Become informants or go to jail, MI5 tells Muslim men

[Jesus Jones]

Five British Muslim men accused the United Kingdom's security services of "blatant blackmail" and threatening them with jail if they did not agree to work as informants, press reports said Thursday, sparking outrage and concern over Islamophobia.

The community workers said they were given a choice of working for MI5, the U.K.'s counter-intelligence and security agency, or face detention and harassment at home and internationally, Britain's Independent reported.

"Orwellian society"
" When people are terrorized by the very same body that is meant to protect them, sowing fear, suspicion and division, we are on a slippery slope to an Orwellian society. "

Sharhabeel Lone

The men, three of whom said they were detained at foreign airports on MI5 orders, made official complaints to the police, the body which oversees the work of the security service and their local MP Frank Dobson, the paper said.

International News | UK uses "Orwellian" tactics on Muslims: report

[crazy dog]

Islamaphobia means fear of Islam, just a rational response to it, and certainly to what has been going on in UK cities for years. From the blurb on the cover of Londonistan by Melanie Phillips:

'For many years Britain pretended to be tough on terrorism. But when it was hit by English suicide bombers (pakistani) the secret was finally out. Under the noses of the government, parliament, intelligence services and police, Britain had become the European hub for the promotion, recruitment and financing of Islamist terror. Terrorists have used it to plot, finance and recruit for attacks throughout the world, and now also at home. Such is the scale of these opperations that Britain as a whole is commonly refered to as 'Londonistan' by anit terrorist services abroad.'

She is not a rabid Islamaphobic and was the recipient of the George Orwell prize.

[Nietzsche]

what has been going on in UK cities for years

The people have had enough.



The streets descended into violence yesterday as hundreds of anti-Islamist protesters clashed with police. The crowds hid their faces behind balaclavas, brandished England flags and chanted at plod. Some wore masks with the horned face of Sayful Islam, a hardline Muslim activist in Luton who took part in an anti-war rally in March which disrupted a homecoming parade for troops.



The mob, which included teenagers and women, also held banners with slogans such as 'No Sharia Law in the UK' and 'Respect our Troops'. There were reports of violence, with onlookers claiming that an Asian man was hit across the face with a banner and left with a bloody nose.

A group called March for England was said to have organised the rally as a peaceful protest against Muslim extremists. They were joined by a local group United People of Luton.

The chaos broke out when a crowd of around 500 ran away from police who had been escorting the protest along its route, and ran down side streets towards the town centre. Officers on horseback and police dogs were deployed, and policemen drew batons to defend themselves.

A spokesman for United People of Luton, Wayne King, said: 'We decided enough was enough after the soldiers got heckled as they marched through the town centre by the Muslim extremists. We want laws brought in to stop preachers of hate operating here.'

[crazy dog]

yes just saw this in the Mail, no doubt they will be labeled as fascists or BNP members instead of ordinary people who have just had enough.

[Nietzsche]

No doubt.