The UK 'Intifada'
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A new word and vision is spreading through the highly efficient Muslim youth grapevine in Britain - "Intifada". Within days of the emergence of home-grown Islamic suicide bombers, the underlying pool of sympathy for such individuals is combining with rapidly growing resentment against increased police stop-and-search pressure, and the fear and suspicion being displayed by many non-Muslims, to create an aggressive siege mentality in many heavily Islamic parts of the UK. The concern over the shoot-to-kill policy for suicide bomb suspects among older Muslims is closer to paranoia among younger ones. Police raids and patrols in search of terrorists - despite being wholly legitimate and essential - are also stoking up hatred. More fuel is also being piled on the funeral pyre of multi-cultural Britain by fantasy stories by supposedly 'responsible' spokesmen such as Shahid Malik MP. Inflammatory nonsense The result of such inflammatory nonsense is all too predictable: Even among young Muslims who do not openly support the terror jihad (and the experience of our members who have to live in or near 'their' areas is that far more sympathise with the attacks than we are allowed to know) there is a growing militancy. Listen to almost any of the Muslim teenagers who have just broken up from school and you'll hear views along the following lines: "We've got to get ready for the police /army. If they come in here to attack our homes and our mosques we must fight back. We've got to organise before it's too late. This is our own Intifada against the Crusader oppressors. Let's show them that we can fight as well as the Palestinians do against the Jews." Of course, no one is going to attack their homes and mosques, but such fears - created mainly by years of media hysteria over alleged white racism - are real. Some of the tough talking which results is, in all probability, mere juvenile bravado. But not all of it: The petrol bombs, fireworks, broken bricks and high-powered torches (for dazzling opposing police officers) that were stockpiled in advance of the 2001 riots will soon be gathered again, but this time in many more places, and probably with added refinements as well. The only question that remains is where the first spark will drop into the powder keg. It will not be anything to do with the police/army, but it is now surely a question not of 'if', but 'when'.
