New rules for visiting Birmingham
 

Men must have full beards and women must wear burqas

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...newsfacts.html

He was stoopid -- he apologized . . .

maybe a better topic for the Lounge

(But one does have to wonder after the Trojan Horse schools fiasco?? )

He has added to the gaity of the nation on a dreech Monday morning. I like the radicalised jam jars

The tweets were great! Besides the jam jars, I liked the pictures of the "armed Muslim women" and Quran Quran. :-))

Lee Ann

>>He was stoopid -- he apologized . . .<<

In the present climate, more like near-criminally irresponsible: and apologies are worth nothing without explanation and acknowledgement of the underlying fault - what's he doing taking other people's money as an "expert" on something he clearly knows nothing about and can't be bothered to find out?

Having listened to the poor guy, I think he suffers from paranoia and needs a fair bit of time in an "institute". I heard him apologise on Radio 4 and there was more than a fair bit of "but......"

all well covered in the lounge

I don't even believe the baseball scores on Fox.

He had me afraid to go to Crufts this year. IMDonehere, that is a good one.

>>He had me afraid to go to Crufts this year. <<

The one place where you'd be sure not to find that many fundamentalist Muslims. There are those who disapprove of/fear dogs.

Exactly Patrick! The NEC would be run entirely by Muslims and how would they get through the week and let all those animals into the hotel rooms. I don't think they let dogs pass the doorway.

"The one place where you'd be sure not to find that many fundamentalist Muslims."

Not just fundamentalist. A genuine example of (sometimes unwelcome) Muslim influence in Britain is the clash of interests over dogs, which occasionally affects transport.

Some British Muslims have picked up the belief that any physical contact with a dog pollutes them as surely as wolfing down a bacon sandwich.

From time to time this creates a local scandalette when a Muslim bus driver won't let dogs on (the union argues for the right of a member to avoid pollution over the right of a passenger to get on a bus. Because defending members is what unions are for), and on trains I've occasionally found great distaste for proximity to Flannerpooches from South Asians who no signs of Chrisianophobia or concealed AK-47s. Or even absurd beards (where DID they get that fad from?).

My friendly (and cleanshaven) neighbourhood sort-of Imam says it's theological bollocks, much as my parish priest is unconvinced St Ermintrude's left toenail is going to cure anything serious. But both also agree that there's no point arguing over centuries of popular and harmless culture, and (as I discovered with Sister Mary Imelda at school and my Aunty Mary) these sillinesses are better humoured than confronted.

Which is the definition of civilisation.

Apparently, stranded passengers can call a taxi and claim compensation from the bus company - at least if the cabdriver's not Muslim as well. Flannerpooch 2.0 can (and will whether he likes it or not) just change his seat.

Something about unclean saliva and hair in the prayer mats. I would suppose that would present a problem with the flanner pooches and all those support pooches in cabs and buses. Do they tell you or shut the door on you?

Birmingham is 21% Moslem - making it one of Europe's largest Muslin cities for sure but still IME ver very English - most Moslems no doubt are good British citizens who sadly must be feeling this type of stooopid insensitive attacks.

Pal, a large % of our physicians in my area are Muslim or Hindu. I had fellow work mates that were. Not a problem with me. You live in Michigan. Probably more there than Birmingham. Just a lot of blarney.

Here is a brilliant piece on Fox news. The first "cartoon" fits in well on this thread.
http://i100.independent.co.uk/articl...ne--g1po6l9h9x
****He was stoopid -- he apologized . . .****
But he said he felt like he had been waterboarded. #foxnewsfacts
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...g-9974147.html

ou live in Michigan. Probably more there than Birmingham.>

Well yes Dearborn Michigan has one of the very highest concenterations of Moslems from the mid-east and I can never recall any anti-Semitism or terrorist baloney going on there - the only tempest I recall is when some white extreme right Christian minister came to the largest Dearbron mosque and insisted on preacing his hate out in front of it. He did not get a warm reception from all and had to have police protection.

American Moslems have rarely taken on the tinges of Jihad - with a few exceptions of newly arrived folks and are stellar patriotic citizens for the most part.

I loved the look on the face of the woman on the left of the split screen when the Fox "expert" was talking. It was as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing. I would have loved to have heard her response.

I love Faux news! Those folks are always good for a lught.

Oops! That's supposed to be "good for a laugh." Or several laughs.