In the excitement to blame Pakistan and British Pakistanis in particular it appears that some of you have chosen to ignore the post above. I would ask you to read it as it is the experience of a "British Pakistani that has personal experience of what some of you are trying to pontificate about that includes Indians and Pakistanis from Canada and America. It gets tedious when some of you just ignore posts that do not support your assertions.
The blame for terrorism lies with a number of countries and nationalities it is not a monopoly of Pakistanis. Anyone trying to argue this is ignorant and or racist and usually has ulterior motives.
Why are most of you ignoring the part played by the Saudi govt?
Why are most of you ignoring the British govt for turning a blind eye to what is going on in these Wahhabi mosques in the UK and as Agno rightly pointed out extremist groups in the UK?
I accept that all countries are entitled to take affirmative action and bring these perpetrators to account. But you will not get rid of terrorism simply by catching or killing terrorists/criminals. In the case of Americans I think that their collateral damage often creates fertile recruiting ground for producing more of the same.
Why have UK US the west not tried winning hearts and minds?
In this regards they could learn from the Saudis who have propagated their imo harsh version of Islam. I have spoken to Yeti who is a young Brit of Indian origin and even he has pointed out that these Wahhabis are an embarrassment to all Asians in the UK in post 41. You see Yeti unlike other Indians is not out to bash Pakistan or Pakistanis indiscriminately as some of you. In fact I think that some Indians on here in the excitement to be accepted by west support Brit American and other govts even when the populations of in particular UK do not support their own govts actions around the world.
Now I would like to add something more for some of you rather excitable Indians.
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The mosque referred to in the above post is one of the biggest in Europe and is funded by Saudi money. In return they are propagating Wahhabism and are being ignored by the UK govt. Do not forget that the leader of the British bombers was associated to this mosque he lived less than a mile from this mosque:
Markazi Masjid
The Markazi Masjid (Central Mosque), also known as the Dewsbury Markaz or Dar ul Ulum (House of Knowledge),[1] is a mosque in the Savile Town area of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. Accommodating up to 4,000 worshippers, it is one of the largest mosques in the United Kingdom and among the biggest purpose-built mosques in Europe.[2] It is also the European headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat movement,[3] and houses the Institute of Islamic Education (Jamia Talimul Islam),[4] an independent day and boarding faith school for boys aged 13–19[5] and one of the two main Islamic seminaries in the UK.[2][6] The mosque serves as a centre for Tablighi Jamaat's missionary activity throughout Europe.[1]
Controversy
Tablighi Jamaat and the Dewsbury Markaz has been repeatedly accused of promoting extremist Islamism and having links with Islamic terrorism in Britain; Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, two of the 7 July 2005 London bombers, are reported to have attended prayers at the mosque.[7][8][9][10][11] Both the allegation of extremism and specific claims that Sidique Khan or Tanweer visited the mosque are denied by its leaders.[10][11][12] In 2006 the Institute of Islamic Education was criticised by Ofsted for an 'over-emphasis' on religious study to the neglect of the secular curriculum,[4][7] leading to poor exam performance.[13][14] The latest inspection (2008) reported satisfactory improvement in this area.[15] Times journalist Andrew Norfolk has argued the school contributes to ethnic segregation in the local area.[8][9] The daughter of the former headmaster of the school, Aishah Azmi, came to public attention in 2006 after being dismissed from her position as a classroom assistant in a Church of England faith school for refusing to remove her niqab.[7]
Markazi Masjid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And now for my Indian friends the overwhelming majority of those that use this mosque are not Pakistani Muslims of Pakistani origins but British Indian Muslims of Indian origins. Most of the people pushing for Sharia laws to be implemented in the UK are also of Indian origin not Pakistani origin.
For example
Dewsbury-born mufti hates British way of life - Jihad Watch
I know the overwhelming majority are Indians (in excess of 80%) because I have been to Jumma to that mosque on a number of occasions.
So if you want to blame the actions of a few foolish people on a nation blame US, UK, Saudi, India along with Pakistan. Lets stop blaming and trying to win hearts and minds instead of cheap point scoring please