A condemnation but....

Denis MacShane thinks that UK Muslim leaders need to condemn terrorist attacks more clearly and with stronger language. This has provoked anger among senior Muslims who branded his suggestion as "disgraceful".

So, into the situation steps Inayat Bunglawala, spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain, offering us this condemnation of the terrorists:

"The Muslim community has consistently condemned terrorism and we condemn this latest attack on the British consulate and HSBC in Turkey."

I would hardly call that strong language but each to his own I suppose. Then we get:

"The attacks only emphasise that the disastrous war in Iraq has not reduced the risk of terrorism, as our own governments had us believe beforehand, but has exacerbated it.

We do not need lectures from a representative of a government that has conducted an unlawful war against Iraq"

And there we have exactly the kind of thing Denis MacShane is on about I guess. A dry condemnation with the passion saved up for the 'but'.

Posted by JohnJo at November 23, 2003 10:16 AM | TrackBack