Isn't there even a bbc comedy named that? I've certainly heard it before On May 23, 2013 10:01 AM, "Jerry Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "I have never heard anyone in this country call London Londonistan. I > suspect > you've made that up. " > > From wikipedia: > > *Londonistan* is a pejorative <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative> > sobriquet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet> in use by parts of the > media <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media> referring to the > British<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> capital > of London <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London> and the British > Government's tolerance of the presence of various > Islamist<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism> groups > in London and other major cities of Britain as long as they carry out their > controversial agendas, ideologies or terror > campaigns<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism> outside > of Britain.[1] < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-1> > > The word is a portmanteau <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau> of > the > British capital and the Persian< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language> > suffix -stan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-stan>, meaning "land" (used > by > several countries in South <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia> > andCentral > Asia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia>).[2]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-2> > The > term has been used in a number of publications, including *The New York > Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*,[3]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-After-3> > *Vanity Fair <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)>*,[4]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-Calling-4> > *The Weekly Standard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekly_Standard>,* > [5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-5> and in > the 2006 book *Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State > Within< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan:_How_Britain_is_Creating_a_Terror_State_Within > > > .*[6] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-6> > > According to Omar Nasiri > > The mid- to late 1990s were the years when Britain's capital earned the > sobriquet of `Londonistan,` a title provided by French officials infuriated > at the growing presence of Islamist radicals in London and the failure of > British authorities to do anything about it. Raids in France and Belgium > had produced phone and fax numbers linked to the United Kingdom, and names > of suspects were passed on. Some French officials believe that if more had > been done by Britain at the time, the network behind the summer of 1995 > bombings <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Paris_Metro_bombing> might > have > been broken up and the attacks > prevented.[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-7> > > The bombings <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Paris_Metro_bombing> and > attempted bombings, mostly in Paris, in summer and autumn of 1995 by Armed > Islamic Group <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Islamic_Group> (GIA), > killed eight and injured more than > 100.[8]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term)#cite_note-Barling-8> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonistan_(term) > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363778 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
