This is good to see, and it is the sort of thing we should have been seeing much, much more of all over the Western world if the conventional wisdom about Islamic terrorism being the result of the hijacking of the religion by a Tiny Minority of Extremistsâ„¢ really were true.
One of the moderates said: “We have been fighting these Muslim extremists for you. They represent nobody but themselves. The community decided to move them on because the police won’t. We have asked them, but they did nothing.” That reflects poorly on the UK police, and provides yet another example of official Britain’s generally supine response to the domestic jihadist challenge.
And in line with the deeply ingrained nature of Islamic antisemitism, the worst insult the “extremists” can think of to throw at the “moderates” is “Get back to your synagogue” — i.e., you’re acting like Jews.
“Extremists behind anti-war protest driven off the streets by moderate Muslims,” from the Daily Mail, May 29 (thanks to Jean):
Muslim extremists behind a protest against soldiers on a homecoming parade have been driven off the streets today by members of their own community.
Fights broke out and traffic ground to a halt when moderate Muslims confronted a group of about 12 men who regularly preach from a stall in Bury Park – the heart of Luton’s Muslim community.
After Friday prayers, more than 200 members of local mosques turned on the group who sparked outrage in March when they disrupted a parade by the Royal Anglian Regiment through the town centre….
Angry words were exchanged and scuffles broke out between members of both groups, with the extremists shouting ‘Shame on you’ and ‘Get back to your synagogue’.
One police officer and two community support officers struggled to hold them apart until more officers arrived.
Buses and cars were unable to move as the crowd spilled into the road.
Farasat Latif, of the Islamic Centre in Luton, which was firebombed after the protest against the soldiers, said moderate members of his community took action because police had failed to move the group on.
He said the extremists, who follow the militant group led by Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammed, had fuelled feelings against the Muslim community which led to a march last Sunday in Luton which was disrupted by white, right-wing extremists.
Mr Latif said: ‘We have been fighting these Muslim extremists for you. They represent nobody but themselves.
‘The community decided to move them on because the police won’t. We have asked them, but they did nothing.
‘I don’t know if they will be back. We have been the victims twice over – from the stupidity of Muslim extremists who metaphorically pour petrol and fan the flames of the right wing extremists.
‘This was a peaceful demonstration and we hope they get the message that the law-abiding community is sick and tired of them.’…