Glob-a-log

It doesn’t happen all that often but the Conservative mayor of Mirfield town council, mister Bennett, had me smile:

In response to an apparent request from the Huddersfield-based Ahmidiyya Muslim Association (AMA) to appear before the town’s council to put their case for funding, Bennett emailed the town clerk to say: ‘I am aware Islamic organisations are keen to promote a view that they are peaceful, forward-thinking individuals who wish to integrate into the British way of life.

‘The policy of clothing the feminine population of Dewsbury in black sack-like clothing from head to toe, the occasional trip out to cause mayhem with explosives and the proposal that all those of homosexual persuasion should be killed by shooting or other means is adequate and practical testimony to the level of progress being made in this direction.

Obviously, the mayor immediately got blasted for having sent this e-mail:

The Muslim Council of Britain also condemned the remarks as ‘bigoted and unacceptable, considering his status as a public servant’. And the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) said the remarks were ‘very narrow-minded’ and that Bennett ’should resign or be removed’.

To which I would say, ‘To Hell with them.’

I don’t know mister Bennett. He might well be a racist bigot; he wouldn’t be the first or only one in the British Conservative Party. However, I would be more impressed with these indignant bleatings, if organisations like the Muslim Council (and the Association) of Britain would be as loudly concerned about the many outrages committed by Islamic fanatics in the name of Allah.

When is is the last time these good folks went out on the street to condemn domestic violence against women, the genital mutilation of girls, the outrageous insults and violence against homosexuals, the repellent antics of Holocaust denying anti-Semites…?

Precisely.

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