On 13/08/06, Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Dr Cornel, > > I am gathering some information for a project and I > was wondering if you could share with us your personal > perspective on the assimilation of the Indian and > Pakistani Muslims in the UK. > > Instead of confining this request to a personal mail, > I've put it out on Goanet, as a personal perspective > might be of interest to this world-wide audience, > especially in light of recent events. > > In a span of less than 2 years, UK born second > generation Muslim have been involved in acts of > terrorism or in the plotting stages of such acts. The > recent one being the foiled plot to blow up US > transatlantic passenger jets. > > I am keen to know why the Pakistani Muslim feels > disenfranchised from mainstream UK, and what is his > attraction to this ideology of terror. And how does > the Indian Muslim differ in this regard. Afterall, we > have yet to hear of any Indian Muslims involved in > such activities. > > Thank you, > Elisabeth
Dear Elizabeth, I shall leave Cornel, to expound on this. Many of our Citizens have concluded that the double standards, employed by our Government, is one of the main reasons. They see the atrocities committed in the Middle East and the emails and pictures circulated by blogs, which in many cases are made to fit the occasion. One of the July suicide bombers left a video clip to state his girpe. This of course does not justify one iota his actions but can, to an extent, explain what you seek. Muslim Members of Parliament along with Muslim members of the Lords, took up a full page advertisement in some of yesterday's newspapers, which in effect bears out what the majority of the Citizens in our Country are espousing. The U.K. Foreign policy stinks! The Government is in isolation and has its own agenda! -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
