{"id":1883,"date":"2004-04-02T02:05:59","date_gmt":"2004-04-02T07:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2004-04-02T02:05:59","modified_gmt":"2004-04-02T07:05:59","slug":"british_muslims_speak_out_about_loudmouths_in_their_midst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/british_muslims_speak_out_about_loudmouths_in_their_midst\/","title":{"rendered":": British Muslims Speak Out About &#8220;Loudmouths&#8221; In Their Midst"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/muslims_britain.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>As in the US, terror and Islam mix regularly in the news.  Hundreds have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muslimnews.co.uk%2Fpaper%2Findex.php%3Farticle%3D1361\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">detained<\/a> on terror charges, a potential <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com%2F2003%2FWORLD%2Feurope%2F01%2F20%2Fmosque.raid%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">attack<\/a> using ricin has been foiled, and various extremists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.obv.org.uk%2Freports%2F2002%2Frpt20020909b.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shock the public<\/a> with pro-9\/11 rhetoric.  But for many British Muslim leaders, the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.co.uk%2FnewsPackageArticle.jhtml%3Ftype%3DtopNews%26storyID%3D487310%26section%3Dnews\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">arrests<\/a> of nine men along with a half-ton of ammonium nitrate was the last straw.  \u201c[Extremist Muslims] are nothing but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisislondon.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F10023453%3Fsource%3DEvening%2520Standard\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">loudmouths<\/a>,\u201d said Lord Ahmed, Britain\u2019s first Muslim peer, \u201cwho are damaging the image of Muslims in this country and who are not welcome here.\u201d  The arrests come at a time when British Muslims, and European Muslims in general, are facing a growing backlash as a result of the Madrid bombings that may bring unprecedented restrictions, including the possible introduction of <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.guardian.co.uk%2Fhomeaffairs%2Fstory%2F0%2C11026%2C1184204%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ID cards<\/a>.  \u201cWe need\u2026 to take every <a href=\"http:\/\/icwales.icnetwork.co.uk%2F0100news%2F0600uk%2Ftm_objectid%3D14107566%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D50082%26headline%3Dpm-hints-at-id-card-move-name_page.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">precaution<\/a> we can,\u201d said Prime Minister Tony Blair.  \u201cI don\u2019t think the public, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com%2Farticle.cfm%3FobjectID%3D6FB9C5B3-8244-46D0-956143D403598B9D\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muslim population<\/a>, would accept anything different.\u201d  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcb.co.uk\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muslim Council of Britain<\/a> took the unprecedented step of asking 1000 mosques across the country to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20040401%2FTERROR01%2FTPInternational%2FTopStories\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">condemn violence<\/a> and cooperate with the police.  The two-page statement called on the country\u2019s two million Muslims to maintain \u201cutmost vigilance\u201d and contact the authorities if they suspect criminal activity.  The council reports that it received an \u201coverwhelmingly <a href=\"http:\/\/news.scotsman.com%2Flatest.cfm%3Fid%3D2728172\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">positive<\/a> response\u201d from the community.   \u201cThe response has been very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com%2Fmld%2Fmercurynews%2Fnews%2Fworld%2F8331222.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">heartening<\/a>,\u201d said Council spokesperson Inayat Bunglawala.  \u201cPeople have been contacting us all day backing our stance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent arrests of Muslims and the breakup of an alleged terrorist plot put British Muslims on the defensive against extremists in their midst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: British Muslims Speak Out About &#8220;Loudmouths&#8221; 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