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That is the only thing we (the normal) Muslims can say, but the truth is that it is becoming increasing difficult to condemn Islamophobia amongst the widespread public. It is normal for people to fear Islam when you have a group of people killing innocent people in the name of God. Think of the families who have lost their loved ones - do they really care that 'Islam is a religion of peace', and that majority of the Muslims don't share their ideology?
It is time for us to realize that this is something that we have to live with it, for as long as terrorism in the name of Islam is rampant. Simply labeling people as Islamophobes and calling them bigots will not help matters.
Not too impressed with this interview at all. He should have taken Morgan to task on suggesting he and other Muslims need to stop such attacks.
Since when will he and his daughter ever be on a train or bus? He should have condemned it, supported unity and peace but came across as an apologist here.
end of the day Amir is just condemning the attacks as a regular Muslim. He wasnt there to bring Morgan to task. All he can do as a prominent Muslim figure is promote unity and harmony and of course call on people to not be afraid to report someone spouting extremist views that could stop them from getting radicalised further.
I cant stand Piers Morgan, just a attention seeking clown who doesnt know whats he talking about half the time yet pretends he has so much knowledge.
Amir stating the obvious but I will again there is no simplstic soloution. He shouldnt see the need to come out to speak out and sound so apolgetic.
Its a problem but everyone has to answer, not just asking 1 particular community as if they have all the answers.
You can look at it that way where he "shouldn't need to come out" but I disagree, when there's so much bull crap being spewed do Amir's arguments actually hurt us or benefit us? in fact he was defending the community more then anything else and responded to the generic concerns which a certain portion of the British public have. The guy really can't win[MENTION=136193]Adil_94[/MENTION] in before the "hope he gets KO'd in his next fight, ca't wait to enjoy it" comments haha typical British Pakistani's when it comes to Amir
I don't think he came across as an apologist, his responses were very balanced and conformed to grievances from both ends of the spectrum. And he'd rather not get into an argument with Morgan who repeatedly provoked him but Amir remained civil and gave adequate answers. Khan wasn't speaking for himself with regards to the bus or train example but other Muslims whom are discriminated against for the actions of others and gave the example of his daughter in terms of not wanting her to be looked at a certain way and also worrying for her safety.
That is the only thing we (the normal) Muslims can say, but the truth is that it is becoming increasing difficult to condemn Islamophobia amongst the widespread public. It is normal for people to fear Islam when you have a group of people killing innocent people in the name of God. Think of the families who have lost their loved ones - do they really care that 'Islam is a religion of peace', and that majority of the Muslims don't share their ideology?
It is time for us to realize that this is something that we have to live with it, for as long as terrorism in the name of Islam is rampant. Simply labeling people as Islamophobes and calling them bigots will not help matters.
end of the day Amir is just condemning the attacks as a regular Muslim. He wasnt there to bring Morgan to task. All he can do as a prominent Muslim figure is promote unity and harmony and of course call on people to not be afraid to report someone spouting extremist views that could stop them from getting radicalised further.
Tbf he gave the interview as expected but no offence to Amir but why is he on the show? The angle the presenters were coming from was all regarding how Muslims can help to make the country safer. They should have invited a good English speaking political Muslim analyst, not a boxer who can't offer anything on the subject.
Yeah that's fair enough but point being he or we as a community shouldn't see the need to keep coming out to condemn these lunatics as if we are shielding them.
If these nut cases can evade the police and M15 how the hell do people like Piers Morgan expect the average Muslim to detect them ??
Point is they should ask responsible questions and you will get responsible answers from the majority.
I remember the same happened during the IRA bombing campaign, as if one community was shielding them.
Honestly he comes across a bit thick.
Playing right into the narrative Piers Morgan is peddling that Muslims are culpable in this since they didn't turn him in
Honestly he comes across a bit thick.
Playing right into the narrative Piers Morgan is peddling that Muslims are culpable in this since they didn't turn him in
He's a boxer, he's not going to win Pulitzer prizes for his intellect. Muslim celebrities are damned if they do, damned if they don't. He keeps quiet and the likes of Michael Vaughan are going to be inferring he's part of some 5th column because he hasn't reported his brother, cousin or auntie as potential terrorists.
I don't understand the criticism directed at Amir. He handled it as well as he could have in a situation like this. What was he expected to say? 'Shut up Piers and Susanna, you people are bigots and these terrorists have nothing to do with our peaceful religion'? He took a neutral position and empathized with the totally normal concerns of the public in general. That is all he could have said and done in his position.
See and [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] is actually a doctor, probably smarter then all of us; maybe not me because am a wannabe Rocket Scientist although a really bad one. And even he is not calling out Amir for his comments nor is he attacking his intelligence, that was very poor stuff and it seems personal more then anything else. They wanted Amir to Batista Bomb Piers through the table it seems and then after they would still be complaining.
Its truly a sad state of affairs for British Pakistani's and Muslims in Britain when Amir Khan is considered a spokesman for the community.
Its truly a sad state of affairs for British Pakistani's and Muslims in Britain when Amir Khan is considered a spokesman for the community.
Bolton boxer Amir Khan calls for unity following Manchester Arena attack
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/manchester-arena-terror-amir-khan--13084150
Discussing its affect on the community and on himself as a practising Muslim, Khan said he had been moved by how locals had helped each other and urged people to “stick together”.
[MENTION=47617]Red Devil[/MENTION] [MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION]
Well if you were smart you wouldn't call others "thick"I reject your privileged ignorance
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He's a boxer, he's not going to win Pulitzer prizes for his intellect. Muslim celebrities are damned if they do, damned if they don't. He keeps quiet and the likes of Michael Vaughan are going to be inferring he's part of some 5th column because he hasn't reported his brother, cousin or auntie as potential terrorists.
to me it seems Piers Morgan had an agenda he was pursuing (ie. establish a Muslim link to culpability in such acts) and that just went right over Amir's head...
Don't know what people here wanted him to do, knock out the interviewer?Showing a bit of tact in such a sensitive situation is probably the best way to go. Amir did well to get his point across.
If you want to end terrorism in the west then get out of Muslim countries and stop supporting regimes that oppress them. Tell the Muslim's their to sort out their own problems.
Do you condemn the Manchester attack?
Of course I do. Do you condemn British and NATO soldiers having killed so many innocents in the Middle East and Afghanistan?
[MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] lmao mans got their whole roti from u.k but when u.k people die. bring in deaths of others in countries halfway across the world for political point scoring. Plenty of us disagree with what our govt done in iraq and libya but that doesnt mean we harm.our fellow citizens. like salma yaqoob in my local constituency she is anti war campaigner but she isnt endorsing or committing terror.
that is just a cop out and easy way out to justify why these guys do thia stuff. They use issues like that as a smokescreen.
ISIS done the same thing blowing up innocent football fans in Iraq.
Of course I do. Do you condemn British and NATO soldiers having killed so many innocents in the Middle East and Afghanistan?
Like we give a toss about what is happening a million miles away, what the hell have the Middle Easterns ever done for you? and don't give me the freedom fighters rhetoric, ISIS ideology is beyond avenging the deaths of innocents in the Middle East.
Foreign policy is one important part of the story, but Islamists and the far-left would like you to believe its the whole story.
The British government have wholly underestimated the damage done by the Libyan campaign of 2011, creating a huge ungoverned space right on our doorstep, leaving a vacuum for extremists to exploit.
However this excuse cannot be trotted out after every attack. What grievances over Western foreign policy was there for the Stockholm attacker ? Who have Sweden invaded ? Germany has suffered terrorist atrocities despite OPPOSING the Iraq War. What western foreign policy grievances exist for Boko Haram in Nigeria, ISIS in Bangladesh and the Philippines, or TTP in Pakistan ?
Even if you did have grievances over western foreign policy, wouldn't you attack legitimate military targets instead teenagers attending a concert, some of whom not even old enough to pay taxes to FUND these wars LET ALONE fight in them ?
Foreign policy is not to be totally discounted, and I agree there is a double standards by the media between viilence committed by the state vs violence committed by individuals. But there are those who unwittingly justify terrorist actions when trying to use it to explain the motives for every terrorist incident.
Who said anything about me liking the Arabs? If we the Brits keep killing them then those nutcases will keep attacking us like they are. We should care what is happening in the war zones coz it will come back and bite us as well. Plain common sense.
I don't think sense is common or else we'd know that ISIS by no means attack BABIES due to foreign policy, they want to spread Wahabism and have attacked countries all over the world; even Saudi Arabia !! there's an argument to be made that ISIS use the us against the world rhetoric to recruit more soldiers to begin with but it gets to a point where it is the twisted ideology which consumed the people who inevitably commit these unspeakable evils. That's not to say that the government should not mend their ways when it comes to their ulterior motives abroad. And when our Middle Eastern folk are always the first thing people bring up then I will definitely question our allegiances and it's not like ISIS spare those people so I really don't get the oh well babies are dead in Manchester but they also die in Middle East comparison
I don't think sense is common or else we'd know that ISIS by no means attack BABIES due to foreign policy, they want to spread Wahabism and have attacked countries all over the world; even Saudi Arabia !! there's an argument to be made that ISIS use the us against the world rhetoric to recruit more soldiers to begin with but it gets to a point where it is the twisted ideology which consumed the people who inevitably commit these unspeakable evils. That's not to say that the government should not mend their ways when it comes to their ulterior motives abroad. And when our Middle Eastern folk are always the first thing people bring up then I will definitely question our allegiances and it's not like ISIS spare those people so I really don't get the oh well babies are dead in Manchester but they also die in Middle East comparison
Oh yes they do! To ISIS if it was them behind the attacks all of the west is evil. I am afraid they do not differentiate between the good and the bad. Saudi has nothing to do with the Manchester attacks at all. They brainwash kid's through showing them video's of what western forces have done in the Middle Eat encouraging them to seek revenge. Some western politiian has today also come out and admitted that such attacks are linked to NATO/British involvement in the Gulf region. It is smple, get out of the Gulf then tell them to sort their own problems. Anyone in the UK suspected of supporting groups like ISIS should be deported without being questioned.
You've missed me with " That's not to say that the government should not mend their ways when it comes to their ulterior motives abroad. And when our Middle Eastern folk are always the first thing people bring up then I will definitely question our allegiances and it's not like ISIS spare those people so I really don't get the oh well babies are dead in Manchester but they also die in Middle East comparison".
Bro you need to think how did ISIS come into existance in the first place. Their methods of killing innocent people including children are vile but the truth is the way the western goverments killed babies, ISIS could never imagine competing with them.
The 'War on Terror' was supposed to eradicate terrorism but has only increased it by many folds. It's a cycle of violence which was started due to imperial agendas not to save brown people from their despot leaders.
I agree with what you lot are saying and the governments are at fault as well but that's not to say that ISIS should not be criticised and there is no denying that their ideology is a huge problem. Often, the blame being shifted to the governments takes a way from the role which ISIS play and a big chunk of Muslim choose to ignore their impact.
If NATO and the rest pull out do you guys seriously believe ISIS will stop? there are individuals overseas who are very easy to radicalise through those video tapes PAKLFC speaks off but what about those with sick and twisted minds? those who genuinely believe in exterminating everyone muslim and non-muslim alike to ensure the dominance of wahabism because we'e all a fitnah or bidah
Manchester had nothing to do with ISIS, they claimed responbility many hours after the tragic incident. It was someone whose family was supported by Nato to overthrow Gaddafi. Nato has been financing, arming and helping 'extremists'/'rebels' openly in Syria and Libya.
Will they Stop? Maybe not but will the threat level decrease, yes it will. Continous bombing will only make Britain more vunerable.
Btw did you know ISIS had only 800 fighters initially who defeated 30,000 Iraqi troops who had much more sophistaced equipment. Do you really believe this and the official narrative?
I agree with that, their origins are well documented but as it stands ideological problems are just as big a concern for me, this is how these people think; it all starts with the mawlid is a shirkh then they move onto bombing those who make dua at grave sites and then they go for babies. In the ideal world it would be great for the pull out overseas and an extermination of the Wahabi ideology, but when these attacks happens we need to look at both sides of the coin because it can send the wrong message which many I understand do not intend and defeats the purpose of our unity in Britain
Yeah that's fair enough but point being he or we as a community shouldn't see the need to keep coming out to condemn these lunatics as if we are shielding them.
If these nut cases can evade the police and M15 how the hell do people like Piers Morgan expect the average Muslim to detect them ??
Point is they should ask responsible questions and you will get responsible answers from the majority.
I remember the same happened during the IRA bombing campaign, as if one community was shielding them.
The British intelligence services have also stated foriegn policy will cause terrorism. Does this mean they are also justifying attacks? A lame and rather daft thing to say tbh.
It is the root cause, there is no doubt about it.
I agree foreign policy is one cause, I acknowledged as much in my post - however it is not the ONLY cause. Again, what western foreign policy grievance existed for the Stockholm attacker - who have Sweden invaded and occupied ?
What foreign policy motive existed for the Paris or Berlin attackers when France AND Germany opposed the Iraq war and have opened their doors to thousands of Arab refugees ?
I agree foreign policy is one cause, I acknowledged as much in my post - however it is not the ONLY cause. Again, what western foreign policy grievance existed for the Stockholm attacker - who have Sweden invaded and occupied ?
What foreign policy motive existed for the Paris or Berlin attackers when France AND Germany opposed the Iraq war and have opened their doors to thousands of Arab refugees ?
It's a good point.
Honestly foreign policy excuse is just a red herring for these ISIS nutters. Look how many innocent Iraqis and Syrians they have killed yet that doesn't even make the news.
It's something else that is driving these lunatics and even I'm not really not sure what it is - could be something to do with their past or trying to gain attention.
I agree foreign policy is one cause, I acknowledged as much in my post - however it is not the ONLY cause. Again, what western foreign policy grievance existed for the Stockholm attacker - who have Sweden invaded and occupied ?
What foreign policy motive existed for the Paris or Berlin attackers when France AND Germany opposed the Iraq war and have opened their doors to thousands of Arab refugees ?
No you wrote
"But there are those who unwittingly justify terrorist actions when trying to use it to explain the motives for every terrorist incident."
Was the head of the intillegence servcies also justifying attacks by saying the foriegn policy will cause such attacks?
It isnt the only cause but the MAIN cause.
France has been bombing kids in Libya and Syria. Europeans stand together as one people, so cant expect to be seen different when it comes to attacks.
There was no attacks in Britain before the immoral wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a fact which cannot be denied.
Yes Isis and terrorists care for which western country was in the war before they decide to attack.
France? Belgium? Neither were in the Iraq war
Does the loyalty of British Muslims lie with Muslims or Britain. If you had to pick one and that choice would hurt the other would the choice be Britain or the Muslim community?
No you wrote
"But there are those who unwittingly justify terrorist actions when trying to use it to explain the motives for every terrorist incident."
If western actions are the main cause of terrorist violence then why are the vast majority of terrorist victims practising Muslims who have nothing to do with western foreign policymaking ?It isnt the only cause but the MAIN cause.
No but the ideology driving terrorism has evolved and nurtured over decades well before 2001 - in large parts thanks to Saudi/GCC money and support, sectarian polarisation in the Middle East after the Iranian Revolution, rise of social media which gives extremists global access to millions of young minds, and indeed the West even nurtured some of these Islamist groups thinking they could be used to achieve geopolitical objectives.There was no attacks in Britain before the immoral wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a fact which cannot be denied.
Yes there are some on the far-left and within our own community who apologise for terrorism by arguing it only exists because of western foreign policy (not saying you), when ISIS recruits are motivated by multiple reasons. Some are social misfits seeking a sense of belonging, some are brainwashed via social media, some believe in the cause of reviving the Caliphate, some have violent, sociopathic tendencies, and yes some also seek to avenge western interventions in the Middle East which has inflamed resentments in the Muslim World.
You can go read the interviews of these recruits and they state a variety of reasons not simply foreign policy. I remember in the 1990s how Hizb-ut-Tahrir attracted thousands to their conferences well before Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
If western actions are the main cause of terrorist violence then why are the vast majority of terrorist victims practising Muslims who have nothing to do with western foreign policymaking ?
Before the Paris attack, Beirut was hit by two suicide attacks killing over 40 people. ISIS have bombed Turkey multiple times, massacred tourists at a beach resort in Tunisia, and have committed attacks in Mali, Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nigeria. Are the foreign policies of all those countries to blame too ? How did they provoke these attacks ?
What about the Yazidis who have had war crimes committed against them by ISIS, with large numbers of women raped and abducted ? What explains the rise of terrorist groups in Bangladesh and Indonesia with NO recent history of Western military intervention ?
No but the ideology driving terrorism has evolved and nurtured over decades well before 2001 - in large parts thanks to Saudi/GCC money and support, sectarian polarisation in the Middle East after the Iranian Revolution, rise of social media which gives extremists global access to millions of young minds, and indeed the West even nurtured some of these Islamist groups thinking they could be used to achieve geopolitical objectives.
Believe me, I get frustrated when idiots like Bill Maher and Sam Harris trot out the "they hate us 'cos they hate us" line because that's BS and totally absolves the West of ANY blame for inflaming extremism. However on the other end of the spectrum there are those who refuse to admit any problems existing in the Muslim world and deflect everything onto the West.
Markhor;9256665[B said:]Yes there are some on the far-left and within our own community who apologise for terrorism by arguing it[/B] only exists because of western foreign policy (not saying you), when ISIS recruits are motivated by multiple reasons. Some are social misfits seeking a sense of belonging, some are brainwashed via social media, some believe in the cause of reviving the Caliphate, some have violent, sociopathic tendencies, and yes some also seek to avenge western interventions in the Middle East which has inflamed resentments in the Muslim World.
You can go read the interviews of these recruits and they state a variety of reasons not simply foreign policy. I remember in the 1990s how Hizb-ut-Tahrir attracted thousands to their conferences well before Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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Who are these people on the far left?
If western actions are the main cause of terrorist violence then why are the vast majority of terrorist victims practising Muslims who have nothing to do with western foreign policymaking ?
You know as well as anyone, Iraq was a disastour from beginning up until now. After removing Saddam the western nations set in a road which was designed to create secterian violence. Yes Muslims are being killed but again it's a result of a failed foriegn policy based on a lie and nothing short of state terrorism on a huge scale.
Before the Paris attack, Beirut was hit by two suicide attacks killing over 40 people. ISIS have bombed Turkey multiple times, massacred tourists at a beach resort in Tunisia, and have committed attacks in Mali, Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nigeria. Are the foreign policies of all those countries to blame too ? How did they provoke these attacks ?
What about the Yazidis who have had war crimes committed against them by ISIS, with large numbers of women raped and abducted ? What explains the rise of terrorist groups in Bangladesh and Indonesia with NO recent history of Western military intervention ?
So you're travelling the globe to back up your point of attacks in the UK? The war in the middle east esp Iraq set of a tick time bomb which has found itself roaming the planet. People who are/were angry, alienated, had extremist tendencies have latched on this , fed off the conditions.
No but the ideology driving terrorism has evolved and nurtured over decades well before 2001 - in large parts thanks to Saudi/GCC money and support, sectarian polarisation in the Middle East after the Iranian Revolution, rise of social media which gives extremists global access to millions of young minds, and indeed the West even nurtured some of these Islamist groups thinking they could be used to achieve geopolitical objectives.
Believe me, I get frustrated when idiots like Bill Maher and Sam Harris trot out the "they hate us 'cos they hate us" line because that's BS and totally absolves the West of ANY blame for inflaming extremism. However on the other end of the spectrum there are those who refuse to admit any problems existing in the Muslim world and deflect everything onto the West.
Look the ideology can't be that for the wesetern governments as they have been openly supporting them in Syria and Libya. After what you wrote, explain this?
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lol.
This Qasim Rashid doesn't even know anything about Britain.
Morgan was terrible as usual, on a number of occasions he said he agreed with some of what Tommy Robinson says and then allowed him to wave the Quran around in a disrespectful manner. Pathetic interview from a clown who claims to be a journalist.