UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12504162

So some British Muslims ARE doing something about the Taliban and Muslim extremists..

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

Give them a medal.

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

:rolleyes:

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

Seriously. give him a medal. it's the last thing we expect of him as a serving soldier to fight his own men. we can at least show our appreciation as well as shock for him doing it.

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

WWII was mostly Christians killing Christians.

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

Yep those Christian Japanese killed tens of millions Christian Chinese and the Soviets killed plenty more without the need for being Christian...

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

Trying to work out the relevancy in the last two posts..:confused:

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

Muslims are very good at killing other muslims, just as christians are very good at killing christians.

Or anybody else for that matter.

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

His "own men" are British soldiers - your comment is like expecting British Catholic soldiers in WW2 not to fight Italian soldiers, or British Protestant soldiers not to fight German soldiers.

Why "shock"? The main areas of combat today are Iraq and Afghanistan, which I am sure he knew - that would like stating it's a shock that Catholic or Protestant soldiers would serve in Northern Ireland, as they would be fighting their "own men".

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

I think that's why there's a story. he's a Muslim and he's fighting other Muslims. we are probably shocked and surprised enough for it to be a story.

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

Is that a royal 'we', Gary? :dozey:

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

I think that's why there's a story. he's a Muslim and he's fighting other Muslims. some of us are probably shocked and surprised enough for it to be a story.

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

It isn't a story, it's just Muslims are the current minority of the day getting attention so people on one side feel the need to point out anything positive and on the other to point out anything negative.

Different group, usual poop.

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

I know.
UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'

Hello.. isn't that what the non Muslim British army have been doing too?! :erm:

Re: UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'
 

I think there's a little more to it than that. One of the "reasons" given for the 7/7 attacks was our conduct in Iraq and Afghanistan, stories like this can be used against those that try and influence others, trouble is on it's own it is unlikely to achieve much other than have those soldiers branded as "bad Muslims".