The inclusion of Blair needs explanation.

First, he is the ruler of the Infidel nation-state in which these people happen to have settled, and of course it is always good to remind oneself of the lack of legitimacy of any Infidel ruler of any Infidel nation-state one lives in, lest the children in particular get any other ideas.

Second, British troops are in Iraq, and the matter of "Palestine" being free of Infidel rule, and of Infidels, is linked to Iraq, where Infidels should not be and, for the Sunnis, those powerful outside Infidels should not have created the conditions in which the Infidel Shi'a are permitted to take power from the best of Muslims, not merely Arabs but Sunni Arabs.

Two good reasons for the by-now standard rage. Passing Infidels may simply be relieved at the small size of this demonstration, and ho-hum their way to work or play. They won't worry. They should.

Posted by: Hugh at October 31, 2005 8:17 AM

'Transforming the Iranian flag into a bandana tied around checkered Palestinian scarves,'....

Hand-in-hand with the Iranian leadership, as it were.

Today’s Extras on Jihad’s 5th Column:

The Al-Qaida-Iran connection:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/peterbrookes/2005/10/31/173452.html

The Canadian alternative to Saudi Oil:
http://www.techcentralstation.com/103105C.html

The aclu and Tampa Bay:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/joelmowbray/2005/10/31/173449.html

Excerpt: Spurred to action by the July 7 London bombings, the NFL this August mandated that all teams begin “pat-down” searches of ticket holders starting on September 25. Many teams had been doing so since 9/11, though the Bucs had not. The timing of the policy’s implementation turned out to be, at the least, eerie.

Posted by: Gary at October 31, 2005 8:27 AM

I found videos of the london 'AlQuds' rally at

http://www.realitygaps.com/?p=10

This is a video that will show you the level of Islamism evident in London(istan) at the moment.

There are lots of photos of the rally too, mostly hizbullah supporters it seems. This was a pretty agressive protest, how can people get away with that level of Islamism in Europe?

Also it looks liike there was no counter protest (although in germany there was a big pro-Israel counterprotest).

Posted by: misguidedjihadi at October 31, 2005 8:38 AM

"There are lots of photos of the rally too, mostly hizbullah supporters it seems."
--- from a posting above

I was wrong, then, to assume that the inclusion of Blair was partly explicable as a protest as well about British participation in the Iraqi venture, which has led to the Shi'a ascendancy.

Or perhaps not. There may be Shi'a in Hezbollah who are not paying attention to, or don't care, that the Shi'a in Iraq have come out ahead. Aftre all, the Shi'a right there are willing not to protest, for now, against Bush and Blair, not because they don't want them out, but because they don't want them out until they have trained more Shi'a, and killed more Sunni insurgents, and had time to distribute more equipment and money.

Posted by: Hugh at October 31, 2005 8:55 AM

Only two thousand protestors, in a city that has around a million muslims? That's a pretty poor showing.

Posted by: Doctor Phibes at October 31, 2005 9:08 AM

One small piece of good news on the subject, Northumbria Students Union have issued an apology on their website http://www.mynsu.co.uk/ which reads
"NSU would like to apologise for displaying Al Quds day on its calendar. We now understand that this day is considered offensive to Israeli and Jewish people worldwide. We have therefore removed this day from our calendar."

But will they keep it off next year?

Posted by: Granny Weatherwax at October 31, 2005 9:10 AM

It's not difficult to get the permanently angry self aggrieved Muslims and their leftist enablers to march at a moments notice. Its their thing.

But it's great to expose it for what it is - special pleading taqiyya.

Heard this weekend on Al Jazeera Canada - the CBC Sunday Morning show, a Muslim prof (Haddad ?) talking about the "good" Judeo Christians after 9/11 giving support to Muslims, versus the "bad"
ones. No one should break the law or be uncharitable - but to encourage the appeasers and the ignorant in this fashion hurts us all by trying to stifle debate.

Islam is the problem.

Posted by: dgene at October 31, 2005 9:11 AM

So, marching through Londonistan supporting the words of Iran's thug in chief calling for genocide against Israel is acceptable in todays lovely, cuddly multicultural cess pit called Britain is it?

Can you imagine white fascists being given permission to march through Londonistan calling for the genocide of Iranians?

Our leaders are a joke.

Our UK left wing (out in abundance on the march I see) are suicidal in their support of this fascism. They would side with anything - yes anything that could bring down capitalism.

Do they really believe that if a final victory for Islam was won in the West that they would be allowed to live & prosper in some sort of "Socialist Dhimmi Bubble State" within Islamic lands?

Every British Muslim on that march should be interned or removed from the UK back to their beloved "Dar Al Islam".

They have no nation but the Ummah, & they are welcome to it.

Posted by: albion at October 31, 2005 9:23 AM

At graduation ceremonies, who wants to sing Blake's "Al-Quds"? An Al-Quds artichoke, anyone? Future tip to would-be pilgrims in the Travel Section of The New Duranty Times: "I paid only 5000 pounds to the Building Fund for the Al-Azhar London campus in order to obtain my visa for a one-day visit to sites 'holy to the protected peoples' in Al-Quds."

No, even Aelia Capitolina, that previous effort to wipe out the toponym Jerusalem, as "Palestine" came into being prompted by the same Roman effort to wipe out the placename "Judea" as being too-obviously connnected to the Jews, has more dignity to it than Al-Quds.

One simple goal we can all keep steadily in mind: do nothing that would make more likely the renaming of Jerusalem as "Al-Quds." Neither Jesus, nor Moses, nor William Blake would approve. Nor would any of the members of the Supreme Order of Costermongers (Artichoke Division), as played by a group of actors all of whom miraculously resemble Stanley Holloway as Eliza Doolittle's father in "My Fair Lady." And those Cockney costermongers are not to be trifled with. Not to mention Blake. And Moses. And Jesus.

Posted by: Hugh at October 31, 2005 10:12 AM

And those Cockney costermongers are not to be trifled with. Not to mention Blake. And Moses. And Jesus

And the Women's Institute. Trifle with them at your peril.

Al-Quds is, of course, Cockney rhyming slang for Christmas Puds. Made with haram suet, washed down with haram 'Christmas pudding wine', or if you've got any sense haram Madeira celebrating a haram festival.

Posted by: Interested at October 31, 2005 11:14 AM

Watching Neturei Karta march on that video, I thought my head was going to explode; I can just see them moseying down the selection lanes to the gas chambers at Auschwitz.

Thanks to Doctor Phibes for his noting of the infinitesimal turnout; my blood pressure is slowly returning to normal.

Posted by: Charles Martel at October 31, 2005 11:22 AM

I hear that some angry British Jews were tossing stones at Neturei Karta's H.Q.

2,000 people may be a rather small demonstration, but their boldness is frightening and who knows how many more share their sentiments, but not their lack of restraint.

Posted by: waterdragon52 at October 31, 2005 12:53 PM

Iv'e just watched the video. Well they certainly did not "marched enthusiastically to the quick beat of drums"

It was a shuffle. And a shuffle along the bus lane, not even in the road to stop the traffic which is the hallmark of a well attended demo! Iv'e been on demonstrations in London (Jobs and Recovery in 1992 springs to mind, and we too sang Jerusalem in the pouring rain in Hyde Park on that one. GCHQ support was another), which were so long that we had to move off in shifts to allow traffic to move and which took an hour to pass any given point. And where the front had reached the destination on the South Bank before the back had even started to walk down the Strand. This apology for a protest took less than 3 minutes to pass.
Pathetic!

Posted by: Granny Weatherwax at October 31, 2005 1:10 PM

And another thing. It's Halloween. Some of the rear guard were definitly in the wrong place. I should know.

Posted by: Granny Weatherwax at October 31, 2005 1:12 PM

It was a shuffle.

Now there's a surprise. That's at least three collective Muslim shuffles this year. Did Mohammed used to shuffle a lot? Perhaps Mohammed was the best of shufflers, right up until he shuffled off this mortal coil.

Posted by: Interested at October 31, 2005 1:34 PM

I always get Wilson, Betty and Kepple's sand dance confused with the "soft shoe shuffle". There may indeed be a Mohhamedan conncetion.

Posted by: Granny Weatherwax at October 31, 2005 1:43 PM

misjuidedjihadi,
the realitygaps video was oh so sad,
to see no countergroup.
londonistan, oh no it's true
what they say about you,
you have surrendered
to a gang of thugs there, here to,
here and there and everywhere,
but we must remember there are more of us
than them, if we unify, maybe we won't die.
While they swarm like roaches,
and when the light shines
they scurry away and hide.
In the dark, they bide their time
and breed, always nursing a need
to make you submit to being less
than a human, without equal rights.
There must be some one in london,
some brave son of Arthur to lead
the browbeaten, terrorized bands
to victory, Surely, there must be.

Posted by: the poetess at October 31, 2005 8:59 PM

There is an international campaign against Al-Quds-Day in Berlin: www.against-al-quds-day.org
For an English report check:
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2005/10/30/taking_a_stand.php

Posted by: enra at November 2, 2005 9:35 AM