Plus a few rounds of “Kumbaya.”
“Coffee and biscuits the answer to integration for Muslims says Minister,” by Pete Devine for The Asian News (thanks to Writer Mom for both the link and the quip):
A GOVERNMENT minister believes that the answer to furthering the integration of the Muslim community into wider British society could be for them to share more coffee and biscuits with their white neighbours.
John Denham, the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills was addressing a meeting in Bournemouth organised by the Fabian Society on citizenship and integration.
Zareen Roohi Ahmed of the British Muslim Forum told the meeting that the problems often stemmed from a “massive Eurocentric” view and said she hoped that the government would be pushing for a “less Eurocentric culture”.
Of course. Britons should give up their nasty Eurocentric culture. Coffee and biscuits? Who does Denham think he is? What a racist Islamophobe! Coffee, sure, as long as it’s Turkish coffee. Biscuits? Better to serve za’atar manakish.