Bad dhimmi! How dare John Reid suggest that Muslims take some responsibility for violence committed in the name of Islam! What is he, some kind of Islamophobe?
From the Daily Mail, with thanks to all who sent this in:
The Home Secretary has urged Muslim parents to watch out for signs that their children are being groomed to become suicide bombers. John Reid told them they must regard their youngsters as potential recruits for firebrand preachers.
His extraordinary comments came in a speech to a specially invited Muslim audience at an east London location which was kept secret for security reasons. “There is no nice way of saying this,” he said in a passage warning about the danger from extremist clerics.
“These fanatics are looking to groom and brainwash children for suicide bombing, to kill themselves in order to murder others. Look for the tell-tale signs now and talk to them before their hatred grows and you risk losing them forever. In protecting our families we are protecting our community.”
His remarks were condemned by some Muslim leaders, who accused him of wanting parents to spy on their sons. Ahmed Versi, editor of the Muslim News, criticised Mr Reid, saying he was asking parents to inform on their children and implying that all Muslims were potential terrorists. It would generate a “new climate of fear” against Muslims, he said.But meeting a 60-strong audience, hand-picked from London’s Pakistani, Bangladeshi and north African communities, Mr Reid will suggest that some Muslim families turn a blind eye to danger signs. “I know it’s not easy,” he said. “I’m a parent of two boys and I know how hard it is to raise children and to know everything about them. “And I know how hard it is, sometimes, to see what is in front of our eyes – particularly when it is something that we do not agree with.
“But there are some circumstances when we need to intervene; when we need to challenge or confront their behaviour in order to protect them from others and to protect them from harm.”