Alienating Muslims

Submitted by Concerned Infidel (Canada), Aug 11, 2006 at 17:36

While the arrest of Muslim terrorists in Britain is being celebrated around the world, the negative impact on the Muslim community is being overlooked. Arresting Muslim terrorists creates an adverse impact and distrust in Muslim communities. Muslims have warned police that they must be very careful, as arrests in Muslim communities are causing inconvenience and creating animosity between Muslims and the police. Perhaps it maybe more useful in the long run to allow terrorists to carry out their objectives rather than risk alienating Muslims. Realistically, people will eventually get over the deaths of family members, friends and citizens and the economic loss of billions of dollars, but will they ever be able assuage the anger of the Muslim community.

The police need to weight very carefully whether it is important to save the lives of British citizens at the risk of upsetting Muslims. Muslim terrorist activities can be attributed to lack of proper respect for and the alienation of Muslim youth. Therefore British authorities should be addressing the alienation of the Muslim youth rather than focusing on terrorism.

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