[Seti]

Years ago, when I was young, I was taught about stuff like propoganda and stereotyping. I feel that this is what is being attempted against the muslim community. A while back on BBC2 there was a documentary aired called "The Power of Nightmares". Clearly this showed some new racial stereotpying techniques and how some material is given to the media in order to make the general public scared and therefore frightened of one group. I suggest that, if any of you can, you watch it. It definetly opened my eyes.

In this case it is the Muslim community.

Does anyone remember a while back all the stereotypical aruguments and generalisations about the Irish and the black community ? It is well known that police used to stop black youths a lot more than white youths. In fact I think it is documented in the statistics for crime. the Irish went through stricter customs controls just in case they were coming in with bombs or semtex or guns or something!!

All the government and media are now doing is changing the publics' focus onto something new; a new race, a new threat a new migration problem. The vast majority of the muslim community are decent, hard-working, law abiding citizens whom are not in the least a threat.

There are threads elsewhere on the forum regarding house arrest and the individuals who were locked up in Belmarsh prison, detained without a trial. It has been documented, see The Independent, Daily Mail etc, that these individuals were not in the least a threat. One attended a wedding in Pakistan !! some are now coming out with mental health problems becasue of the incarceration, they were kept in a separate wing with very little privileges. Belmarsh is a category A prison, that means it houses people like Huntley and murderers and all sorts of serious offenders.

Think, what did these guys do ? Luckily the House of Lords has stood up for our rights, and freedom, and stopped the "house arrest" Program from going through.

If we are now to stop every muslim in this country then how are we to resource it for a start. How do we know who is mulism and who isn't ? There are different forms of the faith and different cultures to consider. They don't all have beards and wear long flowing clothes. Albanians and Turkish people are mostly muslim. Their women do not wear the same sort of clothing as those from Pakistan or Iraq. In fact most of them are Westernised, they may just wear a head scarf. Oops isn't that just like the Cathoilics do in some nations ?

I suggest all women here hide their scarves and hats just in case they are stopped !!

It's a question of how far you would like the State to go in invading your civil liberties.

Sian