Face Up to Your Problem, Muslims Told
Charles Johnson
Sun Aug 13, 2006 at 6:31 pm PDT • Views: 427
More evidence that John Bull may have finally been pushed a bit too far: Face up to your problem, Muslims told. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
LONDON’S most influential former police chief has rounded on Britain’s Muslims, blaming them for the terrorist networks in the country.
“When will the Muslim community in this country accept an absolute, undeniable, total truth: that Islamic terrorism is their problem?” wrote John Stevens, former commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, in a Sunday newspaper.
In an inflammatory opinion column, he called on Muslims to “stop the denial, endless fudging and constant wailing that somehow it is everyone else’s problem and, if Islamic terrorism exists at all, they are somehow the main victims”.
Lord Stevens, whose continuing responsibilities in Britain include the inquiry into Princess Diana’s death, also defended “racial profiling” at airports and other security hotspots, saying resources were being wasted on searching everybody out of a sense of fairness or delicacy.
“I’m a white, 62-year-old, suit-wearing ex-cop - I fly often, but do I really fit the profile of a suicide bomber?” Lord Stevens, who was commissioner of the Metropolitan Police until last year, wrote in the News of the World.
Allahpundit’s also following this brewing backlash in Britain: Backlash: Al-Guardian(!) tells British Muslims to get it together.
UPDATE at 8/13/06 6:49:24 pm:
Here’s Lord Stevens’ op-ed: If You’re a Muslim, It’s Your Problem. (Hat tip: Mentat.)
Frank says: