[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Russ

When generally the same circumstances occur over and over again, I’d call it basic human nature.

Hell, if I make an assumption about this sort of thing I’ll be the first to admit I’m wrong, no worries there.

When that idiot from Cardiff drove his van in to a load of Muslim a few years back I did initially assume it was a fundamentalist Islamic terrorist attack. But when it came out that those attacked were Muslim I was the first to admit I was wrong.

That was pretty much the only time I was wrong in this sort of instance though.

Not always a given.
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A Shia Muslim has been jailed for three years and nine months for vandalism attacks on five mosques in Birmingham.
Arman Rezazadeh, who is of Iranian descent, used a sledgehammer to smash windows and doors in Perry Barr, Aston and Erdington on 21 March.

At the time
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Ian Ward, leader of Birmingham city council, said there was no room for “hate and Islamophobia” in the city.
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Jack Dromey, the Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, tweeted: “Hate is on the march. Overnight the Slade Road Mosque in #Erdington was attacked. We stand in solidarity with the Muslim community. And we condemn the evil of Islamophobia and those who fuel the flames of hate.”
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Waseem Zaffar, a Birmingham city council cabinet member, wrote: “Deeply shocking and concerning to learn about the attacks on masjids in neighbouring Aston and Erdington neighbourhoods.
“We will not let a very small minority divide our neighbourhood, the city and society and will fight back against any hate and division with love, peace and harmony.”