Comments on: “Trick or treat” murderer back in jail

By: George Carty

George Carty — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:02:14 +0000

And also head of the Scottish-Islamic Foundation. Here's his website.

By: M Risbrook

M Risbrook — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:30:41 +0000

A member of the SNP.

By: LeedsLad

LeedsLad — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:26:53 +0000

lol, who is Osama Saeed?

By: M Risbrook

M Risbrook — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:05:44 +0000

There are always exceptions here and there.

By: George Carty

George Carty — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:30:08 +0000

Maybe you should tell that to Osama Saeed, who’s very much in favour of Scottish independence…

By: M Risbrook

M Risbrook — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:01:39 +0000

One of the commonest reasons why Muslims support the Union is because the small numbers of Muslims who live in the Celtic outposts of Britain will be isolated and cut off from the larger Muslim community in England if their countries were independent, or in the case of Ulster, reunited with Ireland.

By: Thersites

Thersites — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:47:09 +0000

“There are some prisoners I agree should be released, but people who go into bars and let off automatic weapons at people because they are Catholic or Protestant are no different from people who commit racist murders in England.” Except that the people who agreed to a ceasefire said there was a difference. How do you decide who should be released unless you decide all should be released?

‘I get down on my knees and do what must be done And kiss Achilles’ hand, the killer of my son.’

By: Indigo Jo

Indigo Jo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:32:58 +0000

Actually, some white Muslims in Britain are of part Irish heritage, like me, and definitely don’t consider Omagh to be “as British as Oxford”. Actually, I’ve always been as hostile towards the IRA and its splinter groups as towards the Protestant gangsters (you can use my search faciliity, top of right-hand column, if you want to see for yourself). There are some prisoners I agree should be released, but people who go into bars and let off automatic weapons at people because they are Catholic or Protestant are no different from people who commit racist murders in England.

By: M Risbrook

M Risbrook — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:31:07 +0000

I’m sure that most white Muslims in Britain consider Omagh to be just as British as Oxford.

By: Thersites

Thersites — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:34:26 +0000

“The fact that this man, like another man convicted of involvement in the same massacre, has continued to behave violently demonstrates that letting these kinds of thugs out of jail, besides being plain unjust in itself, doesn’t deliver peace.”

Well, yes, it does actually, as you can tell by comparing the number of murders in Northern Ireland now with the number before the agreement. Thsoe- like these two- who revert to their old ways are locked up again; those who would not have become killers except for the situation in N.I. remain free. You may object to the price paid for peace or the kind of peace produced, and there are very goo arguments for such objections, but peace it is, even if only temporary or comparative.