bittersweet memory for me.
Yes, English people seemed to have more fun in those far off days, with days on the river; 'Butlin's Holiday Camps' and the like, even after having just recently emerged from a horrific war.
We had little to smile about, in post war England, as shortages were common and I think a few items were still rationed, but those people on the boat dressed up in their "Sunday Best' clothes and had a fun day out in the fresh air.
We British truly were 'The Bulldog Breed', but it rather looks as though Islam and lefty traitors in the U.K., like Blair, Brown and those who sold us out to the E.E.C. (E.U.), have almost completely de-fanged the poor old, Churchillian like, dog.
I just read in 'The Mail', where a British teacher was fired from his job after complaining that some of his Muslim students were celebrating the Sept. 11 hijackers as "heroes," the Daily Mail reported.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249393/9-11-bombers-heroes-What-Muslim-children-told-Christian-teacher-forced-job-tolerating-racism.html
What twisted and sick little minds these Muslims, of all ages, appear to have. Worse, they seem to wear their Islamic sickness almost like a badge of honour. How sad.
Still too many unanswered questions. One of them concerns ritual foot-washing, or wudu. There is no mention in the reports that this was performed. If it wasn't the driver's prayers were probably invalid. If it was performed, albeit in most basic form, then why the need for very expensive and intrusive facilites throughout the West for wudu? Think airports, universities, places of employment where significant numbers of Mohammedans work or gather.
The Daily Mail notes:
"As diverse employers, TfL and the bus operators provide suitable prayer or quiet rooms at garages and other key locations for staff who wish to practise their faith.
'We have asked London General to remind drivers who have a requirement to pray to use these facilities during their rest periods.' "
So Transport for London can dispense with "these facilities" forthwith since it seems their drivers don't absolutely need them?
Sure.
Hugh --
You omitted the last two verses:
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe --
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law --
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard --
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee to guard.
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord!
It will be recalled that Kipling composed these lines for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. One could wish that Dubya had read them in 2003 before saying, "Bring it on."
I think they sat there because in Britain they'd be arrested if they did anything. Also, don't forget the massive Muslim riots that would ensue.
Well being a knuckle-dragging, Neandrathal, Italo American, Roman Catholic gal I can't go with Steve's cattle prod or Fluffy's music scenarios. No Brit herein has suggested PRAYING there on bus route 24 / GOSPEL OAK (how ironic). How sad and yet, perhaps a symptom of what ails ye as nation, heh?
I would just get out the old beads and in the Latin of my ancestors begin with Pater Noster....on to the Apostles Creed in full voice, followed by as many decades of Ave Maria's as it took. You Evangelicals might prefer a good old sturdy hymn such as "The Rugged Cross" or "Shall We Gather at the River". You are welcome in my foxhole. Fight false god with TRUE. Ah, but relativism and multiculti once embraced will not permit you to embrace the very notion of TRUTH.
You know, considering that just four years ago 56 people were killed and about 700 wounded in suicide attacks on London buses, one has to wonder if this wasn't a dry run to test the public's reaction. Seems to me an impromptu field interrogation by the passengers would not have been out of order.
Just men, there, though ebonystone. Would love a little further on when the women join, together with the men, to really piss them off.
Or a passenger near the front of the bus could claim to have farted, or a woman could have gone right up and stood next to the driver, "invalidating" (rotfl) his curses, I mean prayers.
"Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!"
Smells like incipient proto-PC MC from the 19th century. Amongst the excessively handwringing hyper-anti-hubris that dominates between the lines, there is the identifiable Ego Quoque in "our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre".
And to think that the public is making a fuss in Toronto
over bus drivers stopping for coffee!Fire this guy.Muslims
are getting more and more confident everyday that their
practices are being accepted in the West.Why?Because of political correctness.No one in authority wants to offend them.
Know why Islam is going to conquer the West without a fight?
Muslims will become the only group with any rights;so the only way one will get any protection would be to become a
Muslim.(BOO!Don't get scared now.Only joshing.)
It's not so funny, unbeliever: if only. I am wondering when the conversions-for-convenience are going to begin; perhaps when those Muslims we have given high positions to only give promotions to Muslims? Or the violence on the street gets too scary?
People are already converting for absurd reasons: they think Islam is "spiritual", or they are attracted to Sufi cameraderie, or like the macho image, or (females) think they look cool in a hijab or don't find non-Muslim men commanding enough, etc. The next wave may well be more pragmatically driven.
I think it is time to start carrying spray bottles of pig urine.
In the case of apprehended terrorists or enemy combatants, when there are eye witnesses to the act of war, wrap them in a pig skin and eliminate them immediately. I'd like to see their heads cut off with a dull Stanley cross cut saw.
Conversions-for-convenience?
There's nothing convenient about Islam so count me out.
There's a proper response for this:
"Listen, Skippy, I don't care what your religion is! Now get your ass back in that bus and drive or you'll be suckin' soup through a straw! Got it? MOVE!"
I'm sorry, this just pushes all my buttons.
A more proper response would be:
"Excuse me, kind sir...if you could just put away the Glock perhaps we could talk this out?"
Can you say kidnapping? Can you say "unlawful detainment"
I sure as hell would have. I'd a been screaming it until the asshole got off his knees and hopefully in my face.
I know the British Bulldog ain' dead...but, c'mon guys. Step up!
islam is a lie and
Truth is killing it.
I'd have to play some Metallica. They have a patriotic song where they sing of keeping the peace by preparing for war.
American power is the centerpiece of the tune. Can't recall the name of it right now....found it. 1991..Don't tread on me. Very apropos.
islam is a lie and
Truth is killing it.
April 2008 story.
England is fast becoming a country of sheep and the Muslims are our herders. Soon we will all be led to the slaughter.
Fire him for insubordination. The fact they did not fire him, shows how effective Islamic terrorism is. Terrorism is clearly inherent in Islam. Terrorism is Mohammed's method. Terrorism is the reason our leaders are craven faced with Islamic supremacism. Britain and other countries need to start paying members of this death cult to leave. Just go somewhere else. We cannot pay for all the police required to follow these terrorists. Islam is a death cult.
Sheep to the slaughter? Yes, or lemmings going over the cliff with terrorists setting off the bombs behind them.
I used to hear my mother talk about going to "Hell in a handbasket". Now we can get there on a bus.
"Always carry pork with you. If it was Transylvania, it would be garlic. But in London, I recommend pork."
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Great idea. Those dried out "piggy puffs" might work well,you know, the ones you can buy in the snack packages like potato chips? They can be tucked into pockets & should last a long time if they don't get wet.They also make a good loud crunch when being munched.
And nurses get fired in the UK for offering a prayer over a sick patient, with the patient's consent. Crazy. Everyone should buy a black dog for protection when the takeover comes as these people believe the black dog represents the devil and will run a mile.
My Black Dog is 165 pounds of razor blades, gristle and whale bone.
He's so black you can hardly see him in daylight. His name is Gabriel and he is one of my many swords.
islam is a lie and
Truth is killing it.
The idea of using pork products (urine, grease, bacon, pork belly crisps, etc....or dog urine) to repel jihadists is not a ridiculous idea and has been used by British officers in the field in the past to intimidate Islamic terrorists for fear of going to hell by contact with urine or pig. These officers sometimes buried a dead terrorist with a pig so his soul would be barred from paradise according to the superstition of the terrorists. The attacks soon stopped!
The jihadists have called for an all-out war against freedom. Freedom beat the fascists and the communists and can be the Islamofascists as well. We must not defend freedom with one hand tied behind our backs.
Let us all carry vials of pork products in our pockets (or purses, ladies).