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October 15, 2012

Some British Muslims Don't Get It

Douglas Murray, The Spectator

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Yesterday 10,000 Muslims travelled from across Britain to the London offices of Google to demonstrate that they do not understand anything about the country they live in. The protest was one of a number planned against a film uploaded onto Youtube some months back. One of the organisers, Sheikh Masoud Alam, described the film thus: ‘This is not freedom of expression, there is a limit for that. This insult of the Prophet will not be allowed.’

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TAGGED: Clash of Civilizations, Islam, UK

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