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Mr Angry

11-01-2015 23:59

Apology for 'Muslim-only Birmingham' comment.

Bless.

"An American terrorism commentator speaking on Fox News has been forced to apologise for describing Birmingham as a "Muslim-only city" where non-Muslims "don't go in".

Steven Emerson told the channel that in London "Muslim religious police" beat "anyone who doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim attire".
He later issued an apology for his "terrible error".

But many on social media have been ridiculing his comments.
One claimed: "Birmingham's refuse collectors are all Bin Laden."

Another tweet said: "As someone born and raised in Birmingham, I must admit there was a pressure to read the Kerrang.""

The Bib.

Maggy

12-01-2015 00:38

Re: Apology for 'Muslim-only Birmingham' comment.

Ach! That's so Fox news..Revolting news channel. No not news just rumour,innuendo,misinformation and downright lies.

Ignitionnet

12-01-2015 00:52

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Millions of Americans watch that bovine excreta and take it as gospel. They are, however, mercifully not the majority and their average age is very high which is a good sign. Younger generations are far less interested in the vile propaganda that Fox pass off as news.

Think of Fox News as a more extreme version of an imaginary UKIP TV and you're about there.

Matth

12-01-2015 01:09

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There are certainly places where the native brits feel like foreigners in our own country

nomadking

12-01-2015 01:13

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Nonsense maybe, not as a big a nonsense as people are trying to make out.
Link

Quote:

WHITE working class Brummies fear parts of their city have become no-go areas for them
...
The shock claim has been made in a bombshell Government report into how poor white people feel about immigration..

Link

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British cities have lawless ‘no-go areas’ comparable with the most dangerous parts of Brazil, Mexico and the U.S., according to a United Nations drugs chief.
Professor Hamid Ghodse claimed Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester are on a par with the drug and murder capitals of the world.

Link

Quote:

Two Christian preachers were stopped from handing out Bible extracts by police because they were in a Muslim area, it was claimed yesterday.
They say they were told by a Muslim police community support officer that they could not preach there and that attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity was a hate crime.

...
It comes amid growing concern over the development of Islamic 'no-go areas'.

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A senior Church of England bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, warned recently that it is hard for non-Muslims to live and work in some areas where radicals and clerics are trying to impose an Islamic character.

Ignitionnet

12-01-2015 01:24

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Interesting, thank you.

Quote:

Maxie Hayles, Chairman of Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit, said he felt that the report’s findings were ‘dangerous’.

He said: “Reports like this should be about cohesion, not divisive, and I would seriously question the validity of the methodology used to carry it out.

That speaks volumes. Reports based on surveys should be about the data, nothing else. The data may make people feel uncomfortable but it is what it is. Stating that reports should be about cohesion is saying that the reports should be twisted to fit a pre-conceived notion of the results rather than representing the actual results.

If you prefer Maxie is full of excrement when judging said report and is upset because it doesn't fit his idea of what the report's results should be.

Mr Angry

12-01-2015 06:29

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35752100)

Nonsense maybe, not as a big a nonsense as people are trying to make out.

From your first link.

"The report quotes an anonymous male contributor, aged in his 40s," The remainder of the report (including quotes from white residents of the area he mentions) would seem to suggest that this poor chap is the one with issues.

Indeed he himself says "‘Perhaps I need to work harder in understanding the different cultures and things like that,"

Derek

12-01-2015 06:40

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Professor Hamid Ghodse claimed Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester are on a par with the drug and murder capitals of the world.

Professor Hamid Ghodse is a dobber. I can't recall the last time there were mass killings and beheadings in those cities.

Pierre

12-01-2015 09:51

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Fox News is one of the best entertainment channels on the TV.

I always tune in to the O'Reily Factor and Hannity when I feel like having a good laugh.

You could not make up some of the bollocks they put on air.

Taf	12-01-2015 12:13

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Maybe he mixed it up with Birmingham, Alabama? We all know what American geographical knowledge is like.

papa smurf

12-01-2015 16:12

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White Britons are now a minority in Leicester, Luton and Slough and Birmingham is set to follow by end of decade

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Osem	12-01-2015 19:26

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Heard him being interviewed on the radio earlier. He seemed extremely contrite I must say - can't imagine any of our glorious leaders being similarly candid in admitting they'd made a big mistake. :tu: for that anyway.

Taf	12-01-2015 20:34

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How could anyone mix up Bradford and Birmingham?

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