The price of integration

Posted on 15th August, 2009 by

Jim Fitzpatrick condemned for ‘hijacking’ Muslim wedding by bridegroom - Telegraph

The details of this incident, in which a Labour government minister who represents the “safe” (not for long, insha Allah) east London seat of Poplar was invited to a Muslim wedding but walked out after discovering that men and women were to be separated and made a huge fuss about it, are getting more disgraceful by the day. Quite apart from the fact that Fitzpatrick represents a constituency with one of the biggest concentrations of Muslims in the country, and should have known that separating men from women is very common, it appears now that there was actually a section where non-Muslim couples could sit together, but rather than go and sit there, he just ran to his local paper and turned it into a political scandal. (HT: Julyabib.)

Of course, perhaps Fitzpatrick doesn’t live there but in some leafy suburban location, so perhaps doesn’t know anything about this; perhaps he got that seat because it’s a seat that’s safe enough for a minister so he didn’t have to know much about the people who live there. He also made accusations about influence by Islamic Forum Europe, which it turns out had nothing to do with it. It seems that Jim Fitzpatrick was invited as a matter of courtesy, but as with the Muslim school that let a camera crew sit in on lessons for a year and ended up with a documentary with a whole lot of talk about Hell, it blew up in their face. If that’s integration, you can understand why some Muslims aren’t too keen on it.

Also see Spirit21.

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  • http://www.ramblesofmrc.wordpress.com ramblesofmrc

    It seems that the general reaction to this story is that Jim made a miscalculation in trying to pull a political stunt out of a personal event (even the pernicious Harry’s Place considering he made an error). Not that his political point has much substance and clearly driven by a fear that he may lose his seat to George Galloway. This might have sealed it for him.

  • LeedsLad

    The guy was simply a moron. I am surprised about his wife not stopping him though. Most people hang out at weddings for the food even if the party is questionable, but something very strange is wrong with the couple and I assume it is a mental issue. I will watch him for the next few years, and hopefully I wouldn’t hear him being diagnosed with dementia or some other mental disorder.

  • Saggal

    >perhaps Fitzpatrick doesn’t live there but in some leafy suburban location

    LOL! LOL! Yes, a very leafy suburban location. It’s right by the infamous Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar :-) He lives in one those wharf/quay type buildings ubiquitous in that area.

  • Saggal

    My mother and everyone in my family voted for this goon in the last general election -never again. He tried to do a Harriet Harman (the only time she has mentioned muslim women was when she was standing for Deputy Leader of NuLab and wanted to raise her profile),it worked, but recently when she tried to pull a similar stunt by blaming the financial mess the country is in on men, the media largely and rightly ignored her.

    Labour MPs make me sick.