Muslims: 'give them an inch and they will take a mile'
Friday, October 16, 2009 "If people were convinced that Islamic extremists had little support among British Muslims it would be easy to write the off as an eccentric fringe element. In such a context, plans for rallies by fundamentalists to press claims for a wholesale switch to sharia law in Britain could be regarded with equanimity rather than alarm.
"Unfortunately, that is not the case. With the threat of Islamist terrorism a major factor in our national life and with a bewildering array of Muslim pressure groups always ready to press for new cultural concessions, the British public has come to a depressing conclusion: give them an inch and they will take a mile."
The Daily Express tries to defend yesterday's hysterical and entirely misleading front-page coverage of the planned al-Muhajiroun demonstration in London. Predictably, the leader goes on to attack "moderate Muslims" for failing to "marginalise extremists", which of course entirely ignores the direct action taken against al-Muhajiroun by Muslims in Luton.
Update: See also ENGAGE, 16 October 2009
Further update: The Express editorial has been reproduced word for word in the latest issue of National Front News.