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Murder in Paradox.


Thinking about the murder (it IS murder) of the young soldier in Woolwich the other day makes me think about the entirely paradoxical nature of it.  If the deed was politically inspired it is surely the act of the powerless.  If there were any popular support for the act, there would be no need to carry it out.

Needless to say the far-right are making hay. They seem to be the only ones who stand to gain from it.  The British National Party and English Defence League are trumpeting their filth to anyone who will listen and find willing allies in the press and on social media.

The paradox is that an act of powerless individuals representing no-one but themselves is recast by neo-Nazis and their state collaborators as the fiendish plan of some powerful conspiracy residing in the heart of every Muslim.

This is simply untrue.  Like so many other lies and falsehoods peddled by those who should know better but silence their conscience for money.

It is not true that "immigrants" get more benefits than "indigenous" people.  It is not true that "Muslims" want an Islamic State in this country.  Some Muslims do for sure, but then some Christians want to kill Doctors and Nurses who assist women with abortions. I could go on.

Islam, like all the other Abrahamic religions is not a monolithic entity.  The Christians have a plethora of Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Coptic, each with their own schisms and splinters.
Judaism has many factions and sects within it and Islam in this instance is no different.

This makes them all easy targets when it is called for.  Reading the Daily Mail about "Muslims" reminds one of the way they spoke about "Jews" in the 1930s when their proprietor slavishly licked the boots of Hitler and Mussolini.

There is no "Muslim conspiracy" .  This fanning of the flames of prejudice against our Muslim communities is simply a rehash of the anti-semitic propaganda that saw the publication of the fake "Protocols of The Elders  Of Zion".  This booklet written (falsified) by a Tsarist secret policeman in the 19th century was used to justify anti-Jewish pogroms all over Europe.

Scotland can take pride in the fact that we are the only country in Europe that never had a pogrom against the Jews.  Let us try to make sure that we are able in the future to say the same about attacks on Muslims.

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