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September 29, 2006

UK: Police Launch Inquiry Into Ramadan Pig Problem

The Jamia Mosque in Newport, South Wales (pictured left) had a severed pig's head left outside its premises on the first day of Ramadan. Not a particularly pleasant thing to happen, admittedly, but placed in a context of British policing as a whole, the actions of Gwent police expose the abject hypocrisy of national police policy.

The news of the pig's head is reported by the BBC, IC Wales, South Wales Argus and even appears in the Turkish Press and on US Yahoo via Agence France Presse.

Gwent Police Superintendent Simon Prince said: "We treat all incidents of hate crime seriously and are pursuing a number of lines of inquiry to identify the offender."

Sheikh Mohammad Thair Ullah, who is from the neighbouring Shah Poran Bangladeshi Jame Mosque said the incident was "disgusting" and provocative."

Ullah continued: "Muslims are peace-loving people which has been interpreted wrongly to show that we are all terrorists and criminals. That is the impression given by the world's media and politicians which is totally wrong."

The pig's head was found at 10.30 pm on Saturday, 23 September. Gwent Police's Divisional Commander for Newport, Kevin Price, said: "We are working with the Muslim community to try and find out who would have been in the street that night when the pig's head was placed at the mosque. We are also looking at CCTV. I would describe this sort of thing as very irresponsible, there was obviously an element of premeditation about it to get a pig's head and on a night of religious significance."

"It was intended to offend and I believe the person who is responsible probably has no idea just how much offence this has caused."

Worshippers expressed their anger, which is understandable.

But let us compare the attitudes of Gwent police with that of the smug fool in charge of the Metropolitan Police in London, Sir Ian Blair.

We reported earlier today that Ian Blair had decided that a protest outside Westminster Cathedral, where 100 Muslim extremists harassed worshippers, and calls were made for the Pope to be executed, did not merit prosecution.

In the Daily Mail Ian Blair is quoted as saying: "The Met can only police the law as it stands. No substantive offences were discovered during that demonstration."

So a pig's head left outside a mosque is a hate crime, and harassing Catholic worshippers in an illegally convened demonstration, where placards stated: "Curse the Pope", "Pope Benedict go to Hell," "Pope Benedict you will pay, the Mujahideen are coming your way," "Jesus Loves the Muslims," "Islam Will Conquer Rome," "Trinity of Evil: Western Crusade Against Islam," does NOT constitute a hate crime?

No wonder many people think that Britain today is only a vague shadow of the great nation it used to be.

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at September 29, 2006 7:25 PM

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